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2032 Summer Paralympics
The 2032 Summer Paralympics, or the Games of the XIX Paralympiad, and also known as the 19th Summer Paralympic Games, and branded as Brisbane 2032, or the abbreviation Bris2032, are an upcoming international multi-sport event parasports event governed by the International Paralympic Committee, scheduled to be held in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, from 24 August to 5 September 2032. It will be the second Summer Paralympics held in Australia, following the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, New South Wales. Bids As per the agreement between the International Olympic Committee and the International Paralympic Committee in 2001, a city which wins the Olympic Games host bid will also stage the Paralympic Games. Development and preparation Brisbane Organising Committee for the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games was established by the Queensland Government to plan, organise and deliver the Olympic and Paralympic Games in accordance with the host contract". Venues Trans ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brisbane Olympic Stadium
The Brisbane Olympic stadium is a planned multi-purpose stadium to be built in Victoria Park, Brisbane to serve as the Olympic Stadium for the 2032 Summer Olympics, 2032 Summer Olympic and 2032 Summer Paralympics, Paralympic Games. The 63,000-seat stadium is expected to host the ceremonies and athletics events during the Games. Following the conclusion of the Olympics and Paralympics, it will replace the Gabba as Brisbane's main Australian rules football, football and cricket stadium, becoming the new home grounds of the Brisbane Lions of the Australian Football League, the Queensland cricket team, Queensland Bulls in domestic cricket, and the Brisbane Heat of the Big Bash League and Women's Big Bash League. The stadium development is part of the 2032 Delivery Plan, announced to the public on 25 March 2025 by the Crisafulli ministry, Crisafulli government. It falls within the A$7.1 billion funding envelope set aside for 2032 Games infrastructure. Location The stadium is loca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Rugby League
The International Rugby League (IRL) is the global governing body for the sport of rugby league football. The IRL organises the Rugby League World Cup, the oldest international rugby World Cup, as well as the Women's Rugby League World Cup, Women's and Wheelchair Rugby League World Cup, Wheelchair equivalent. International Rugby Leagues headquarters are in London, England and is currently made of 32 members. Founded as the ''Rugby League Imperial Board'' in 1927 by the Rugby Football League, French Rugby League Federation, Australian Rugby League Commission, Australian Rugby League Board of Control and the New Zealand Rugby League. In 1948 it became the '' International Rugby League Board'' when its membership expanded and then the ''Rugby League International Federation'' between 1998-2020. There are two regional associations affiliated to the IRL; the European Rugby League (ERL) and the Asia-Pacific Rugby League (APRL). History 1895–1926: Rugby league foundations Rugb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2032 Summer Paralympics
The 2032 Summer Paralympics, or the Games of the XIX Paralympiad, and also known as the 19th Summer Paralympic Games, and branded as Brisbane 2032, or the abbreviation Bris2032, are an upcoming international multi-sport event parasports event governed by the International Paralympic Committee, scheduled to be held in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, from 24 August to 5 September 2032. It will be the second Summer Paralympics held in Australia, following the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, New South Wales. Bids As per the agreement between the International Olympic Committee and the International Paralympic Committee in 2001, a city which wins the Olympic Games host bid will also stage the Paralympic Games. Development and preparation Brisbane Organising Committee for the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games was established by the Queensland Government to plan, organise and deliver the Olympic and Paralympic Games in accordance with the host contract". Venues Trans ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Age
''The Age'' is a daily newspaper in Melbourne, Australia, that has been published since 1854. Owned and published by Nine Entertainment, ''The Age'' primarily serves Victoria (Australia), Victoria, but copies also sell in Tasmania, the Australian Capital Territory and border regions of South Australia and southern New South Wales. It is delivered both in print and digital formats. The newspaper shares some articles with its sister paper ''The Sydney Morning Herald''. ''The Age'' is considered a newspaper of record for Australia, and has variously been known for its investigative reporting, with its journalists having won dozens of Walkley Awards, Australia's most prestigious journalism prize. , ''The Age'' had a monthly readership of 5.4 million. , this had fallen to 4.55 million. History Foundation ''The Age'' was founded by three Melbourne businessmen: brothers John and Henry Cooke (who had arrived from New Zealand in the 1840s) and Walter Powell. The first editi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Gabba
The Brisbane Cricket Ground, commonly known as the Gabba, is a major sports stadium in Brisbane, the capital of Queensland, Australia. The nickname Gabba derives from the suburb of Woolloongabba, in which it is located. Over the years, the Gabba has hosted Track and field athletics, athletics, Australian rules football, baseball, concerts, cricket, Track cycling, cycling, rugby league, rugby union, Association football and Pony racing, pony and Greyhound racing in Australia, greyhound racing. At present, it serves as the home ground for the Queensland cricket team, Queensland Bulls in domestic cricket, the Brisbane Heat of the Big Bash League and Women's Big Bash League, and the Brisbane Lions of the Australian Football League. Between 1993 and 2005, the Gabba was redeveloped in six stages at a cost of Australian dollar, A$128,000,000. The dimensions of the playing field are now (east-west) by (north-south), to accommodate the playing of Australian rules football at elite lev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Parsons (sports Administrator)
