Melbourne, Apr 28: Ex-Olympian swimmer Ian Thorpe's contract with Foxtel is finished and will not be renewed.According to insiders, Thorpe's lucrative million-dollar television contract was terminated as he had lost interest in his once-promising media career.Media sources claimed Thorpe had in
Melbourne, Jan 30: Ace swimmer Amanda Beard has denied being romantically involved with Ian Thorpe. According to Daily Telegraph, Beard’s agent Evan Morganstein has rubbished the reports that the couple was in a relationship.
Sydney: The Games are over, and the party's begun. Well the party's been on for quite sometime.
Sydney: Australia are ready to hail Ian Thorpe as one of the biggest winners in Olympic swimming history on the opening day in Sydney's Homebush Bay pool on Saturday.
Sydney: Alexander Popov and Kieren Perkins, defying the years, chase historic golden trebles, while the precociously brilliant Ian Thorpe looks destined for Olympic greatness in eight days of spectacular swimming at the Sydney Games.
Sydney: The man in charge of Australia's swimming team has conceded defeat. Don Talbot's attempt to convince the world that his star-studded team does not harbour any great Olympic ambitions has failed miserably.
Sydney: Ian Thorpe returned to the scene of his most prolific world record breaking heroics on Monday, ready to swim faster than ever when the Olympic battles finally begin on Saturday.
Newcastle (Australia): If everything goes according to plan, Pieter van den Hoogenband will be remembered as one of the greatest party-poopers in Olympic swimming history.
Sydney: Surrounded by oceans, Australians have always loved and admired their swimmers. And in Ian Thorpe, the Sydney teenager tipped to win a stack of gold medals at next month's Olympics, they have a young freestyler they believe is so good that he doesn't just walk on water, he runs.
The two athletes and four officials who make up the tiny West African Republic's team have not shown up for pre-Games training in Adelaide and the Australian Olympic Committee has spent the past fortnight trying in vain to get through to Togo by phone, fax or email.