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Police cars block off the roads leading into Tiananmen Square as smoke rises into the air after a vehicle crashed in front of Tiananmen Gate.

‘I’m not straight’ – swimming champ Ian Thorpe

Five-times Olympic champion Ian Thorpe has revealed he is gay in a tell-all TV interview.

Police cars block off the roads leading into Tiananmen Square as smoke rises into the air after a vehicle crashed in front of Tiananmen Gate.

Swimmer Ian Thorpe in intensive care

Australia’s most decorated Olympian, swimmer Ian Thorpe, has been booked into intensive care with two potentially deadly infections.

Addicts deserve the right to anonymity

Philip Seymour Hoffman’s addiction has been handled with pity, but swimmer Ian Thorpe has been lambasted despite uncertainty about his health.

Thorpe ‘pretty happy’ despite comeback setback

Ian Thorpe’s comeback to competitive swimming has suffered a setback in Beijing, but he says he is "pretty happy" with his results so far.

Thorpedo gets first-swim jitters out of the way

Ian Thorpe has said he was glad he made a successful return to international swimming in Singapore after a five-year retirement period.

Thorpe frets over comeback race

Former Olympic swimming champion Ian Thorpe has admitted he’s nervous as he prepares for his first competitive race in five years.

Thorpe to return for London Olympics

Thorpe to return for London Olympics

Five-time Olympic freestyle champion Ian Thorpe announced his return to swimming for the 2012 London games on Wednesday.

Thorpe torpedoes Phelps’s quest for eight golds

Retired swimming great Ian Thorpe has dismissed American Michael Phelps’s bid to best Mark Spitz’s record haul of seven golds at an Olympic Games.

Natalie du Toit hopes to go the distance

In non-Olympic years, Natalie du Toit spends a lot of time giving motivational talks to schools, companies and churches in South Africa. She talks of her life, how everyone…

Unprecedented Aussie crackdown for Olympic torch

Police began an unprecedented security crackdown in Australia’s national capital, Canberra, on Wednesday to protect the Olympic flame from protests during the latest leg of the…