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Hop aboard the Canberra carousel in lobbyland
The lobbyists are hopping aboard the Canberra merry-go-round, ponying up to the new PM and friends.
- by Helen Pitt and Noel Towell
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‘I don’t care’: Semenya says she offered to show track officials her body
The dual Olympic champion has also accused the world athletics body of making her take medication that “tortured” her and made her fear she was going to have a heart attack.
- by Gerald Imray
‘I am a competitor, I am there to win’: Why Cedric the Sportsman is not too nice
Cedric Dubler earned the nation’s love when he helped Ash Moloney win Olympic bronze in the decathlon in Tokyo. But he’d love nothing more than to be a step above his mate on the podium in Paris.
- by Iain Payten
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Commonwealth Games
Patterson claims silver behind Ukrainian high jumper at world titles
Australian Eleanor Patterson set a new national record with her performance in the women’s high jump at the World Athletics Indoor Championships and painted her nails blue and yellow in a show of support to the invaded Ukraine.
- by Michael Gleeson
‘The work starts again’: Bol determined to prove Tokyo heroics ‘no fluke’
After finishing fourth in the 800m at the Tokyo Olympics and capturing Australia’s hearts, Peter Bol is determined to stand on the podium at the world titles this year.
- by Iain Payten
McSweyn pulls out of world indoors from lasting COVID-19 effects
Stewart McSweyn was unable to finish a 10,000-metre race in Melbourne on Tuesday night, prompting doctors to warn him against going to Serbia for the championships later this month.
- by Michael Gleeson
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Russia-Ukraine war
‘Innocent people are losing their lives’: From soccer to F1, Russia stands to lose after invasion
Global sports have rallied behind Ukraine, with St Petersburg to be stripped of the Champions League and Formula One shunning Russia.
Saville’s record a walk in the park for Montag
Jemima Montag has broken Jane Saville’s 18-year-old national record.
- by Michael Gleeson
The fast and the curious: how elite runner Peter Bol keeps his life on track
It took less than two minutes – 1.44.11 to be exact – for us to fall in love with Bol at the Tokyo Olympics. His can-do spirit also steers the rest of his life.
- by Konrad Marshall
‘You’ve gotta be yourself – you can’t change your voice’
Since his record-breaking 800-metre run in Tokyo last year, many things have changed for Peter Bol – but not all, as the Olympian reveals in this candid chat.
‘We won’t mistreat them’: Serbian President allays fears of visiting Aussie athletes
Serbia’s President says his country will not take out their anger with the Australian government for the deportation of Novak Djokovic on Australia’s teams visiting the country to compete in the next two months.
- by Michael Gleeson and Sarah Keoghan