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‘Australia, I’m so sorry’: Garside’s heartbreak interview; Aussie bombs out in pool shocker

‘Australia, I’m so sorry’: Garside’s heartbreak interview; Aussie bombs out in pool shocker

Welcome to our live coverage of Day 3 at the Olympics in Paris where the Opals, divers and equestrian are in action ahead of a blockbuster swimming final tomorrow morning. Follow here.

‘I feel like a failure’: Garside lays bare the pain of Olympic defeat

Garside’s ringside interview was so raw as to make viewers feel they’d been on the end of one of his opponent’s punches.

What are those red dots on Kyle Chalmers’ back?

They’re the Olympic-sized questions you have probably been too afraid to ask. We’ve found the answers to Paris’s quirkiest conundrums.

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‘Concerns have been raised’: $40m contract to upgrade schools axed, referred to the ICAC

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More than 30 new and upgraded school projects and 100 new public preschools are at risk after the NSW government terminated the contract.

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Rex Airlines in trading halt amid speculation of Deloitte appointment

Rex Airlines has suffered a boardroom brawl and there is now speculation that restructuring experts Deloitte have been appointed to the company.

Australia’s third-largest airline Rex’s shares are in a trading halt as speculation mounts that it has called in restructuring experts Deloitte to take a look at its books.

‘BS, BS, BS!’: Saul Eslake unleashes on airlines after long-haul horror

Hell hath no fury like a delayed economist and the last thing Qantas needed was to annoy one of the nation’s best policy brains. But, yet, they did.

Wong says ‘rules are being bent, twisted and broken’ but avoids naming China as key actor

Penny Wong, Australia’s foreign affairs minister, center, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, India’s external affairs minister, center left, and Antony Blinken, US secretary of state, center right, arrive for the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (Quad) ministerial meeting in Tokyo, Japan, on Monday

Australia US, India and Japanese have called out Beijing’s aggression in the South China Sea and cyber espionage but stopped short of naming China directly.

Harris brings in record $305 million in her first week of White House campaign

Vice President Kamala Harris greets supporters as she arrives at Westfield-Barnes Regional Airport in Westfield, Massachusetts.

The vice president’s fundraising haul is more than Joe Biden garnered in the first three months of this year.

Israel says it wants to hurt Hezbollah but wants to avoid all-out war

Flights have been cancelled at Beirut airport as tensions rise after a rocket strike in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights that killed 12 teenagers and children.

Former TV host Andrew O’Keefe leaves Waverley Police Station.

Former TV star released on bail after stalking and intimidating charge

Police say Andrew O’Keefe had threatened a man in Point Piper before returning a positive result for drugs in a roadside test.

Uncertain times for Eels quartet under new coach

Bryce Cartwright says incoming Eels coach Jason Ryles has not been in contact with him.

Ryan Matterson, Reagan Campbell-Gillard and Maika Sivo have been linked with moves away from Parramatta, and now forward Bryce Cartwright might be among them.  

A week after a shark attack, Kai used a photo to joke about his lost leg

The young surfer whose leg was severed as he fought off a three-metre shark was able to jest about a picture posted to his social media account.

‘It was weird’: These days, Jade’s less sceptical about wife Jess’s psychic work

Jess Lynne, left, and Jade.

They got together as teenagers, and in the decades since, psychic medium Jess Lynne and orthodontic dental technician Jade Vigilante have shared many milestones - and odd pet names.

The pros and cons of watching TV in bed

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Seven daily habits to improve your gut health and boost brain power

They aren’t tough, either. They include eating nuts and chickpeas, drinking coffee and allowing an occasional treat.

Imagine life in this luxury home in the Caribbean.

What it’s like inside a luxury home that costs $US200 million

Dreaming of a holiday home overseas? In the world’s most luxurious homes, there are so many creature comforts you’ll never want to leave.

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Six speedy minute-steak dinners from around the world

Marinated minute steaks with sesame daikon salad and steamed rice.

Forget meat-and-three. These speedy dinners inspired by Mexico, Japan, France and Italy will keep things interesting.

Ryan Reynolds on who the real audience is for his US R-rated smash hit

Deadpool & Wolverine has broken R-rated records box office records. But when it comes to R-ratings and movie tickets, almost anything goes.

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Mollie versus Arnie: The anatomy of a colossal Olympic showdown

A deep dive into every tactic, technique and turn that goes into executing the perfect 200m freestyle race.

