Gold goes better with green, says Legend Boyle
Newly invested Australian Hall of Fame Legend Raelene Boyle considers herself blessed many times over, and not all of them in ways you might imagine.
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Taking a leap: Olympic hurdler Wells sets long-jump PB
Lauren Wells set a long jump personal best on Saturday and it could ignite a new Commonwealth Games bid.
Super Pearson nominated for athlete of the year award
Champion hurdler Sally Pearson's stellar comeback from career-threatening injuries has been recognised with a nomination for the IAAF's athlete of the year award.
Five hours on a drop and wobbly legs - Small's Comm Games motivation
But the Canberra middle-distance runner is using it as motivation to earn a shot at redemption.
Can Australia's fastest man break 10 second barrier in Canberra?
The 22-year-old has set his sights on becoming just the second Australia run 100 metres in less than 10 seconds.
Pearson happy to fly solo
The newly crowned world champion has no plans to find a coach heading towards the Commonwealth Games and the next Olympics.
Breen's 5km journey to kickstart sprint queen's comeback
Melissa Breen will compete in The Canberra Times fun run for a cause close to her heart.
Pearson wins Diamond League hurdles
Sally Pearson has continued her hot athletics form, winning the women's 100m hurdles at the Diamond League final in Zurich.
A fond farewell to our golden girl Betty Cuthbert
During a memorial service in Mandurah, mourners remembered Betty not just for her sporting prowess, but for her humility, her love of God, and her loyal friendship.
Sally Pearson to use London as springboard to Tokyo 2020
Sally Pearson can win an Olympic medal as a 33-year-old in Tokyo according to coach Craig Hilliard.
Athletes held too long in cold before Bolt injury: teammate
Usain Bolt's teammates have accused organisers of contributing to the retiring superstar's dramatic collapse during his farewell to competition at the world championships.
Unexpected silver: Stevens surprises again
Eight years after she won an unexpected and premature world gold as a 21-year-old, Dani Stevens has won a world silver medal in a fashion almost as unexpected her world gold.
After two years of agony Pearson returns to the winners' circle
After three lost years ruined by injury, Sally Pearson is world champion again.
Australian runner's crazy-brave tactic helps spoil Farah's farewell
A bold plan nearly paid off for Aussie Pat Tiernan in the 5000m final. His tactic might have helped consign the great distance running great Mo Farah to silver.
Pearson is Australia's best athlete of the modern era
Sally Pearson's second world championship gold has elevated her to the best Australian track athlete of the modern era, according to Australia's head coach.
Bolt pulls up short in relay, unable to finish his farewell race
The world's most glorious athlete, Usain Bolt, finished his last race in the most inglorious fashion walking across the finish line.
Bizarre brain fade costs steeplechaser
Leading the steeplechase, Kenya's Beatrice Chepkoech forgot to peel off for the water jump and just went sailing on by.
Stevens overcomes fear factor to reach final
She could see she had lost her Olympic final before she had even begun.
Zippy Pearson fastest into hurdles final
Sally Pearson is poised for one of the great comebacks after recovering from years of injury to be the fastest qualifier into the world championship hurdles final.
When Raelene Boyle made Betty Cuthbert cry
It was one of the great moments in Australian sport. You see, when Raelene Boyle won gold in her last race, at the Brisbane Commonwealth Games in 1982 – roaring home in the 400 Metres – the stadium roared even as the nation came to a standstill.