Olympic

Queensland Premier Steven Miles’s attempt to end division over Gabba demolition sent him back to starting line

It’s been more than 900 days since Brisbane was announced as host for the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games, and the Queensland government is back to square one for its centrepiece stadium.

Premier Steven Miles ordered an independent review of major Olympic venues to end the division created by the $2.7 billion demolition proposed for the Gabba, and to find a better value for money option.

The outside of the Gabba stadium with crowds walking to and from.

An artist’s impression of the Gabba’s redevelopment.(Supplied: Queensland Government)

But the outcome has resulted in the state government landing back where it started — with $2.7 billion to spend on venues

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Paris Olympics soccer draw: United States women face Germany and Australia. Men meet France

PARIS (AP) — The United States women’s soccer team will face Germany and Australia at the Paris Olympics when incoming coach Emma Hayes looks to get off to a strong start in the job.

The draws for the men’s and women’s soccer tournaments were held at a ceremony in Saint-Denis on Wednesday.

The record four-time gold-medalist was drawn against fifth-ranked Germany and World Cup semifinalist Australia in Group B. Those teams will be joined by either Morocco or Zambia.

Hayes takes up his role as US coach in May after finishing the season with Chelsea, where he is challenging for

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16-year-old US gymnast Tiana Sumanasekera on training with Simone Biles, aiming for LA 2028

It’s easy to imagine an 8-year-old Tiana Sumanasekera huddled around a TV or cellphone intently watching as US gymnast Simone Biles swept through the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, where she won four titles.

Nearly eight years later, the scene is different. Really different.

Sumanasekera, now 16, still has Biles squarely in focus but now the two are training mates at the gym owned by the four-time Olympic champion’s parents, World Champions Center (WCC), in Spring, Texas, a suburb of Houston.

“I mean, sometimes it doesn’t even hit me, but when it does, it’s just like, ‘Wow. I’ve really come this

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Olympic

Nadia Comaneci exclusive on changing gymnastics, Simone Biles’ impact

Nadia Comaneci: “Mistakes give you creativity”

The impact of Comaneci’s perfect marks had the very practical change of mandating scoreboards capable of displaying 10.00.

The ones used in Montreal, quite famously now, could only display three digits, forcing Comaneci’s historic scores to be shown as simply 1.00.

But beyond the technology, Comaneci’s arrival changed the sport.

The lithe Romanian surely had her ‘Nadia touch’ that set her apart, but she also had elements no other gymnast could achieve, including the Comaneci salto – a kip to straddled front somersault re-grab on the uneven bars.

It’s an element so difficult that

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