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Western Australia will host the 2012 Australian Open Water Championships in the lead up to next year's London Olympic Games >

The WA Thundersticks sit in second place following three rounds of the 2011 AHL Championships.

The Australian Diamonds have shown their team has depth ahead of next month's World Netball Championships, despite going down to New Zealand 45-42 in the second Test in Auckland on Sunday night.

Western Australia Institute of Sport will have two representatives in the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup in Germany, after Matildas Head Coach Tom Sermanni named his final 21-player squad this week.

Australian crews have continued their strong starts to the sixth round of the ISAF Sailing World Cup in Weymouth, England, with race wins for Australian Sailing Team members in the 470, Laser, Women's Match Racing and 49er classes.

Nine of Australia's leading male swimmers will be in camp in Canberra at the AIS this week taking part in the Men's Sprint Camp with one eye on the FINA World Championships in Shanghai in July, and the other firmly focussed on London 2012.

The Australian Stingers women's water polo team has won the silver medal at the Kirishi Cup in Russia after they beat Kazakhstan 16-7 in their final match while Hungary and the USA both lost.

Australian Stingers women's water polo players, Ashleigh Southern, Zoe Arancini (WAIS-AIS) and Kelsey Wakefield will headline a group of the country's finest young players as the National Junior team make final preparations for September's FINA World Junior Championships in Trieste, Italy.

After six months in charge of the Hockeyroos, coach Adam Commens has reselected the Hockeyroos squad and announced the 2011 Champions Trophy squad to compete in the Netherlands from June 25.

The WA Diamond's streak of defeating the Queensland Scorchers in finals has continued, with the Diamonds winning 4-3 in Darwin to finish third overall at the Australian Hockey League Finals Week.