It has become an unequal playing field for NSW schoolchildren with inner west primary schools forced to cancel inter-school sports as some private schools promote state-of-the-art equipment.
A high-octane farewell to the Olympics featured a golden alien,a pianist dangling from the sky and Tom Cruise leaping from the roof of the Stade de France.
One of the most spectacular Olympics of the modern era have drawn to a close in Paris with smiling athletes,slick French pop and Snoop Dogg – as the Games head for La La Land in 2028.
Breaking never wanted to be an Olympic sport. Now Rachael Gunn – the Australian with a PhD “who was there to get funky” – is its unlikely face.
She fled Afghanistan after the Taliban abducted her father. Now in Paris,Talash has found her voice on the world’s biggest stage.
The beds sucked,the food was a disaster and the venues prioritised form over function. But there’s no denying it looked fabulous on a postcard.
Dance sport bosses wanted ballroom in the Olympics. They were told to deliver breaking instead. The only problem:no one asked the breakers.
Paris has been dubbed the beautiful Olympics,but that word is too weak. A string of superlatives would not do these sporting theatres justice.
Mark it down in the record books:this was the greatest day at the greatest Games in Australian Olympic history. It was a golden blur.
At 21,Keegan Palmer is a two-time Olympic skateboarding champion,but the “younger generation” is nipping at his heels.
The first era of tween medallists ended in 1936. The second began three years ago in Tokyo with skateboarding,which on Wednesday celebrated a 14-year-old champion.