Latest Olympics

• San Antonio Spurs’ NBA run to cut into Boomers Olympic program

  

  The San Antonio Spurs’ all-conquering NBA play-off run could be a curse for the Australian men’s Olympic basketball team.

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• Australia’s volleyballers on tough road to the London Games

  

  Australia’s men’s volleyball team have been handed a tough draw for next month’s Olympic qualification tournament – their last chance to secure a London Games berth.

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• Australian shot putter Dale Stevenson set for London Olympics

  

  Australian shot putter Dale Stevenson is set to make his Olympic Games debut in London after hurling a selection qualifier at a meet in South Carolina.

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• Olympic suppliers deny being sweatshops

  

  The Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) says it trusts its uniform suppliers, who have issued assurances that their workforces don’t work under sweatshop conditions.

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• Stephanie Rice still nursing injured shoulder

  

  Triple Olympic gold medallist Stephanie Rice admits her injured shoulder has yet to be really tested, but is confident she can nurse it back to full strength in time for the London Games.

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• Australian athletes laud Olympic uniforms

  

  Australian athletes will march into London’s Olympic stadium in July looking like a 400-strong squad of lawn bowlers.

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• Aussie boss blasts British Olympic body over drug bans

  

  The Australian head of world sport’s fight against drugs says he expects a push for increased penalties but has lashed out at the British Olympic Association after its failed bid to ban cheats for life.

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• Swim rivals can’t get near Aussie Magnussen

  

  James Magnussen’s international rivals are doing little so far to suggest they are any hope of catching the 100m freestyle world champion at the London Olympics.

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• Aussie NBA Superstar out of London games

  

  Blow for Boomers as Andrew Bogut is forced to withdraw from the London Olympics.

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• London Games to top Sydney: Gosper

  

  IOC heavyweight Kevan Gosper says London is set to seize Sydney’s crown by putting on the best Olympic Games in history.

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• Australia looks ahead to London 2012 Olympics

  

  The countdown to the London 2012 Olympic Games kicks into overdrive this week with 100 days to go until one of the most anticipated sporting events of the decade.

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• Our Aussie Olympian for the day in London

  

  THE theme song to Chariots of Fire plays from the speakers, pushing me on. I must keep going; I’m almost there. I can see light at the end of the long tunnel I am running through and as I come into that light, thousands of people are cheering.

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• Swimsuit war breaks out on Olympics eve

  

  A new swimsuit war has broken out four months from the London Olympics. It pits Australian swim team sponsor Speedo against other brands including adidas, the uniform sponsor for the overall Games team.

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• Olympic selection can be fickle for our Aussie athletes

  

  Libby Trickett comes fifth in her Olympic trials and Joel Simpson comes second in his. She’s going to London, he’s not. Olympic selection is a fickle beast.

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• James Magnussen heads Australian Olympic swim team to London

  

  A fresh-faced Dolphins squad spearheaded by sprint star James Magnussen will attempt to defy the odds and retain Australia’s position in the world’s top two swimming nations at the London Olympics.

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• Stephanie Rice sends message to Olympic swim rivals

  

  Stephanie Rice believes she’s made a timely statement to her Olympic rivals four months out from defending her individual medley titles in London.

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• Ian Thorpe admits legend may be tarnished

  

  Ian Thorpe admits his legacy as one of the greatest swimmers of all time may have been tarnished by his failed London Olympic comeback bid.

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• Ian Thorpe’s Olympic dream all but dashed

  

  Ian Thorpe’s London Olympic hopes were all but dashed after the returning champion missed out on a spot in Saturday night’s 200m freestyle final at selection trials in Adelaide on Friday night.

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• Brits gunning for Australia in the Olympic pool

  

  Britain’s ambitious swimming team has set it sights on topping Australia for the first time in an Olympic pool in 36 years.

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• Londoners not fleeing for Olympic Games

  

  London Olympic organisers have a problem – the locals might actually stick around for the Games.

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