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Jayco boost Basketball Australia support with new deal

By James Crook

Opals-JaycoAugust 16 - Caravan and camping suppliers Jayco have given a boost to their partnership with Basketball Australia by signing a new deal which will see them gain naming rights for the women's national teams at all levels up until and including the 2016 Olympics in Rio.






Bondarenko does an Isinbayeva as he wins top class world high jump final

By Mike Rowbottom at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow

Ukraine's Bohdan Bondarenko celebrates his victory in the high jump at the IAAF World Championships in MoscowAugust 15 - Two days after Yelena Isinbayeva had a captive audience here as she made three world record attempts after winning gold, the Ukraine's Bohdan Bondarenko found himself in the same position after seeing off all his rivals in an International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Championship high jump final of the highest quality.





Ethiopians quizzed after dropping out of World Championship marathon

By Mike Rowbottom at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow

Tiki Gelana wins London 2012August 14 - Olympic champion Tiki Gelana and this year's Boston Marathon runner-up Meseret Hailu - along with their local agents - have reportedly been asked by the Ethiopian Athletics Federation (EAF) to submit written explanations for what caused them to drop out of Saturday's (August 10) World Championship race just after the five kilometre point.