Funding has been confirmed for the development of a training facility for the Australian women's football team.

$147,000/€123,000) already provided to Football Victoria for a feasibility study," Football Federation Australia

Ukraine’s Dmytro Chumak was the star of the show in what was arguably the best online weightlifting competition ever staged - though Australia’s Eileen Cikamatana, a strong China team and a dog did their best to upstage him.

best celebration of the weekend after she made her final lift.Eileen Cikamatana, who now competes for Australia

The Australian Olympic Committee's (AOC) Olympics Unleashed programme has made its 1,000th school visit, with the small Queensland town of Comet the recipient.

Commonwealth Games champion, as well as part of the 2014 World Cup-winning side.Aged 29, he has represented Australia

Becoming the champion of Bishop’s Stortford Bowls Club in the early 1980s was a badge of honour for Nigel Taylor - wherever he now may be. But it is a fair bet that he regarded as his finest hour the occasion when he avoided defeat by David Bryant.

singles title in 1966, Bryant had regained that position at the 1980 Championships in Frankston in Australia

A series of major ski orienteering championships scheduled for next year have been cancelled due to COVID-19 concerns.

Discussions are ongoing between Orienteering New Zealand and Orienteering Australia regarding the organisation

region.It is believed that discussions are ongoing between Orienteering New Zealand and Orienteering Australia

Ice Hockey Australia has withdrawn two of its national teams from upcoming International Ice Hockey Federation

coronavirus pandemic and the Australian Government’s travel ban led to the withdrawals.Posted by Ice Hockey Australia

their last, or only, year of participation in these tournaments," said Miranda Ransome, Ice Hockey Australia

Ice Hockey Australia highlighted ongoing closed internal borders and prohibited international travel,

related to COVID-19 and the cost of travel were cited as other factors behind the decision.Ice Hockey Australia

Tokyo’s Olympic Flame is set to go on display next week at the Olympic Museum. Organisers hope it will raise morale after the unprecedented postponement of the Games until 2021 in the same way that the Torch Relay 20 years ago transformed the attitude towards the Games in Sydney.

In early 2000 there were many negative headlines in Australia.

the second bearer.The official Sydney report recorded that: "Her choice created controversy back in Australia

reserve' Flame, lit in the days before.The Torch was supposed to reflect "the egalitarian spirit of Australia

Before touching down in Australia, the Flame was taken through Oceania and headlines soon became more

Darkness had fallen by the time the Torch arrived at Stadium Australia for the grand finale.The identity

Melissa King has been appointed chief executive of the Organising Committee for the 2022 Women’s Basketball World Cup in Sydney.

The former Surf Life Saving Australia (SLSA) chief executive will be tasked with driving and delivering

Championships.She currently serves as a non-executive director with the United Nations Association of Australia

fundraising.This includes roles with the Sydney Opera House, Department of Prime Minister & Cabinet – APEC Australia

The International Skating Union (ISU) is set to discuss raising the age limit of figure skaters following the death of Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya.

has been sparked by the death of Alexandrovskaya, the the Russian-born figure skater who represented Australia

World Lacrosse is to give more than $95,000 (£72,000/€80,000) to 15 members in the form of relief grants.

World Lacrosse approved a request for relief funding from the Australia Lacrosse Association ©Getty ImagesNational

were all selected to receive funds, with more than half of the recipients European organisations.The Australia

UniSport Australia has become the newest member of the Australian Pride in Sport programme, committing

UniSport Australia is pleased to become a member of Pride in Sport," he said."

Unisport Australia chief executive Mark Sinderberry hopes that by joining Pride in Sport Australia it

, claimed actual and perceived social exclusion is a leading cause of preventable death in Australia,

By joining Pride in Sport and working with ACON, UniSport Australia is showing the community that they

Congratulations to UniSport Australia for leading the way in changing Australia’s sporting culture, to

New Zealand's all-time leading capped netball player Laura Langman has called time on her international career after 163 test appearances for her home nation with the Silver Ferns.

team, partly due to the controversial ruling that banned her from the national team while playing in Australia

Hamilton 2026 has admitted it will miss a Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) deadline to secure commitment from municipal, provincial and federal partners due to the "magnitude of the work being undertaken".

was the only bidder.Grevemberg has since claimed the organisation has received strong interest from Australia

Basketball Australia chief executive Jerril Rechter says he expected Brett Brown to remain in charge

coach of Australia's men's basketball team last year, replacing Andrej Lemanis.He previously coached Australia

Paralympics Australia has digitally revealed its uniforms for the postponed Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games

of kit were chosen after two years of collaboration between Australia's para-athletes, Paralympics Australia

work by artist Rheanna Lotter called "The Journey".The announcement marks the first time Paralympics Australia

help us take our place among the world's top Paralympic organisations and athletes," said Paralympics Australia