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FILE - China's Gao Song, right, tries stop Australia's Lauren Jackson during their women's quarterfinal basketball game at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Aug. 7, 2012. Jackson is set to rejoin the national team at the age of 41 in a bid for another world championship medal Sydney’s Daily Telegraph newspaper reported on Tuesday, June 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, File)
Lauren Jackson set to return for Australia's Opals at age 41

Jun. 21, 2022 08:35 AM EDT

A tourist snaps pictures of Uyghur performers at the front gate of the remodeled city center of Kashgar in China's far west Xinjiang region, during the welcome ceremony of a state tour for foreign media on April 19, 2021. Four years after Beijing's brutal crackdown on largely Muslim minorities native to Xinjiang, Chinese authorities are dialing back the region's high-tech police state and stepping up tourism. But even as a sense of normality returns, fear remains, hidden but pervasive. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
IOC VP: Chinese human rights not a concern before 2022 Games

Oct. 14, 2021 03:07 AM EDT

Sonny Bill Williams of the Sydney Roosters National Rugby League team passes a ball during a training session in Sydney, August 15, 2020. Ex-New Zealand All Blacks star Williams is set to play in the National Rugby League for the first time since 2014 after being included on the Roosters' interchange bench for a Grand Final rematch against the Canberra Raiders on Saturday, Sept. 5, 2020. (Dean Lewins/AAP Image via AP)
Roosters pick Sonny Bill Williams for NRL comeback v Raiders

Sep. 01, 2020 03:16 AM EDT

In this Nov. 12, 2019, photo, Australian BMX rider Kai Sakakibara rides a bike in the suburb of Sydney, Australia. Sakakibara, who grew up in Japan, has relocated from hospital to a rehabilitation center but his hopes of qualifying for the Olympics are over are his family was told to expect permanent disability after he suffered a traumatic brain injury. (Kyodo News via AP)
BMX rider Sakakibara makes slow recovery, Olympic hopes over

Apr. 17, 2020 12:43 AM EDT