Celebrated film-maker Bud Greenspan’s documentary about the 2000 Olympics in Sydney contains as its centrepiece an account of Monday, September 25, when more than 110,000 spectators - the largest crowd ever to watch track and field at the Games - packed into Stadium Australia to witness an extraordinary sequence of competitions.

Commonwealth Games Australia has launched a virtual exhibition to mark the anniversary of the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, which began 50 years ago yesterday.

Former sprinter Raelene Boyle is to be presented with the Order of Merit, the Australian Olympic Committee's (AOC) highest honour, at its Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Sydney on Saturday (May 4).

Four Olympic greats will be awarded with Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) Orders of Merit, the organisation have announced.