Lauren Jackson will be going to Rio – just in a different capacity.

Frankly, it's all been downhill since Sid-En-Eee. We did, after all, stage the greatest Olympics.

You can watch events at the Rio Olympics 24/7.

The Official Film for the 1956 Melbourne Games opened with this commentary, perhaps anticipating our modern world of social media and big-screen TVs.

The first episode of Jeremy Clarkson's The Grand Tour has been filmed in a plush outdoor tent in the hills of South Africa's Johannesburg.

Erin Molan has found her voice in the male-dominated world of sports journalism, whether it be talking about the game, or how she deals with sexism, or raising awareness for causes dear to her heart.

• COMMENT

In the wake of the Caroline Wilson/Eddie McGuire spat, there's still a discussion to be had about why there aren't more female sports presenters in Australia.

With all the brouhaha surrounding BBC's Top Gear, was anyone bothering to pay attention to the USA version?

They always had big boots to fill, but it looks like the new hosts of Top Gear have missed the mark - spectacularly.

Australian teenager Minjee Lee has scored a rare hole-in-one albatross during the third round of the LPGA Tour's Kia Classic.

Here we are. The serious stuff. The real thing. The true test.

The former Top Gear presenter is in Barbados filming his anticipated Amazon Prime series.

He might have turned his hand to fiction, but politics still defines this former MP.

• Presenter jumps ship

Sports presenter Mel McLaughlin has reportedly signed a lucrative deal with Channel Seven after three years with Ten.

In the 1988 Seoul summer Olympics, American diver Greg Louganis was at the peak of his discipline. And then he faded from sight.

• New blood

The BBC has unveiled a final lineup of seven presenters for its flagship motoring program Top Gear, including two international racing drivers and American actor Matt LeBlanc.

• Top fear

 Top Gear fans aren't sure how to feel about Friends star Matt LeBlanc being unveiled as the show's new co-host.

As The Shane Warne Foundation sinks into financial oblivion, it's hard not to compare its fate with that of another Melbourne charity.

• Battle of the balls

Forget the Melbourne Cup, the Australian Open is the race that stops the nation. But how many of us actually tune in to watch?

• Good call

Daria Gavrilova and Carla Suarez Navarro were joined on court by a third star in last night's fourth-round Australian Open match.

• Ten fires up with BBL

Any attention focused on Mel McLaughlin would more justifiably be directed at how good she is at what she does on air.

• The world game

David Beckham was always the master of the free kick.

• Top turmoil?

BBC have shot down claims their relaunched Top Gear program is in turmoil after rumours of staff walkouts and on-set car crashes.

• A star is born

Top Gear's new co-presenters have at last been revealed - as two more staff quit the show.