Soloists form a well-rehearsed team

Not afraid to tackle the big issues on his first day on the job, Swimming Australia's new high performance manager Michael Scott says a priority under his reign is banning Stilnox use by his team.Scott said it was "common sense" that SA followed in ...

BRENDAN Joyce could not be happier about the number of Australian women basketballers playing in the world's premier league, the WNBA. In stark contrast to his predecessors as head coach of the Opals, Joyce, in fact, wants to see more Australians ...

OLYMPIC gold medallist and former professional cyclist Brad McGee has been appointed Australia's new high performance road co-ordinator to replace fallen star Matt White. Cycling Australia (CA) is expected to make the announcement in coming days ...

Oscar Wilde wrote that moderation is a fatal thing, and Australian filmmaker Baz Luhrmann would seem to agree. Lurhmann, the director of such films as "Romeo + Juliet" and "Moulin Rouge!" is known for his visual flair, lavish production design and ...

Source: FROM five-star luxury to the Belconnen Premier Inn, welcome to the new world of the Australian swimming team. The fallout from the London Olympics took a new twist this week when the Australian team was put up at a motel for a six-day ...

Water Polo Australia (WPA) is one of the big winners in the Australian Sports Commission's (ASC) government investment allocations for 2013-14 with an increase of 21.5% on last year's allotment. Read the Australian Sports Commission announcement ...

Source: The Daily Telegraph THE man who oversaw the London Olympic pool flop has been credited by new team boss Michael Scott with helping spark Australian swimming's stunning turnaround at the national titles in Adelaide. But Scott says he won't be ...

Six members of Australia's 400- meter freestyle relay men's swimming squad were given suspended bans and fines for misbehavior including the misuse of prescription drugs in the leadup to last year's Olympic Games. Following an investigation by its ...

A TEAM of Australian researchers have taken the world another step towards quantum internet. The team is the first in the world to have detected the spin, or quantum state, of a single atom using a combined optical and electrical approach. The ...