Australia’s dramatic penalty shootout victory over France in the FIFA Women’s World Cup quarter-finals has become the most viewed television sporting event in the country since Cathy Freeman’s iconic gold medal at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, new figures published today have revealed.

Athletics greats Usain Bolt of Jamaica and Cathy Freeman of Australia and five-time Paralympic swimming gold medallist Ellie Simmonds of Britain have joined the campaign "It's a Penalty", which spreads awareness about modern slavery, in the build-up to the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games.

Olympic gold medallist Cathy Freeman has led welcomes for a change to the Australian national anthem which has been introduced today.

Cathy Freeman’s gold medal winning 400m race at the Sydney 2000 Olympics has become the first Australian sporting moment to be preserved using "Synthetic DNA" technology in what a leading official has described as a "Space Odyssey."

On the 20th anniversary of her momentous 400 metres victory at the Sydney Olympics, Cathy Freeman has revealed that what "petrified" her most about the occasion was the thought of the medal ceremony.

Celebrated film-maker Bud Greenspan’s documentary about the 2000 Olympics in Sydney contains as its centrepiece an account of Monday, September 25, when more than 110,000 spectators - the largest crowd ever to watch track and field at the Games - packed into Stadium Australia to witness an extraordinary sequence of competitions.

Olympic champion Cathy Freeman sent a video message as Olympic personalities gathered to relight the cauldron in commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the Opening Ceremony of the Sydney 2000 Games.

In less than a month, the Olympic Flame will be on its way to Tokyo. Rio 2016 pistol shooting gold medallist Anna Korakaki will be the first Torchbearer. When she receives the first Flame, it will represent the latest Olympic milestone for women.

Four Olympic greats will be awarded with Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) Orders of Merit, the organisation have announced.

“Very much connected.” It was a key phrase in the Queen’s Message delivered at the Opening Ceremony of the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast last night. 

If one believed in spirits, it would be tempting to imagine that of Baron Pierre De Coubertin, father of the modern Olympics, hovering approvingly over the proposed meeting between representatives of North and South Korea in the demilitarised zone that lies between them.

A billion dollar project to demolish and rebuild the main stadium that hosted the 2000 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Sydney has been revealed as part of controversial plans announced by the New South Wales Government.

Gold Coast 2018 ambassador Cathy Freeman has claimed the Commonwealth Games could prove a life-changing experience for athletes next year.