Tom Wildie

Lucas Robinson was named WA's most valuable player at the recent AFL under-16 national championships — and the Fremantle Dockers have pulled off a coup, snaring him from right under the nose of bitter rivals West Coast. 

The head coach of the Australian women's indoor hockey team, Lauren Austin, is facing a number of sexual assault charges, including when her alleged victim was a child.

Rhiannon Clarke is a two-time Commonwealth Games medallist, a three-time World Championship medallist and now a dual Paralympian, but that's not how she measures her greatest success.

Dual-Olympic gold medallist Matt Wearn has said it is a shame most athletes do not get to reap the rewards for their success at the Olympics.

In a game that went down to the last few seconds, the US wins its eighth straight women's basketball gold to top the Paris Olympics medal tally, while Australia claims three podium finishes on the final day of competition.

Jess Hull put in the run of her life to claim silver in the 1,500m, after the Stingers earlier finished runner-up in the women's water polo, and a score of Aussies finished fourth in their events.

Diver Maddison Keeney and cyclist Matthew Richardson add silver to Australia's growing medal tally, as Algerian boxer Imane Khelif won gold. Re-live the action from overnight.

Australia has shocked gold medal favourites the US in a tense penalty shootout to book a place in the Olympics final, as two more silvers and two bronzes were added to the tally overnight.

Nina Kennedy wins the pole vault title to claim Australia's fourth gold medal of the day and mark the Paris Olympics as our most golden Games in history.

Nicola Olyslagers and Eleanor Patterson have secured silver and bronze for Australia in the high jump, while Noah Lyles has claimed 100m gold by the barest of margins.