Gout Gout may have some more competition after New Zealand’s fastest man switched allegiances to Australia and declared he wants to break our national records.

Tasmanian race walker Samuel Lindsay etched his name into the record books on day one of the Australian All Schools Athletics after cruising to a 36-second victory in the U18 5000m race walk, and ...

Gout Gout, a 17-year-old Australian sprinter, has taken the world by storm following his record-breaking runs in the country’s school and national-level athletics championships over the past six ...

MELBOURNE, Dec 11 (Reuters) - Schoolboy sensation Gout Gout is bathing in new-found celebrity and savouring comparisons with Usain Bolt following his eye-catching runs at the Australian schools ...

Future Olympians will be on display at the Australian Athletics All Schools Championships in Melbourne this week.

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Eric Hollingsworth has bowed to the inevitable and resigned as head coach of Athletics Australia after being sent home from the Commonwealth Games for releasing a statement critical ...

GLASGOW, Scotland -- Athletics Australia has suspended its head coach Eric Hollingsworth after he released an unauthorized statement criticizing Olympic hurdles champion Sally Pearson for not ...

MELBOURNE, April 15 (Reuters) - Australian athletics hailed the prospect of another Olympic medal contender after long jumper Chris Mitrevski smashed his personal best at national championships over ...

SYDNEY (AP) — Australian Olympic middle-distance runner and 2022 Commonwealth Games silver medalist Peter Bol has tested positive to a banned performance-enhancing drug. Athletics Australia said ...

Queensland's Lachlan Kennedy might not be a household name just yet. But the 21-year-old has broken the Australian 60 metre record, run the fastest time in the world this year, and qualified for the ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Australia’s Nicola Olyslagers, twice an Olympic silver medallist, won the women’s world high jump gold on Sunday, but only after a nervous wait during a long rain suspension.

TOKYO -- Team Australia began the final evening of competition at the world athletics championships with three medals -- all bronze -- to its name. It ended a stop-start, rain-interrupted, and at ...