Beach Volleyball

Olympic gold medallist Natalie Cook funded her sporting dream through car washes and pie drives. Now she's helping young athletes do the same.

Australia's cricketers have hung on against New Zealand to make it through to the gold medal match as our lawn bowlers, gymnasts and track and field athletes continue the gold rush in Birmingham.

Emma McKeon, Kyle Chalmers, Kaylee McKeown, Matt Levy and the men's 4x200m relay team add to Australia's Commonwealth Games gold medal collection, cementing the green and gold at the top of the tally for another day.

The sun came out and the fans followed, as Australia's women enjoy their outings in 3x3 basketball and beach volleyball.

Emma McKeon wins her record-breaking 11th Commonwealth Games gold medal in the women's 50m freestyle as Australia breaks the 50-medal mark on just the third day of competition in Birmingham.

They won silver at Tokyo, but Australia's best women beach volleyballers have their sights set on gold in Birmingham.

The Australian Olympic Committee has taken its search for future 2032 Brisbane Olympians to remote Far North Queensland, where they believe lies a pool of talented athletes. 

Their Indigenous and Peruvian heritage may be part of what makes their combination special, but silver medallists Taliqua Clancy and Mariafe Artacho del Solar are very much at the heart of the diverse Australian team in Tokyo, writes Tracey Holmes.

The 24-year-old from Melbourne took it up to two-time world champion Andy Cruz, but went down in two rounds and will now collect a bronze medal.

Australian pair Taliqua Clancy and Mariafe Artacho del Solar win a silver medal in the women's beach volleyball, going down in the final to the USA pairing of Alix Klineman and April Ross.

Keegan Palmer wins the men's park skateboard final to deliver Australia its 17th gold, while Melissa Wu collects her first Games medal in her fourth Olympics appearance.

Twenty-four hours after winning their semi-final, Australia's beach volleyball team of Taliqua Clancy and Mariafe Artacho del Solar will be playing the USA for a gold medal.

Australia are into the women's beach volleyball gold-medal game after overwhelming Latvia in straight sets in the semi-final.

The Australian men's hockey team are hoping to book a place in the gold medal match, while our men's basketballers are playing for a chance to reach the final four.

While the 2032 Olympics Games might seem like a lifetime away, the journey is already beginning for those hoping to win medals in front of a home crowd.

The Olympics are yet to get underway and Australia is already setting records, with the highest number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander athletes selected to compete at the Tokyo Games.

The Vanuatu women's volleyball team came within a hair's breadth of qualifying for the Rio Olympics in 2016. As the Tokyo Games loom, they are on the verge once again.

Nine months out from the Olympics, Australia's medal prospects have hit a major snag after the NSW Government cut funding for the nation's premier volleyball competition at Sydney's Manly Beach.

For athletes used to thousands booing them on the world volleyball circuit, the support of a raucous crowd in the men's volleyball final made a big difference.

One of the rising stars of Australian athletics Kurtis Marschall wins the gold medal in pole vault after seeing off the challenge of Canadian Shawnacy Barber, while Dani Stevens is too good for the rest of the field.

The Gold Coast's beaches may be regarded as some of the world's best but sand will have to be imported for the upcoming Commonwealth Games as the local sand is too fine.

Australian beach volleyball player Bo Soderberg missed out on selection for the Olympic Games, but that has not stopped him playing a star role in Rio.

When beach volleyball is elevated to Olympic level, expect some true excitement from Brazilians who see their country as the spiritual home of the sport.

The partnership between Olympic beach volleyball team-mates Nikki Laird and Mariafe Artacho del Solar was sparked long before the pair joined forces on the beach.

It is not just the athletes who have to qualify for the 2018 Commonwealth Games; the city's iconic sand has to pass muster for the beach volleyball events.