From Matildas magic to Winter Olympic wonders: Australia’s sporting highlights for 2026
Football captures the imagination, Formula One and tennis hopes rise – our writers pick the Australian sport moments to watch this year
NHL warns top players will not show up for Winter Olympics if venue is unsafe
The NHL said it is ‘disappointing’ that the main ice hockey venue for the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympic Games will not be ready until the new year
Eve Muirhead: ‘People think I’m a steely-eyed competitor but we’re all human’
With 100 days to go until Milan 2026, Team GB’s chef de mission for the next Winter Games hopes speaking out about her own experiences can help other athletes succeed
Cross-country running and cyclocross could be added to Winter Olympics by 2030
Cross-country and cyclocross have a good chance of being added to the 2030 Winter Olympics in France, Sebastian Coe has predicted
Italian skier Matteo Franzoso dies at the age of 25 after training crash in Chile
Matteo Franzoso has died after suffering ‘major head trauma’ in a training crash at the La Parva track near Santiago
‘I came back stronger’: freestyle skier Kirsty Muir on injury and Olympic medal ambitions
With the Winter Olympics less than six months away, the Scottish medal hopeful talks to Yara El-Shaboury about her hopes of improving on a muted, Covid-hit Games debut in 2021
British bobsleigh’s Brad Hall: ‘Winning medals without sacrifice doesn’t mean anything’
A loss of funding in 2019 led to Brad Hall raising money privately and a period of unprecedented Team GB success. He talks to Yara El-Shaboury
German Olympic champion Laura Dahlmeier dies after mountaineering accident in Pakistan
The German double biathlon champion Laura Dahlmeier has died after she was seriously injured by a rockfall on a mountain in northern Pakistan
Climbers attempt rescue of German Olympic champion seriously injured in Pakistan mountains
The German double biathlon champion Laura Dahlmeier has been seriously injured by a rockfall on a mountain in northern Pakistan
Cool Britannia: skeleton stars target Olympic history despite a lack of ice
Matt Weston and Marcus Wyatt are favourites for next year’s Winter Games despite the absence of facilities
Olympic skier Berkin Usta dies aged 24 in fire at winter resort hotel
Olympian and his father Yahya die in blaze in closed hotel in Turkey, after Berkin raced slalom and giant slalom at 2022 Beijing Winter Games
Kirsty Coventry’s in-tray: six big issues facing IOC’s new president
From protecting women’s sport to the return of Russia and keeping the Olympics relevant, the former gold medallist has tough challenges ahead
Kirsty Coventry named new IOC president as Coe denied in election vote – as it happened
A vote expected to be tense, tight and protracted turned out to be one-sided and extraordinarily brief, ending with Kirsty Coventry’s election as IOC president