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  • Olympic shot-put champion is stripped of gold

    Belarus' Nadezhda Ostapchuk

    Samantha Lane, London A Belarusian shot putter has become the first medallist of the London Olympics to be stripped of ...

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  • Lundy highlights sport's gender bias

    London Olympic Games  2012
Basketball at Olympic Park , Australia v China in the womens quarter final , Australia's Lauren Jackson drives to the basket.

    Samantha Lane The second-class treatment of Australia's female Olympic basketballers was merely ...

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  • Lundy, Opals to push for end to gender discrimination

    Kate Lundy

    Samantha Lane THE second-class treatment of Australia's female Olympic basketballers was tip-of-the-iceberg ...

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  • Coates delivers blunt message to Olympics sports bosses

    John Coates

    Samantha Lane AUSTRALIA'S Olympic chief, John Coates, has put the presidents and chief executives of the ...

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  • Flag honour for sailing success

    Samantha Lane THE performance of sailor Malcolm Page has been highlighted as Australia's most outstanding of the ...

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  • Styling Sam bags silver as Buchanan misses out

    Samantha Lane and Chris Dutton IN a field of dudes, Sam Willoughby was styling. On the day he envisaged winning Australia's first ...

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  • For flag-bearing duties, it's Page's turn

    Malcolm Page

    Samantha Lane It could have been a hurdler, it could have been a cyclist — but the Olympic performance of gold ...

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  • Young gun Willoughby just fails to nail BMX gold

    Silver medallist Sam Willoughby of Australia

    Samantha Lane In a field of dudes Sam Willoughby was styling. On the day he envisaged winning gold for Australia ...

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  • Who will carry the flag? Green keeping cards close to chest

    Meares

    Samantha Lane Some say Sally Pearson has the flag in the bag. Others argue Anna Meares’ against-all-odds win at ...

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  • Final medal tally to be 'as predicted'

    Australia's chef de mission Nick Green.

    Samantha Lane THE tunnel looked dark and the hole deep, but after a late surge the Australian Olympic team has ...

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  • British PM laughs off French suspicions of cheating

    David Cameron

    Samantha Lane SUSPICIONS about Great Britain’s dominance at the Olympic velodrome has moved British Prime ...

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  • Two Australians advance in BMX crashfest

    France's Joris Daudet (left) falls during the men's BMX quarter-final run at the London 2012 Olympic Games.

    Samantha Lane They were forced to take the long route, but Australian world champion Sam Willoughby and bruised ...

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  • Balco boss claims 60% of Games athletes are on drugs

    Samantha Lane SPORT'S most infamous drug dealer, Victor Conte, the convicted owner of the infamous BALCO ...

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  • Worth the wait for gold ... but Pearson frustrated by delay

    Sally Pearson

    Samantha Lane BEFORE the biggest moment of her life, Sally Pearson was kept waiting. She wasn't happy, she was ...

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  • Rogers picks up Olympic bronze .... from eight years ago

    Michael Rogers

    Samantha Lane Forever robbed of a moment that cannot be replicated, but not of a prize, veteran Australian road ...

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  • Low to high: how beaten Meares found strength to fight back

    Meares

    Samantha Lane TO FULLY understand the brilliance of Anna Meares' greatest victory, her greatest loss must be ...

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  • Fear of another failure drives Meares to her greatest moment

    Samantha Lane To fully understand the brilliance of Anna Meares's greatest victory, her greatest loss must be ...

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  • Meares defeats Pendleton to win sprint gold for Australia

    Australia's Anna Meares celebrates after her track cycling women's sprint finals at the Velodrome during the London 2012 Olympic Games August 7, 2012. Meares won the gold medal.          REUTERS/Cathal McNaughton (BRITAIN  - Tags: OLYMPICS SPORT CYCLING TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

    Samantha Lane Anna Meares is the Olympic sprint queen after defeating Victoria Pendleton in two dramatic races ...

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  • Revealed: the secret plan that dethroned Britain's queen

    Anna Meares

    Samantha Lane With her body, and just as much with her mind, Anna Meares dethroned Britain's queen of cycling in ...

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  • Pearson must run for herself, says Carl Lewis

    Carl Lewis

    Samantha Lane Before Sally Pearson faced her sporting d-day, the great Carl Lewis said the key to the hurdler ...

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