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Olympic medallist to head AFLW

The Livingstone sisters

The AFL has poached former Australian swimming champion Nicole Livingstone to become the league's new head of women's football.

Campbell breaks world record in return to pool

Stunning return: Cate Campbell breaks the short course world record for the 100m freestyle.

Cate Campbell has returned to the pool with a bang clocking a new short course world record in the 100 metres freestyle on the opening night of the Australian Short Course Swimming Championships in Adelaide.

Campbell ready to swim again – and silence critics

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 21: Cate Campbell of Australia celebrates winning the Women's 50m Freestyle Final during the ...

Cate Campbell wasn't sure if she could ever return to the ceasless grind of following the black line. Now she's back in earnest, preparing for her most important meet since the Olympics, and brandishing a message for those questioning her call to sit out the World Championsions.

Why Australia's swimming coach had to break with tradition

Question to answer: The Rio Olympics were notable for the success of Mack Horton and Kyle Chalmers but underperforming ...

Jacco Verhaeren makes no apologies for shaking up the system as Australia tries to become a global power in the pool once more. But, the forthright Dutchman warns, the inherent advantages that gave us a generation of stars are long gone.

How Michael Phelps helped turn Grant Hackett's life around

Friend or foe: Long term rivals in the pool, Michael Phelps and Grant Hackett have a lot to do with each other in private.

Nearly a week into their most recent therapeutic reunion, Michael Phelps and Grant Hackett, two giants of Olympic swimming, sat down to breakfast at a packed restaurant and wondered how they would explain themselves to their children someday.

Phelps and Hackett: A golden shoulder to lean on

Swimming legends Michael Phelps and Grant Hackett have developed a strong friendship over recent years.

Nearly a week into their most recent therapeutic reunion, Michael Phelps and Grant Hackett, two giants of Olympic swimming, sat down to breakfast at a packed restaurant and wondered how they would explain themselves to their children someday.

Groves faces test of nerves

In limbo: Madeline Groves charged with missing a trio of doping tests in a 12-month period.

Open water specialist Jarrod Poort has joined Thomas Fraser-Holmes after being banned for 12 months for failing to report his whereabouts for drug tests. Now butterfly star Maddie Groves waits her turn to face the music.