25 Sep 2000: Kerri Pottharst and Natalie Cook of Australia celebrate after their win over Brazil to win the Gold medal, in the final of the Women's Beach Volleyball at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, held at the Beach Volleyball Centre in Bondi, Sydney,Australia. DIGITAL IMAGE Mandatory Credit: Hamish Blair/ALLSPORT

Postcard of Sydney icons fuelling Olympic dream

June 1, 2021 admin 0

Beach volleyball star and Olympic medal hopeful Mariafe Artacho del Solar has revealed how one of Australia's most inspirational sporting stories is fuelling her bid to take home a gold medal at the Tokyo Games.

25 Sep 2000: Kerri Pottharst and Natalie Cook of Australia celebrate after their win over Brazil to win the Gold medal, in the final of the Women's Beach Volleyball at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, held at the Beach Volleyball Centre in Bondi, Sydney,Australia. DIGITAL IMAGE Mandatory Credit: Hamish Blair/ALLSPORT

Postcard of Sydney icons fuelling Olympic dream

June 1, 2021 admin 0

Beach volleyball star and Olympic medal hopeful Mariafe Artacho del Solar has revealed how one of Australia's most inspirational sporting stories is fuelling her bid to take home a gold medal at the Tokyo Games.

Ben Simmons.

Simmons' 'painful to watch' free throw nightmare

June 1, 2021 admin 0

Ben Simmons endured a difficult night with free throws, so much so that it proved a viable tactic for the Washington Wizards who deliberately sent the Aussie to the line in their 122-114 playoff win over the Philadelphia 76ers.