A brief glimpse into the past

Australian Football League

The Australian Football League is the only fully professional competition of Australian rules football. Through the AFL Commission, the AFL also serves as the sport's governing body and is responsible for controlling the laws of the game.

Australia men's national soccer team

The Australia men's national soccer team represents Australia in international men's soccer. Officially nicknamed the Socceroos, the team is controlled by the governing body for soccer in Australia, Football Australia, which is affiliated with the Asian Football Confederation and the regional ASEAN Football Federation (AFF).

Australia national cricket team

The Australia men's national cricket team represents Australia in men's international cricket. As the joint oldest team in Test cricket history, playing in the first ever Test match in 1877, the team also plays One-Day International and Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket, participating in both the first ODI, against England in the 1970–71 season and the first T20I, against New Zealand in the 2004–05 season, winning both games.

Australian Open

The Australian Open is a tennis tournament held annually over the last fortnight of January at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia. The tournament is the first of the four Grand Slam tennis events held each year, preceding the French Open, Wimbledon, and the US Open.

Australia at the Olympics

Australia has sent athletes to all editions of the modern Olympic Games. Australia has competed in every Summer Olympic Games, as well as every Winter Olympics except 1924–32 and 1948.

Australia national under-23 soccer team

The Australia national under-23 soccer team represents Australia in international under-23 football and at the Olympic Games. The team is controlled by the governing body for football in Australia, Football Australia , which is currently a member of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and the regional ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) since leaving the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) in 2006.

Australia men's national basketball team

The Australian men's national basketball team, known as the Boomers after the slang for a male kangaroo, represents Australia in international basketball competition. Australia is a regional power in basketball.

Australia men's national basketball team 2011–12 results

Australia men's national basketball team 2012–13 results

Italy national rugby union team

The Italy national rugby union team represents Italy in men's international rugby union. The team is known as gli Azzurri (the Blues).

Italy national rugby sevens team

The Italy national rugby sevens team has occasionally competed in the IRB Sevens World Series since the series' was introduced in 1999, although they do not participate in every leg. Their first ever points in the World Series came in 2003, when they scored four points in the Cardiff leg of the series.

Italy A national rugby union team

The Italy A national rugby union team are the second national rugby union team in Italy after the national side. They competed in the IRB Nations Cup from 2006 until 2013, except in 2011 when they played the Churchill Cup.

Australia women's national soccer team

The Australian women's national soccer team is overseen by the governing body for soccer in Australia, Football Federation Australia , which is currently a member of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and the regional ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) since leaving the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) in 2006. The team's official nickname is "the Matildas" (from the Australian folk song "Waltzing Matilda"), having been known as the "Female Socceroos" before 1995.