Sport
Athletics
Melissa Breen eyes Tokyo Olympic swansong after injury curse
The two-time Olympian is also part of a Lifeline bootcamp on Saturday to help raise money.
- by Chris Dutton
Latest
Trengove smashes personal best to finish fourth in Toronto marathon
Australian Jess Trengove has finished her busiest marathoning year in style by smashing her personal best to finish fourth in Toronto.
- by John Salvado
Olympics
After 50 years, Australia's last male Olympic track champion still holding the baton
A new book reintroduces Ralph Doubell to the sporting public. But the track great wonders where the next Olympic champion will come from after decades of slim returns.
- by Phil Lutton
Sally Pearson
Sally Pearson closes in on full training
Champion hurdler Sally Pearson expects to hit full training by December with one eye on the Tokyo Olympics.
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ACT sport
Youth Olympic gold sparks Tokyo dreams for Canberra teen Keely Small
The Canberra schoolgirl blitzed the field in Argentina to announce herself on the world stage.
- by Chris Dutton
Diver wins Melbourne Marathon in record time, gets $20,000 bonus
Irish-born Australian runner Sinead Diver has smashed the women's course record to claim victory in the Melbourne Marathon.
- by Jason Phelan
ACT sport
Keely Small to race for Youth Olympic gold after qualifying fastest
The Canberra teenager is on the verge of the biggest moment of her booming career.
Paralympic Games
Humble Fearnley wins The Don award
Kurt Fearnley last night became the first athlete with a disability to win The Don award, but was typically self-effacing about his achievement.
- by Greg Baum
Peter Norman to get statue in Melbourne
Fifty years after playing a key role in one of the most iconic sporting moments of the 20th century, the late Australian sprinter and human rights advocate Peter Norman will be honoured with a statue in Melbourne.
- by John Salvado
ACT sport
Australian Youth Olympics flag-bearer runs in Keely Small's family
Flag-bearing is clearly in Keely Small's blood. Not only will the Canberra 800m runner represent her country, but she'll lead it out as well in Buenos Aires.
- by David Polkinghorne
The Fitz Files
What happens when the likes of Kipchoge defy the 'impossible'
As Tiger Woods changed golf and Bannister pushed Landy beyond the magical four-minute mile, the Kenyan runner makes a two-hour marathon less of a pipe dream.
- by Peter FitzSimons