Australia's rugby sevens men have been denied a World Championship semi-final spot after their match-winning try was controversially waved away on review.

Australians Tahli Gill and Dean Hewitt have pocketed the mixed doubles bronze medal at the world curling championships in Canada.

Swimming great Susie O'Neill and AusCycling chairman Craig Bingham have joined the board of the Australian Olympic Committee

Aerial skiing stars Laura Peel and Danielle Scott are joint winners of Snow Australia's female athlete of the year award. Scotty James took the men's gong.

Australia's aspiring Winter Olympians have had a team orientation ahead of the Games in Milan-Cortina in Italy next year, where a new medal record is expected.

Harry Garside was "embarrassed'' after crashing out of the Paris Olympics and is restarting his pro career to once again find self-respect as an athlete.

The lure of a podium finish at Brisbane's 2032 Games and the weight of the NFL is propelling the case for flag football's Olympics future.

The WNBL's minimum wage will more than double under a new pay agreement years in the making that will also swell clubs' salary caps.

Sprinter Lachlan Kennedy was fifth in the 100m at the Xiamen DL meet, while Nicola Olyslagers and Eleanor Patterson had podium finishes in the high jump.

The shocks have kept coming at Bells Beach, with Australian wildcard entrant Xavier Huxtable beating world No.1 Italo Ferreira in the Rip Curl Pro.

The Wallaroos' plans to transition sevens force Maddison Levi into a 15s weapon ahead of the Women's Rugby World Cup may need to be put on ice.

World No.5 Hannah Green has added analytics to her silky game ahead of women's golf's first major championship of the year in Texas.

Sprint stars Gout Gout and Lachlan Kennedy have locked in their spots in the Australian team for the Tokyo world athletics championships.

Bree and Matt Rizzo can now hang their Stawell Gift winners' sashes side by side at home.

Adelaide schoolteacher John Evans has followed in the footsteps of his coach Paul Young to win the men's Stawell Gift.

Lachlan Kennedy and Gout Gout will have to pull out all the stops to book their spots in the Stawell Gift final on Easter Monday.

Australian surfing star Molly Picklum will continue her rivalry with American world No.1 and defending champion Caitlin Simmers at the Rip Curl Pro.

Min Woo Lee is taking Jason Day's advice on board after a tough Masters weekend finished in style, with a trademark chip in from the 18th greenside bunker.

With the sport set to star at the LA Olympics, Golf Australia will make a big push to also ensure the sport's inclusion at Brisbane's Paralympics.

Gout Gout has twice broken the 10-second mark in the 100m sprint at the Australian Athletics Championships in Perth, but both were with illegal tailwinds.