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Olympic champion Jess Fox.

Devastated but resilient, Jess Fox withdraws from home world champs after tumour removal

Three-time Olympic champion Jess Fox will miss her home world championship while she continues to recover from surgery last month.

  • Billie Eder and Hannah Kennelly

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Shelley Reys lost her place on the Brisbane 2032 Board.

Axed Brisbane Olympics board member says ‘nothing replaces’ Indigenous representation

Greg Norman is among those appointed to the revised board despite losing a nomination from Prime Minister Anthony Albanese last month.

  • Frances Howe
Queensland Deputy Premier Jarrod Bleijie and federal Infrastructure Minister Catherine King exchanging letters of intent in Brisbane on Thursday.

Brisbane Games board takes shape as golfing legend loses seat

Half of the organising board for the 2032 Brisbane Olympics will be axed, with gender and diversity rules thrown out, as nominations reopen.

  • Frances Howe
A concept image rendering of the proposed whitewater facility in Redland City, earmarked for the Olympic canoe slalom events, from March 2021.

Locals want to sink bid for new Olympic whitewater site

A plan to build a Brisbane 2032 whitewater venue has been rejected by an angry community amid calls for an Olympic drawcard to be held interstate.

  • Savannah Meacham and Laine Clark
Jess and Noemie Fox after training at the Penrith Whitewater Stadium.

The 1996 funding fight that set the Fox sisters on the road to Olympic glory

If Richard Fox didn’t fight to fund the Sydney 2000 Olympic venue in Penrith, the Fox family never would have migrated to Australia.

  • Billie Eder
Jess Fox in training at the Penrith Whitewater Stadium.

‘Very close to burnout’: Jess Fox won more golds in Paris – and then life got hectic

Jess and Noemie Fox will return to competition in Penrith later this week, and it’ll be a return to normality after several whirlwind months in the wake of gold medal glory at the Olympics.

  • Iain Payten
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Casey Dellacqua, Todd Woodbridge and Lleyton Hewitt pose with the United Cup trophy during the 2025 United Cup Official Draw at Foundation Hall, Museum of Contemporary Art on October 21, 2024 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Matt King/Getty Images for Tennis Australia)

Grand slam! Todd Woodbridge and Lleyton Hewitt’s enormous Tennis Australia salaries

It seems a tennis ambassador can earn much more than Kevin Rudd, Australia’s actual ambassador to the United States.

  • Stephen Brook, Madeleine Heffernan and Cara Waters

‘The reason I can be the greatest athlete I can be’: Jessica Fox’s secret to success

The three-time Olympic gold medallist was self-conscious about parts of her body, but she’s learnt to see them as her strength.

  • Jane Rocca
Billy Slater and Jessica Fox will be part of Nine’s Cup carnival coverage.

Nine springs Olympic surprise for Cup week coverage

Nine has announced its broadcast team to cover the coming Melbourne Cup week carnival and has called in some big names from other sports.

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Isaah Yeo and Nathan Cleary with Noemie and Jess Fox on Monday morning.

‘From challenge comes growth’: Why Fox is backing her Panthers

The Panthers are paddling after back-to-back defeats – so who better to give them a timely pep talk than Olympic canoeing gold medallists Jess and Noemie Fox.

  • Christian Nicolussi