Australian Athletes

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  Midnight Vows After Historic Australia Gay Marriage Reforms

  Sharing a kiss as fireworks lit up the night sky, two Australian athletes tied the knot just after midnight Tuesday, in one of the first gay unions in the country following historic marriage equality laws.

• Delhi CWG show makes Aussie swimmer a star

  She went to Delhi in anonymity but five medals at the Commonwealth Games have made swimmer Alicia Coutts a household name in Australia.

• Aussies sorry for CWG damage, offer to pay

  Australia topped the medals tally in the commonwealth games with 177 medals but they are not winning any awards for popularity. Australian athletes vandalised the Games village on Wednesday night, the day Sachin Tendulkar helped India crush the Aussies 2-0 in the test series.Apparently celebrating their victory in an event, some athletes decided to...

• Oz athletes raise Rs four lakh for charity

  Australian athletes, who dominated the just-concluded Commonwealth Games, have raised Rs four lakh for the poor and unprivileged children of the national capital.

• CWG: Did some Australians get rowdy?

  As the Australian contingent left for home after the conclusion of the Commonwealth Games, allegations have surfaced that their athletes at the Games Village indulged in hooliganism and damaged some property.Delhi Police said it has found a broken washing machine from a residential block and it was trying to find out what went behind it.Reports sug...

• Oz athlete sent back home for late-night party

  Australia have sent back an athlete from its Commonwealth Games contingent, ahead of the scheduled departure from Delhi, for late night partying.Australian Commonwealth Games chief Perry Crosswhite confirmed sending an athlete back home but did not disclose the identity of the punished athlete, according to a report in 'Herald Sun'.There hav...

• No Oz involved in Village hooliganism: Crosswhite

  Australia's Commonwealth Games boss Perry Crosswhite on Friday denied involvement of any Australian athlete in the vanadalism at the Games Village.It has been reported that some Australian athletes went on rampage at Village following India's fabulous Test series win over Australia, out of frustration.The report said the Aussies also raised fans ag...

• We were treated like cattle at CWG opener: Australian official

  Australian athletes were "treated like cattle" at the Commonwealth Games opening ceremony in New Delhi, said Australia's chef de mission, adding they were forced to wait in a tunnel in "absolute cauldron conditions". Steven Moneghetti criticised the event organisers and said: "I was very, very disappointed with the way that the event staff conducte...

• Huge Aussie team look to dominate again

  Australia is sending its largest ever team to an offshore Games in a bid to continue its domination of the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi.

• Australia happy with Games Village facilities

  The first Australian arrivals in the much-maligned Commonwealth Games village in New Delhi praised the facility on Tuesday after a week of frantic work by organisers to clean up athletes' rooms.

• More athletes to pull out but we are taking part: Aus minister

  Australian Sports Minister Mark Arbib on Wednesday said more athletes are likely to pull out of the scandal-hit Commonwealth Games in India but his country is committed to take part in next month's multi-sporting event.