Olympics

Lindsey Vonn has shared another update on her horrific injury.

‘Saved my leg from being amputated’: Lindsay Vonn

American sporting supserstar, Lindsey Vonn, says she came close to losing a leg after her crash at the Winter Olympics.

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Cooper Woods was revelation with his gold medal win.

It makes zero sense we are this good at the Winter Olympics

Many of our athletes come from areas with no snow, making their feats even more incredible.

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Eileen Gu stands on the podium after winning freeski halfpipe gold.

Superstar learns of family tragedy moments after winning gold

The 22-year-old broke down in tears as she explained her late arrival to the press conference and paid a heartfelt tribute.

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Australia's teen ace Ally Hickman crashes in snowboarding slopestyle final in Livigno. (AP PHOTO)

Aussie teen suffers fall in Olympic snowboard thriller

Teenage Australian snowboarder Ally Hickman has been taken for scans following a heavy fall in the women’s slopestyle Olympic final.

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You can love the Olympics, and you can loathe the Olympics. They’re hardly mutually exclusive.

Why the Olympic ‘movement’ can’t be allowed to just run amok

You can love the Olympics, and you can loathe the Olympics. They’re hardly mutually exclusive.

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The gold-medal winning 2000 Olympic Hockyroos.

I fear Hockeyroos’ golden days are over

They were once the powerhouse of Australian female sport, now they are barely a blip on the sporting radar.

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Vladyslav Heraskevych, a Ukrainian skeleton athlete, holds the helmet that led to his disqualification from the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics, at a press conference at the Ukrainian General Consulate in Milan on Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026. The IOCÕs decision to disqualify Heraskevych over his helmet honoring countrymen killed in the war with Russia touched off the biggest crisis of the Games in Italy. (Vincent Alban/The New York Times)

Zelensky slams IOC decision to ban sledder over protest

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said decision to ban skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych plays “into the hands of aggressors”.

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Norwegian biathlete Sturla Holm Laegreid has apologised to his team for his public confession of infidelity.

Disgraced medallist has brutal team meeting after cheating bomb

The Norwegian has now revealed what he told his mates in the wake of his astonishing public confession.

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A trio of Australian Olympic champions: Cooper Woods with Alisa Camplin and Jessica Fox. (Dan Himbrechts/AAP PHOTOS)

Fox presents medal from one Olympic champion to another

Australia's newest Olympic champion Cooper Woods says it was special for canoe great Jessica Fox to present his gold medal after winning the moguls event.

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Australia's Cooper Woods has won Olympic gold in the men's moguls at Livigno.

Moguls master Woods snatches gold medal for Australia

Australia has won their first medal of this Winter Olympics and done so in style with Cooper Woods taking gold in the men's moguls with a superb run at Livigno.

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Kirsty Coventry was unable to change Vladyslav Heraskevych’s mind.

Heartbreak as Olympic medal contender banned minutes before race

Even the IOC president was in tears after waiting for the athlete to arrive for one last conversation.

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Sturla Holm Laegreid was in tears after winning bronze.

Ex-girlfriend speaks out after Olympic medallist’s shock affair confession

The heartbroken woman thrust into the global spotlight has issued a statement as her ex issues another apology.

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Jakara Anthony was left devastated after her last moguls run went wrong in the Olympic final. (Dan Himbrechts/AAP PHOTOS)

Devastated Aussie champion reveals how gold medal fail unfolded

Freestyle skiing great Jakara Anthony, Australia's biggest medal hope, has sensationally missed out on the medals in defence of her Olympic moguls title.

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Olympic medalist makes shock confession after winning bronze.

Olympic bronze winner makes a shocking cheating admission

The Norwegian biathlete’s Olympic medal run was overshadowed by an emotional live confession.

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Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics Australian flag bearers Jakara Anthony pose with the team.

Indra the fearless face of new horizons for Aussie sport

The Winter Olympics may not be where Australia built its sporting identity, but it’s fast becoming a place where we’re building something new.

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