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The Games was an Australian mockumentary television series about the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. The series was originally broadcast on the ABC and had two seasons of 13 episodes each, the first in 1998 and the second in 2000. The Games starred satirists John Clarke and Bryan Dawe along with Australian comedian Gina Riley and actor Nicholas ...
The Games is an Australian mockumentary television series about the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. The series was originally broadcast on the ABC and had two seasons of 13 episodes each, the first in 1998 and the second in 2000. [1] The Games starred satirists John Clarke and Bryan Dawe, along with Australian comedian Gina Riley and actor ...
Australia has placed first at 13 out of the 21 games (compared with England 7 and Canada 1) and has been in the top three for all meets except the first games in 1930. In all but one of the 18 Commonwealth Games held so far (excluding the 1978 Games), the Australian flag bearer has gone on to win a gold medal.
In 1981, a report titled Report on the Feasibility of Australia Games resulted in the Fraser government approving the staging of a national sports festival in 1983. [3] The Australia Games Foundation was established and registered in Victoria as a trustee company in 1982. [2] The Games were part of Victoria's 150th anniversary. [3]
Australia Games [10] Melbourne: 24 31 1,848 92,767 [11] 1994 26 September – 8 October 1994 World Masters Games [12] Brisbane, Queensland: 30 74 24,500 n/a 1995 26 February – 4 March World Police and Fire Games [13] Melbourne: 62 44 6,820 n/a 1997 29 September – 5 October World Transplant Games [14] Sydney 58 1,000 (est) n/a 2000 15 ...
Australia is unlikely to be able to host the 2026 Commonwealth Games and sports officials have called on the international federation to consider bids from other countries. Commonwealth Games ...
Australia is due to host the Summer Olympics for the third time at the 2032 Summer Olympics in Brisbane. [4] While Australia had frequently overachieved at the Summer Olympic Games, this came to a halt at the 1976 Olympic Games. After winning at least five gold medals and seventeen total medals at every Olympics since 1956, Australia won zero ...
The NFL is expanding its international footprint to Australia. The league announced Wednesday that it will be playing a game in 2026 in Melbourne at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, a venue that ...