The Boomers have begun their Tokyo Olympics campaign with a gritty 84-67 victory over Nigeria at Saitama Super Arena. After a tight opening two quarters, the Boomers held a narrow three-point lead at half-time and it was not until the final quarter that they began to truly exert their dominance. Australia’s performance could not be described as polished, with 22 turnovers set to be scrutinised …

Australia’s world number one Ash Barty is out of the Olympics women’s singles after being dumped in straight sets by Spain’s Sara Sorribes Tormo, 6-4, 6-3. Barty looked out of sorts compared to the player who won on the grass courts of Wimbledon earlier this month. Sorribes Tormo controlled the baseline and moved the Australian around the court, winning points …

If the Queensland capital gets the backing of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), it’ll be the third time an Australian city has hosted an Olympic Games after Melbourne in 1956 and, of course, Sydney in 2000. Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk is in Tokyo for the final pitch, which will be delivered in front of the IOC later today. Here’s everything you need to …

Top-ranked Ash Barty is set to lead Australia’s 11-member tennis team at the Tokyo Olympics. The Australian squad was announced on Tuesday, hours before Barty’s scheduled first-round match at Wimbledon against Carla Suárez Navarro. Former US Open champion Sam Stosur was selected to play singles and doubles in her fifth Olympics, while Nick Kyrgios, Alex de Minaur and John Millman were …

Novak Djokovic has chiselled out another monumental triumph, digging deeper than perhaps ever before in his stellar career to fight back from two sets down and overcome final debutant Stefanos Tsitsipas for his 19th grand slam singles victory at the French Open. The world No.1 had seemed curiously flat after his epic dethronement of Rafael Nadal two days earlier as …

Denmark’s team doctor says Christian Eriksen’s heart had stopped and that “he was gone” before being resuscitated with a defibrillator at the European Championship. Eriksen collapsed during Denmark’s opening Euro 2020 group game against Finland on Saturday and was given lengthy medical treatment before regaining consciousness. “He was gone,” said team doctor Morten Boesen, who led the work in giving Eriksen treatment …

Ash Barty has survived a scare on her return to Roland Garros before she prevailed in a three-set first round victory over America’s Bernarda Pera. Barty eventually won 6-4, 3-6, 6-2 in her first match on the red clay of Paris since she hoisted the trophy in 2019 — having decided not to play in 2020 due to the COVID pandemic — but Pera …

The withdrawal of Naomi Osaka from the French Open has the power to become a positive moment of change in world sport. Something good has to come of this. Osaka has tweeted that she has suffered long bouts of depression since 2018. At the end of that first grand slam victory she cried during the presentation and apologised for beating …

Aussie world number one Ash Barty returns to Roland Garros for the first time since her 2019 title. Can she win her second major title after a strong claycourt season? Meanwhile, Rafael Nadal and Iga Swiatek are defending their championships at the coronavirus-delayed 2020 edition.

Just over three months out from the Olympics. Back-to-back thumpings for the Matildas. It’s a worrying situation for one of the nation’s glamour teams ahead of Tokyo amid concerns that another big tournament may slip by for this hugely talented group of Australian footballers without any silverware to show for it. There may be a home World Cup on the horizon in …