News
24 Mar 2021- ASC
New Olympic sport basketball’s version of Big Bash
It’s a new Olympic and Commonwealth Games sport, so the Australian 3x3 basketball squad was excited to come into camp at the AIS in March.
24 Mar 2021- ASC
Water polo gold medallist encourages nominations for Australian Honours
Receiving a Medal of the Order of Australia for service to sport as a gold medallist at Sydney 2000 was the icing on the cake for Kate Hooper OAM.
18 Mar 2021- ASC
Athlete Support to Close the Gap
She has one the most infectious laughs in Australian sport, but AIS Share A Yarn Ambassador Janice Blackman has some powerful messages on National Close the Gap Day, March 18.
11 Mar 2021- ASC
Applications open now for AIS Talent program supporting women in sport and STEMM
The Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) has today launched a Talent Program to help advance the professional development of women in sport science, technology, engineering, maths and medicine.
07 Mar 2021- ASC
Aussie Spirit getting Gold Medal Ready for Tokyo
Australia’s women’s softball team, the Aussie Spirit, has had 11 gold medal champions in camp with them at the AIS as they prepare to pitch for an historic Olympic win in Tokyo.
05 Mar 2021- ASC
Aussie athletes helping to clean up Australia
Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic hopefuls, along with 2022 Commonwealth Games prospects, are amongst the Australian athletes who are stepping up to support Clean Up Australia Day activities.
04 Mar 2021- ASC
Share a Yarn Ambassadors 2021
Fourteen athletes across 11 different sports have been selected as ambassadors for this year’s Share a Yarn Program.
25 Feb 2021- ASC
ABC’s Jim Maxwell AM receives Lifetime Achievement Award
Sport Australia has honoured ABC sports broadcasting legend Jim Maxwell AM with the lifetime achievement award for sports journalism at the 19th annual Sport Australia Media Awards.
25 Feb 2021- ASC
South-East Queensland Games would be a win for all Australians
The Australian Sports Commission has welcomed a recommendation overnight from the International Olympic Committee that South-East Queensland is the preferred bid candidate for the 2032 Games.
19 Feb 2021- ASC
Social Media impact [updated]
Facebook has restricted Australians from sharing or viewing news content. For some sporting organisations, this has meant results, team announcements videos and imagery has been blocked, and newsfeed content has been removed.
