Monday Jul 7 07:04 AEST

Hackett unleashes super Olympic trial

Grant Hackett sent an ominous signal to his Beijing rivals with a superb 1500m swim on the final day of the grand prix meet in Sydney.

Bad luck: Aussie-taunter Gary Hall misses out

Extraordinary: Phelps qualifies for eighth race

Sullivan plays down back problems

Speed machine Eamon Sullivan has warned his Olympic rivals to discount him at their own peril in Beijing in the wake of his injury scare.

9RAW: Sullivan's off on the blocks

Again: Phelps, Peirsol set records in US trials

Gymnastics: Hamm fails drug test

Threat: China warns of Olympics unrest

"Clean" Games claims under a cloud

There may be an unprecedented 4,500 drug tests planned by the IOC at the Beijing Olympics but leading Australian anti-doping experts are suspicious of what lurks beneath the surface.

Your say: Will Beijing be a clean Games

Ready: Beijing organisers take delivery of medals

Form slump: Hoy misses 7th Olympics

Pistorius fails in first 400m bid

Double amputee Oscar Pistorius has failed in his first bid to reach the Olympic 400 metres qualification time at an athletics meeting.

Olympic spirit: Aussies to share Malaysia pool

On guard: Athletes given medication warning

Aussie Paralympic athletics squad named

Five-time Paralympians and debutants aged as young as 14 are among a powerful Australian athletics team for the Beijing Paralympics.

Healthy quirks: Hackett goes to extremes

US swimming: Records for Coughlin and Peirsol

Beijing tennis: Alicia Molik receives wildcard

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From BeijingMarshallsea fills in Beijing's final report card.

More Olympics headlines

Beijing hopes to wipe away toilet stigmaBeijing's foul-smelling and poorly tended public toilets will feature some rarely seen luxuries during the Olympics, like toilet paper and soap, a report says. ABC radio to broadcast OlympicsAustralian radio listeners will hear full commentary from the Beijing Olympics on the ABC, except in Sydney. Putin wants Olympics facilities movedPrime Minister Vladimir Putin has called for controversial Olympic facilities planned for Sochi to be relocated, citing ecological concerns. Aussie pentathlete dumped for BeijingAustralian Olympic modern pentathlete Alex Parygin has lost his spot on the team for Beijing following an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport. Mottram chasing Lagat for Olympic titleAmerican Bernard Lagat has firmed as the man Australian Craig Mottram must beat to claim an Olympic gold medal. Japan popular pre-Olympic destinationTeams from 24 countries, including the US, Canada and Germany, have decided to set up training camps in Japan ahead of the Beijing Olympics. Phelps breaks 400m individual medley world recordMichael Phelps broke his own 400m individual medley world record in scintillating style here Sunday, clocking 4min 05.25sec to win the title at the US Olympic swimming trials. Algae bloom hits Beijing sailing venueChina's pledge of a "Green Olympics" has taken on a worrying meaning at the sailing venue city of Qingdao. Gay headlines cut-throat U.S. athletics trialsDouble world champion Tyson Gay and a host of the world's leading performers will be vying for coveted Olympic spots at the United States selection trials which start on Friday. Japanese athletes begin chopstick-less 'food camp'Japanese athletes have begun a spartan, chopstick-free Chinese food training programme to help them acclimatise for this year's Beijing Olympics. Yao Ming's bed among memorabilia being auctionedThe bed used by China's giant basketball star Yao Ming at the Olympics will be among millions of items of memorabilia auctioned off after the Beijing Games, state press said on Thursday.

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