Hoop star Jackson to appear at 5th Olympics

MELBOURNE, Australia — Basketball star Lauren Jackson will compete at her fifth Olympics after being selected in Australia's 12-player squad on Sunday just four months after again coming out of retirement.

The Opals, Boomers and the 3x3 teams were announced by the chef de mission for the Australian Olympic team in Paris, Anna Meares, in Melbourne on Sunday, with Jackson widely expected to be named, alongside men's team veterans Patty Mills and Joe Ingles for a fifth Olympics appearance.

Jackson, 43, retired for the second time in February after helping Australia qualify for the Paris Olympics by beating Germany in Brazil, revealing she struggled to spend so much time away from her two young sons.