The best pictures from day two of the Paris Olympics
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The best pictures from day two of the Paris Olympics

From swimming to All the action from day 2 of the Paris Olympics, including some awe-inspiring underwater images from the pool.

Christopher Burton and Shadow Man compete at the Palace of Versailles on the second day of the eventing competition.

He only met his new horse six months ago, now Burton is eyeing a medal

Chris Burton and Shadow Man sit in a surprise third place after the dressage and cross-country stages of the three-day eventing competition. Now for the showjumping.

A man jumps into the pool to retrieve US swimmer Emma Webber’s cap.

The Games’ unlikeliest hero – a random bloke in budgies at the swimming

Random man in an eye-catching pair of trunks becomes a star of the Paris pool.

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Panthers half Nathan Cleary was the star of the show in his team’s comfortable win over the Dragons at WIN Stadium.

Cleary masterclass as Panthers destroy hapless Dragons

Nathan Cleary has put Penrith’s premiership rivals on notice, scoring a hat-trick of tries in the Panthers’ 46-10 win over St George Illawarra.

Rugby league nice guy Jake Trbojevic swings a baseball bat in front of his Blues brothers in a Suncorp Stadium dressing room.
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Behind-the-scenes photo show how the Blues bought into Maguire’s methods

The code’s nicest man and shock selection as captain, Jake Trbojevic, provided an unlikely moment for the Blues after their Origin success.

Sydney

The independent watchdog for NSW Police says the force can do more to stop high numbers of Aboriginal people ending up in jail.
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Indigenous

Police had a plan to help reduce Aboriginal incarceration. Then this happened ...

Prison numbers are going in the wrong direction for Aboriginal people. But NSW Police say they should not be held accountable for helping to bring them down.

The Sydney builder that sent a $100,000 bill for ‘fake’ roof

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ANSA Homes sent a client an invoice for nearly $100,000 accompanied by an image purporting to be evidence of the completed roof. The next day, the client realised the image was wrong.

Seven places to watch the Paris Olympics in Sydney

Fans watch the World Cup match between France and Australia at the Coogee Bay Hotel.

Including a French rooftop restaurant serving martinis and fries, a Japanese sports bar with snacks, and a spot showing the swimming finals, with croissants.

The up-and-coming tourist town with barely a cup of latte in sight

Batlow is famous for its apple orchards.

Sydneysiders and a host of enterprising locals are keen to reinvent a NSW country town that was almost wiped off the map.

Strata residents warned of inflated invoices for trades work

Strata residents are being advised to cross-check maintenance and repair quotes to ensure they’re getting value for money.

Some maintenance and repair companies inflated strata unit quotes by up to 120 per cent, survey finds.

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Panthers half Nathan Cleary was the star of the show in his team’s comfortable win over the Dragons at WIN Stadium.

Cleary masterclass as Panthers destroy hapless Dragons

Nathan Cleary has put Penrith’s premiership rivals on notice, scoring a hat-trick of tries and putting on an attacking masterclass in the Panthers’ 46-10 win over St George Illawarra.

Ian Thorpe and Grant Hackett after winning gold and silver in the 400m freestyle at Athens 2004.
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‘I felt like a fraud’: Grant Hackett on the psychology of silver

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South Africa’s Tristan Leyds, right, is grabbed by his shirt by Australia’s James Turner during the men’s bronze medal Rugby Sevens match.

‘Tough calls’: Aussies see red as rugby bronze goes begging

France took gold over Fiji after Australia, into the semi-finals for the first time, lost both their games on Saturday to finish fourth.

James Tedesco scores a try during the round 21 NRL match against Manly.

Roosters survive scare in NRL win over Manly

The jury remains firmly out on the Sydney Roosters’ premiership credentials after scraping past an undermanned Manly in a 34-30 NRL win.

Ash Barty in action at the Tokyo Olympics.
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The athletes Olympic medallist Ash Barty is desperate to watch in Paris

She won three grand slam tennis titles but Barty will cherish her Olympic bronze medal forever.

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Steph Catley was not impressed after the Matildas conceded.

Matildas fitness in focus after ‘train-wreck’ loss to Germany: report

The fitness of the Matildas will reportedly be the focus of a comprehensive review following their thumping loss to Germany at the Paris Olympics.

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The behind-the-scenes photo showing how the Blues bought into Maguire’s methods

The code’s nicest man and shock selection as captain, Jake Trbojevic, provided an unlikely moment for the Blues after their Origin success.

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