The curse of favouritism struck Australia again in the pool at the London Olympics as Emily Seebohm had to settle for a frustrating silver after taking record breaking form into the final.

When Australia broke the first World Record of the Games on Clapham Common last week, there was one particular Australian Olympic legend inspiring the Aussie expat army on to greatness. The man? Geoff Huegill.

The Australian Olympic Team have arrived in the UK! And already the Australian sector of the Olympic Village is looking decisively ‘Aussie chic’ with Boxing Kangaroo flags and green and gold banners adorning balconies, walls and terraces.

NOVA FM’s popular radio host Ryan ‘Fitzy’ Fitzgerald has squeezed himself into a ‘sexy’ and skimpy bikini swimsuit to replicate Australian Olympian Stephanie Rice’s famous Twitter pic.

Australian Olympic swimmer Stephanie Rice has tweeted photos of herself in a sexy swimsuit just days out from her departure to the UK for the London Olympics.

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.

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

Wallabies rugby union star Quade Cooper has been banned from a popular southeast Queensland pub after an alleged altercation with a female patron.