Last updated: November 6, 2017
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Points ranking for athletes

(FILES) This file photo taken on June 17, 2016 shows the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) President Sebastian Coe looking on during a press Conference at the IAAF-Council in Vienna. The International Olympic Committee on July 24, 2016, decided not hit Russia with a blanket for the Rio Games over state-run doping, but said each sports federation needed to establish an athlete's individual eligibility. Federations "should carry out an individual analysis of each athlete’s anti-doping record, taking into account only reliable adequate international tests, and the specificities of the athlete’s sport and its rules, in order to ensure a level playing field," the IOC said in a statement. / AFP PHOTO / APA / HERBERT PFARRHOFER

Athletics following tennis and golf’s lead with new rankings system for Olympic and world championships qualification.

    Russian gets Olympic life ban

    (FILES) This file photo taken on May 13, 2016 shows gold and silver medalist at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, Russia's cross country skier Alexander Legkov speaking during a press conference in Moscow. Cross-country skier Alexander Legkov has been stripped of his Olympic 50km title, the International Olympic Committee announced on November 1, 2017 after publishing the first conclusions from the Oswald Commission hearing as part of the fallout from Russia doping scandal. / AFP PHOTO / VASILY MAXIMOV

    Cross-country skier Alexander Legkov has been stripped of his Olympic 50km title and banned from the Games for life.

      Ugly Duckling carried pair to gold

      Aust yachtsman Jenny Armstrong hugging with Belinda Stowell celebrating winning womens 470 class sailing race at Sydney Olympic Games 28 Sep 2000.Nicole Jeffery

      If ever a boat was well-named, it was “Ugly Duckling’’.

        Gold-class sailor’s travels

        SAILINGSOFIA GRONBECH WRIGHT

        Seven-time Paralympian Liesl Tesch will be inducted into the inaugural Sailing Australia Hall of Fame this month.

          Sailors ride Victor’s victorious ways

          SailingNicole Jeffery

          Victor Kovalenko came to Australia in 1997 with a backpack weighed down by Russian-English dictionaries.

            Campbell back with a bang

            National Short Course Swimming Championships. Heats from 11am, Finals from 7pm.

            Not so long ago, the prospect of returning to the pool daunted Australian sprint queen Cate Campbell.

              McKeon tempted by seven

              Supplied EditorialNicole Jeffery

              Emma McKeon is considering adding the 200m butterfly to her crowded Commonwealth Games program.

                Chiller vaults to new role

                Around the Games - Olympics: Day 9Nicole Jeffery

                Rio Olympic team leader Kitty Chiller has been appointed the new chief executive of Gymnastics Australia.

                  Indigenous skater to make history

                  Ice SkatersNicole Jeffery

                  Russian-Australian world junior figure-skating pair clear citizenship hurdle for the Winter Olympics.

                    Scott twists for a shout at gold

                    Danielle ScottNicole Jeffery

                    Danielle Scott plans to become the first Australian woman to complete a quadruple-twisting double somersault on snow.

                      Rio boss on corruption charges

                      Carlos Nuzman

                      Carlos Nuzman, the head of last year’s Rio de Janeiro Olympics, has been formally charged with corruption.

                        Kookburras close to top of world

                        SoccerNicole Jeffery

                        The Kookaburras are closing in on the world No 1 ranking after blitzing New Zealand 6-0.

                          Nitro series gears to go global

                          Nitro AthleticsNicole Jeffery

                          Athletics Australia will postpone the Nitro series in Melbourne this summer so it can take it global late next year.

                            Hockeyroos chase Rio revenge

                            Australian Hockey CaptainsNicole Jeffery

                            The Hockeyroos intend to reverse their recent international slide against arch-rivals New Zealand in the Oceania Cup.

                              Olympic testing targets Russians

                              President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Thomas Bach speaks to the media during a press conference after his visit to the site of the future Olympic Sailing venue (Voile Olympique) at the "Marina Olympique" nautical base in Marseille, southern France, after the decision for Paris to host of the 2024 Summer Olympics Games, Thursday, Sept. 21, 2017. (Sebastien Nogier/Pool Photo via AP)Nicole Jeffery

                              The IOC has already begun a targeted pre-competition testing program for the Winter Olympics.

