Canberra Capitals centre Marianna Tolo sat in her pyjamas for a week after the Australian women’s basketball team failed to medal at the Rio Olympics.
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Rio Paralympics: An Australian 1-2 in the same event Matthew Cowdrey has dominated since 2004
Australia’s most decorated Paralympian Matthew Cowdrey may have retired but the men’s S9 100m freestyle title remains in Aussie hands for a fourth straight Games thanks to teenage rookie Timothy Disken.
Netball: Madi Robinson tells of her "tough decision" to leave the Melbourne Vixens for Collingwood
Madi Robinson can not talk about her destination – Collingwood – until her contract is signed and cleared by the compliance manager employed to police netball’s expanded $675,000 salary cap.
10 years on from shark attack that took his right leg, Achmat Hassiem wouldn't have it any other way
He’s the swimmer who lost his leg in a shark attack and remains grateful for the experience.
'Leading female sports code' Netball hits back at AFL female league with average $67K salaries for players
In a new era for women’s sport in Australia, the game with more than 500,000 participants is finally rewarding the elite few at the pointy end with a significant step towards the full-time professionalism it is hoped will arrive within five years.
Netball: Rival grand finalists Jo Pivac and Tess Pennell say new pay deal will ignite sport
Rival Netball ACT grand finalists Jo Pivac and Tess Pennell believe Netball Australia’s new pay deal will ignite interest in the sport.
2016 Rio Paralympics: Australian year nine student Isis Holt wins silver
Her name is Isis Holt and she wants to be like Usain Bolt.
Rio Paralympics 2016: Silence please! Brazilian fans get their taste of goalball at the Paralympics
Designed for visually impaired competitors, goalball is played on a small court and the objective is simple: get the ball across the opponent’s goal line by throwing it across the floor.
Australian Paralympic sprinter Evan O'Hanlon ready to let his running do the talking
Sprinter Evan O’Hanlon is a five-time Paralympic gold medallist on the track. He’s the only athlete with cerebral palsy to run under 11 seconds for the blue riband 100 metres.
Rio Paralympics 2016: Dylan Alcott and Heath Davidson win wheelchair tennis gold
Dylan Alcott has achieved his aim of winning gold medals in two Paralympic sports after partnering with Heath Davidson to win the men’s wheelchair quad doubles title.