Andrew George William Parsons (; born 10 February 1977) is a Brazilian sports administrator and journalist. He is the current president of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC). In 2018, Parsons became a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Biography Parsons was born in Brazil to Scottish parents. He served as chairperson of the Brazilian Paralympic Committee from 2009 to 2017, chairperson of the Americas Paralympic Committee from 2005 to 2009, and as a member of the Nominating Committee for the 2020 Summer Olympic Games.. He is the current president of the International Paralympic Committee since 8 September 2017. Parsons took over from Sir Philip Craven, who had been in office since 2001, after being elected in the first round in the election held during the 18th assembly of IPC in Abu Dhabi. Parsons himself does not have a disability, a fact that, he says, takes some observers by surprise. While attending the opening ceremony for the 2022 Winter P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paralympics Australia
Paralympics Australia (PA) previously called the Australian Paralympic Committee (APC) (1998–2019) is the National Paralympic Committee in Australia for the Paralympic Games movement. It oversees the preparation and management of Australian teams that participate at the Summer Paralympics and the Winter Paralympics. APC played a major role in Australia's successful bid to host the 2000 Summer Paralympics, 2000 Sydney Paralympics. Since the 1996 Summer Paralympics, Australia has finished in the top five nations on the medal tally. It is also a successful nation at the Winter Paralympics. Membership PA is a company limited by guarantee and its shareholders are national sports federations and national sporting organisations for the disabled. Administration Paralympics Australia was established in 1990 as the Australian Paralympic Federation. It is governed by a board of directors which may include elected and appointed members. Presidents *Marcus Einfeld 1990–1992 *Sally An ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cricket Australia
Cricket Australia (CA) is the governing body for professional and amateur cricket in Australia. It was originally formed in 1905 as the 'Australian Board of Control for International Cricket'. It is incorporated as an Australian Public Company, Company limited by guarantee, limited by guarantee. Cricket Australia operates all of the Australian national representative cricket sides, including the Australia national cricket team, Men's, Australia women's national cricket team, Women's and Australia national under-19 cricket team, Youth, Australia A cricket team, Australia A sides, along with various other national teams (such as Indigenous, disability or over-age teams) in conjunction with the relevant organisations. CA is also responsible for organising and hosting Test cricket, Test matches, one day internationals and Twenty20 International, T20 internationals in association with other nations, and scheduling home international fixtures. Background Cricket Australia is an adm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2028 Summer Olympics
The 2028 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXXIV Olympiad and commonly known as Los Angeles 2028 or LA 28, is an upcoming international multi-sport event scheduled to take place July 14–30, 2028, in the United States. Los Angeles will be the host city, with various events also scheduled to be held at other cities spread across the Greater Los Angeles area, plus two subsites in Oklahoma City. Los Angeles had originally bid for the 2024 Summer Olympics. Following multiple withdrawals, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) approved a process to concurrently award the 2024 and 2028 Games to Los Angeles and Paris as the two remaining candidates; Paris was preferred as host for 2024, while Los Angeles agreed to host in 2028. Los Angeles was formally awarded the Games at the 131st IOC Session in Lima, Peru, on September 13, 2017. They will mark the fifth Summer Olympics, and ninth Olympics overall to be hosted by the United States; having previously hosted the Su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cricket
Cricket is a Bat-and-ball games, bat-and-ball game played between two Sports team, teams of eleven players on a cricket field, field, at the centre of which is a cricket pitch, pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two Bail (cricket), bails (small sticks) balanced on three stump (cricket), stumps. Two players from the Batting (cricket), batting team, the striker and nonstriker, stand in front of either wicket holding Cricket bat, bats, while one player from the Fielding (cricket), fielding team, the bowler, Bowling (cricket), bowls the Cricket ball, ball toward the striker's wicket from the opposite end of the pitch. The striker's goal is to hit the bowled ball with the bat and then switch places with the nonstriker, with the batting team scoring one Run (cricket), run for each of these swaps. Runs are also scored when the ball reaches the Boundary (cricket), boundary of the field or when the ball is bowled Illegal delivery (cricket), illegally. The fielding tea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blind Cricket
Blind cricket is a version of the sport of cricket adapted for blind and partially sighted players. It has been governed by the World Blind Cricket Council (WBCC) since 1996. So far, five Blind World Cups have been held: New Delhi, India (1998); Chennai, India (2002); Islamabad, Pakistan (2006); Cape Town, South Africa (2014); and Sharjah, UAE (2018). In 2012, the first Blind World Cup T20 was held in Bangalore, India. Blind cricket relies on common use of the 'sweep shot', in order to provide maximum chance of the bat hitting the ball. History Blind cricket was invented in Melbourne in 1922 by two blind factory workers who improvised the game using a tin can containing rocks. The Victorian Blind Cricket Association was founded shortly after, in 1922, and the first sports ground and clubhouse for blind cricket was built at Kooyong, Melbourne in 1928. The world's first test cricket match for the blind was played in 2000 between Pakistan and South Africa, in which Pakistan de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nathan Lyon
Nathan Michael Lyon (born 20 November 1987) is an Australian international cricketer. He made his Test debut in 2011 and plays domestic cricket for New South Wales. Lyon is an off-spin bowler and a lower-order right-handed batsman. Considered the most successful Australian off-spin bowler of all time, Lyon holds the record for the most Test wickets taken by an Australian off-spin bowler, passing Hugh Trumble's 141 wickets in 2015. In January 2021, Lyon played in his 100th Test match during Australia's series against India. As of 2025, Lyon is Australia's third highest Test wicket taker of all time and ranks seventh among all international players in Test cricket with more than 500 wickets. Lyon has achieved a number of honours for his performances. He has been named to the ICC Test Team of the Year three times and was the recipient of the Shane Warne Men's Test Player of the Year award in 2019 and 2024. Early career Lyon was born in Young, New South Wales, to Stephen and B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