                                Knowles happy to impart knowledge

                                Australian Hockey CaptainsNicole Jeffery

                                New Hockeyroos skipper Emily Smith has done a crash course in leadership ahead of her first match as captain tomorrow.

                                  Best of enemies pool forces

                                  Mack HortonNicole Jeffery

                                  Olympic 1500m champion Gregorio Paltrinieri has joined Mack Horton’s training squad in Melbourne for six months.

                                    Hughes channels his inner ninja

                                    SnowboardNicole Jeffery

                                    Jarryd Hughes is the first Australian to win the snowboard cross title at the X Games. Now he wants Olympic gold.

                                      A dirty water fight revealed

                                      AOC Press ConferenceNicole Jeffery

                                      A water quality survey shows that the Tokyo Olympic venue for triathlon and openwater swimming is below standard.

                                        Gun convictions overturned

                                        (FILES) This file photo taken on August 6, 2012 shows Australia's Michael Diamond competing in the men's trap qualification at the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Rolyal Artillery Barracks Excel centre in London. The career of Australia's most decorated shooter Michael Diamond appears to have come to an end after a court found him guilty of firearms and drink-driving offences, and banned him from holding a gun licence for a decade. The Raymond Terrace Local Court in Sydney late on May 4, 2017 issued Diamond with a 12-month good behaviour bond, and the "firearm was forfeited to the crown" for 10 years, a court clerk said. / AFP PHOTO / Marwan NAAMANI

                                        Olympic gold medallist Michael Diamond will target a spot at Tokyo 2020 after his firearms convictions were quashed.

                                          Young gun to fire Kookas

                                          Olympians Returning CeremonyNicole Jeffery

                                          Young gun Blake Govers is back in the Australian team for next week’s Oceania Cup tournament in Sydney.

                                            Pearson nominated again

                                            Sally Pearson of Australia with her gold medal after wining the Women's 100 metres hurdles IAAF World Athletics Championships London 2017 at The London Stadium. Picture from Athletic Australia twitter @AthsAust

                                            Sally Pearson’s return from career-threatening injuries has been recognised with nomination for athlete of the year.

                                              Flying Fox leads title rush

                                              Gold medalist Australia's Jessica Fox reacts on the podium of the Kayak (K1) Women Final event of the World Canoe-Kayaking World Championships,on September 30, 2017 in Pau, southern France. / AFP PHOTO / IROZ GAIZKANicole Jeffery

                                              Australia won three world titles on two continents in a matter of hours over the weekend, led by canoeist Jessica Fox.

                                                Aussie duo skate into record books

                                                Nebelhorn Trophy 2017Nicole Jeffery

                                                World junior champion figure-skating pair Harley Windsor and Katya Alexandrovskaya have qualified for the Olympics.

                                                  France in Games boycott threat

                                                  PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Medal Unveiling Ceremony

                                                  France’s government announced its team will not travel to the Winter Games if its security cannot be guaranteed.

                                                    Tancred outburst gave rivals ammo

                                                    131st IOC Session Lima - 2024 & 2028 Olympics Hosts AnnouncementNicole Jeffery

                                                    AOC president John Coates believes his critics undermined media man Mike Tancred to get to him.

                                                      Russia’s fate hangs in balance

                                                      131st IOC Session Lima - 2024 & 2028 Olympics Hosts AnnouncementNicole Jeffery

                                                      Former vice-president John Coates has denied the IOC plans to fine Russia rather than ban it from the Winter Games.

                                                        Triathlon headache for Gold Coast

                                                        WTS Hamburg Day TwoNicole Jeffery

                                                        The results of the world triathlon championships have complicated the Commonwealth Games selection process.

                                                          The Cold War Olympiad

                                                          04/07/1995 SPORT: 1956 Olympic Games. Melbourne Olympics. Betty Cuthbert winning the 200m from Christa Stubnick.Gideon Haigh

                                                          ‘The Friendly Games’ of 1956 seethed with seedy politics, secret agendas and desperate dreams of freedom.

                                                            New broom sweeps through AOC

                                                            AOCNicole Jeffery

                                                            Matt Carroll has promised the Australian Olympic Committee will be “a new organisation’’ after changes.

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