Sydney Marathon winner, Olympic champ suspended for failing drug test
The athletics world has been rocked after Kenyan star Peres Jepchirchir was provisionally suspended for testing positive to a banned substance.
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Australia’s fastest man pumps brakes after scan sounds alarm
In the meantime, one of Lachlan Kennedy’s squad mates is rehabilitating “the worst hamstring tear you could possibly do”.
Champion Australian sprinter charged with child sex offence
The 26-year-old was charged in relation to offences between January 2025 and September 2026.
‘Really proud’ Aussie marathon star smashes national record
Australian women’s marathon running is again up in lights after Izzi Batt-Doyle sent the national record tumbling.
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This ‘villain’ shoved Cathy Freeman in iconic race. They’ve met again 30 years on
Not since Jackie Lewis rammed an elbow into Cathy Freeman as the track icon steamed past had the two of them crossed paths.
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Stawell Gift champion fails drug test, stripped of win and prize money
The iconic Stawell Gift has been rocked by a drug test bombshell – and ADHD medication is at the centre of it.
Sprint star Rohan Browning suddenly retires weeks after gold medal
It comes just weeks after Browning won a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
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Ambitious plan to lure pole vault GOAT Down Under revealed
Kurtis Marschall is working to bring to Australia the greatest pole vaulter of all time, Armand Duplantis, as the headline act of a world-class showcase of the sport.
Patterson crowned champion, Hull third as injury ends Nina’s season
Eleanor Patterson won the women’s high jump at the Diamond League final, as Jessica Hull took third in the women’s 1500m.
Myers defeats Olympic champs in stellar win; Kennedy cracks 10 seconds
Middle-distance prodigy Cameron Myers beat two Olympic gold medallists and a host of other world-class stars to be crowned champion at the Diamond League final.