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Olympic pipedream
October 30th, 2009
PATRIOTIC blackmail - that is what the Australian Olympic Committee is engaging in.
Silence less than golden
October 30th, 2009
THE Boxing Kangaroo found itself with more than one fight on its hands this week.
IOC to set sex-test guidelines
October 28th, 2009
THE International Olympic Committee will convene a special conference of medical experts to draw up guidelines for dealing with "ambiguous" gender cases in the wake of South African runner Caster Semenya's sex test controversy.
Australian athletes shortchanged
October 27th, 2009
AS the nation's Olympic expectations continue to tumble, the Australian Olympic Committee has expressed frustration at delays in the federal Crawford report into sports funding.
Coates warns: cuts to cost medals
October 27th, 2009
AUSTRALIAN Olympic Committee chief John Coates has launched a pre-emptive strike against any federal government plan to slash funding to less successful sports, warning it would accelerate Australia's slide down the Games medal tally.
Housing industry backs PM’s speech
October 27th, 2009
HOUSING industry figures last night offered cautious support for Kevin Rudd's proposal to take control of the long-term infrastructure planning of Australia's cities, saying such a move was overdue.
Coates wants extra $1.08bn for athletes
October 27th, 2009
AS Australia's Olympic expectations continue to tumble, the Australian Olympic Committee has expressed frustration at delays in the federal Crawford report into sports funding.
Coates pleads for sports funding
October 27th, 2009
THE Australian Olympic Committee has expressed frustration at delays in the federally-commissioned Crawford report into sports funding.
Aussie sport on the slide
October 27th, 2009
AUSTRALIA would slip to seventh on the medal tally if an Olympic Games were held this year, according to the Australian Olympic Committee.
