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New Sport Australia program helping sports boost capability

Sport Australia is supporting the growth of small-to-medium Australian sports through its new $600,000 Capability Building program.

Reset moment still driving Olympic surfer Sally Fitzgibbons

Just weeks before her Olympic Games debut, champion surfer Sally Fitzgibbons has revisited the 2015 moment that still drives her success, as part of the new IGTV series on Instagram called AIS Reset.

“Sport is for everyone”: AIS partners with Pride in Sport

The AIS has strengthened its commitment to creating a safe and supportive community for LGBTIQ+ athletes, coaches and staff by becoming a Principal Partner Member of Pride in Sport.

Hockeyroos at home at upgraded recovery centre

The opening of a new state-of-the-art change room and recovery facility has given Australia’s women’s hockey squad, the Hockeyroos, a huge boost ahead of the postponed Tokyo Olympic Games.

COVID-19 still affecting Australia’s return to sport

COVID-19 remains a deterrent when it comes to rates of participation in organised sport but the pandemic has driven up rates of participation in socially-distanced sports and recreational activities.

AIS and AOC partnership supporting athlete mental health

In a positive step to support even more Olympic athletes, past and present, the AIS and Australian Olympic Committee have also signed a Memorandum of Understanding that will increase accessibility to the AIS Mental Health Referral Network.

AIS offering ten scholarships to optimise athlete health and success

The Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) is continuing its commitment to support a preventative healthcare model in high performance sport by offering ten scholarships for the Master of Applied Clinical Epidemiology (MACE) program.

Sports strengthened in COVID-19 fightback with $17m Core Participation funding

Sport Australia has allocated $17.26 million to NSOs and NSODs, to help drive sport participation initiatives across the country.

Leading sport dietitian Louise Burke reflects on OAM as ‘a team effort’

Professor Louise Burke OAM says receiving a Medal of the Order of Australia in 2009 was a 'group accolade', and is encouraging people to nominate other women in sport for Australian honours.

Maroons legend Mal Meninga joins Sport Australia podcast on Origin eve

As State of Origin heads to Townsville for the first time, its most successful coach reflects on what it takes to create a champion team in Sport Australia’s latest podcast episode.

Olympians undergo training with Australian Army

Opals reflect on AIS history as they prepare for Tokyo

The Australian Opals reconnected with their past on a recent camp at the AIS, but they’re focused on making history in Tokyo and returning to the Olympic podium.