Cricket

Doherty: I wasn't up to Test cricket

Stathi Paxinos Tasmanian left-armer admits he has not been up to Test standard so far, but hopes to get another chance.

Swimming

New boss raises the bar for world titles

Stathi Paxinos Swim team has rebounded well from the fallout of its London Olympic Games campaign.

Swimming

End of long wait?

Stathi Paxinos Jordan Harrison becomes first Australian since Grant Hackett's retirement to break 15-minute barrier in 1500 metres freestyle.

Swimming

Disqualification a boon for Fraser-Holmes

Stathi Paxinos Thomas Fraser-Holmes has moved to fill the spare day in his world championships program caused by his tumble from the blocks in his 400 metre freestyle at the national titles in Adelaide by shifting...

Swimming

Lifted by Hackett wave

Stathi Paxinos Grant Hackett may be long gone from the competitive pool, having retired in 2008 after just failing to become the first male swimmer to win three Olympics golds in the same event.

Swimming

Abood joins Missile

Stathi Paxinos, Adelaide James Magnussen impressed with his best-ever 50 metres freestyle, but it was Matt Abood who captured the attention.

Swimming

Hackett still setting the gold standard via coach's tales

Stathi Paxinos Grant Hackett might be long gone from the competitive pool, having retired in 2008 after narrowly failing to become the first male swimmer to win three Olympic golds in the same event.

Swimming

Winning swim sisters muzzle embarrassing dad

Stathi Paxinos Cate and Bronte Campbell booked their berths for the world championships, with father Eric notably absent from their entourage.

Swimming

Campbell sisters make it a double act for Barcelona

Stathi Paxinos, Adelaide Cate Campbell showed at the national titles on Wednesday night that she is in career-best form.

Swimming

New boss plans to unify team, ban Stilnox, move on from Games woes

Stathi Paxinos The future of Australian swimming would include no teams within teams and no use of Stilnox and have a clear line ''drawn in the sand'' from a disappointing Olympic Games campaign that fractured the...

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Swimming

Scott to build team unity

Stathi Paxinos, Adelaide Swimming's new high-performance director makes his voice heards on his first day.

Swimming

Bad boys team again for world championships

Stathi Paxinos Australia's controversial men's 4x100 metre freestyle relay team is set to be reunited.

Swimming

New swim boss starts with pill ban

Stathi Paxinos Swimming Australia's new high performance director Michael Scott will make the banning of Stilnox by team members one of his first moves in drawing a "line in the sand" after the disappointing...

Swimming

Toned-down but still fast

Stathi Paxinos James Magnussen says he does not need the chest-thumping and questionable behaviour of his alter ego ''The Missile'' to regain his confidence.

Swimming

Whole new ball game for Cole

Stathi Paxinos Like many athletes who have just competed at major events, Paralympic champion Ellie Cole has gone through a period of considering whether she would continue in her sport.

Swimming

Gubecka a pocket rocket

Stathi Paxinos Barry Kime knew he had something special when Chelsea Gubecka joined his Sunshine Coast swim squad just after her eighth birthday.

Swimming

Magnussen lets stroke do the talking in taking 100m Swimming

Stathi Paxinos James Magnussen says he does not need the chest-thumping and questionable behaviour of The Missile to regain the confidence that he was still seeking in the aftermath of a below-par London Olympic...

Swimming

Teen swimmer facing difficult choice over titles

Stathi Paxinos Melbourne teenager Alexander Graham has a choice to make in the coming days.

Swimming

Irvine finds that success is the best painkiller

Stathi Paxinos Grant Irvine has never forgotten the pain of missing Olympic selection last year.

In the same lane: new coaches aim to unite teams of men and women

Stathi Paxinos Australia's swim team will not be divided into two despite the appointment of men's and women's head coaches for this year's world championships, the men appointed to the positions have said.