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Demolition work has begun on a PCYC in Logan Central, which will make way for the new Logan Indoor Sports Centre Olympic and Paralympic venue.

From PCYC to the Brisbane 2032 Olympic stage: Work begins on new sporting hub

Work has started on another Olympic venue in south-east Queensland, with excavators moving in on a landmark Logan building to clear the site for a new indoor stadium.

  • Cameron Atfield

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Griffith University vice chancellor Carolyn Evans and Logan Mayor Jon Raven sign a MOI to build a baseball and softball stadium at the university’s Logan campus.

Logan mayor sets three-month deadline for Olympic stadium funding

The clock is ticking as Logan races to secure funding to build a stadium to host Olympic baseball and softball in 2032 after Griffith University offered up some land.

  • Cameron Atfield
Render of the proposed baseball stadium at Griffith University’s Logan campus at Meadowbrook.

Bandits on the run? Team weighs up Logan move, as softball makes own pitch

The planned new Logan ballpark could attract Brisbane’s only professional baseball club, but softball also wants to ensure it does not strike out.

  • Cameron Atfield
The stadium would have a permanent 5000-seat capacity and be expanded for the Games.

Logan unveils ballpark vision as mayor makes pitch to Asian investors

Logan Mayor Jon Raven has taken his council’s vision for an Olympic ballpark to Asia in a bid to attract investors to build the stadium in time for the 2032 Games.

  • Cameron Atfield
1965 world champion Margaret Swann at the announcement that Redcliffe will host the 2027 Softball World Cup.

Redcliffe to host Softball World Cup, throwing curveball to Logan’s Olympic hopes

Redcliffe will host the 2027 Softball World Cup, setting up a fierce competition with Logan City Council in the latest gambit for diamond sports’ inclusion in the Brisbane 2032 Olympic Games.

  • Cameron Atfield
Logan Mayor Jon Raven and Australian international softballer Kayla Waller at the site of what they hope will be the baseball and softball stadium at Brisbane 2032.

Logan’s pitch to build stadium for homeless Olympic sports

Logan City Council is planning its own privately funded field of dreams to host Olympic baseball and softball. But if they build it, will the Games come?

  • Cameron Atfield
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Keegan Palmer of Australia warms up for the men’s skateboarding park competition. The 18-year-old took gold for Australia in the sport’s Olympic debut.

Breakdancing is in, baseball, softball, karate out of Paris Olympics

Surfing, skateboarding and sport climbing made their Olympic debuts in Tokyo and brought everything organisers hoped for. The line-up for Paris will be different.

  • Rachel Axon
Jessica Fox crosses the finish line to win gold in the C1 canoe slalom

The best moments of the Tokyo Olympics, in pictures

With the world still in the grips of the COVID-19 pandemic and the impact of its Delta variant, in some respects these Olympics came at exactly the right time, albeit a year later than scheduled.

  • Natasya Rallios
Japan’s softball team celebrates its gold medal win over USA.

Tokyo’s resilient Games deliver hope

One of the challenges of covering this Olympics from Japan has been getting away from the dread. But the mood of the Japanese people is changing.

  • Eryk Bagshaw
Australian catcher Belinda White successfully tags Haylie McCleney out at the plate.

Australia’s softballers push US to extra innings but lose in heartbreaker

The Spirit pushed the world No.1 Americans all the way in what was their best match of the tournament, but couldn’t come away with the win.

  • Claire Siracusa