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Boxing Australia incorporates indigenous designs into team kit

  • Boxing

Boxing Australia is to incorporate indigenous designs into its national team uniforms.

Boxing Australia has qualified 19 indigenous Olympians, the most out of any sport.The number is set to

with Paul and Brad on this project and thank them for their enthusiastic involvement," said Boxing Australia

Recognising indigenous people and culture, and engaging former national team boxers, is important to Boxing Australia


Australian Werner reveals monobob ambitions for Beijing 2022

  • Bobsleigh and Skeleton

Australia's Ashleigh Werner has revealed her ambition to compete in the monobob event at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games.

Winter Olympics alongside Bree Walker.The duo were unable to compete, however, after Sliding Sports Australia

The 27-year-old claimed the inclusion of the monobob discipline will aid developing countries such as Australia


Netball Australia launch review to assess post COVID-19 strategy

  • Non-Olympic Sports

Netball Australia has launched an independent review to reset the sport’s strategy in the country following

Former Australia netball captain Liz Ellis will chair a review panel tasked with canvasing views and

experiences of the sport’s key stakeholders.Netball Australia hope the review will ensure the sustainability

the competition to own the hearts and minds of women in sport is at an all-time high," said Netball Australia

, shape our future,The panel will assess the financial, delivery and commercial model of netball in Australia

won the competition, while Perth staged it in 1967.Netball Australia celebrates its 100th anniversary




How cricket cave-in, Highland Games and drunk high jumper helped Scots host landmark "Friendly Games"

  • The Big Read

If there was supposed to be an "end of empire" feel about the 1970 British Commonwealth Games, nobody told the newsreel announcer for British Movietone.

Zealand and Scotland competed in Inverness on the track and in the throwing events – on grass – while Australia

opening night when, remarkably, local favourite Lachie Stewart beat the world record holder Ron Clarke of Australia


New Zealand Ice Hockey Federation withdraws teams from two age group events

  • Ice Hockey

New Zealand Ice Hockey Federation (NZIHF) has withdrawn its men’s under-20 and women’s under-18 teams from Ice Hockey World Championships due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.

Championship in Mexico.The IIHF say the event will now take place with seven teams, including hosts Mexico, Australia



Haldna re-elected IOF President during virtual General Assembly

  • Non-Olympic Sports

Leho Haldna has been re-elected as International Orienteering Federation (IOF) President as the organisation held its first virtual General Assembly.

Take and Laszlo Zentai of Hungary among the successful candidates.IOF vice-presidents Mike Dowling of Australia


Ben Nichols: One-stop shop for sports integrity fast proving to be the model du jour to protect international sport

  • Inside the Blogs

If I cast my mind back to the eventful, enriching, often tumultuous, period of time that I spent handling media relations for the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) from 2013 to 2017 there are a number of standout memories that spring to mind. 

, called for such a model years earlier.Where sports have advanced integrity units, Sport Integrity Australia

Where sports may currently lack resources, Sport Integrity Australia will help those organisations develop

FIND OUT MORE: https://t.co/ixTV9ubM9z pic.twitter.com/qQealtsEUN— Sport Integrity Australia (@ProtectingSport

Australia is often the leader in sport, and here they have proven that yet again by becoming the first

what was known as ASADA), the National Integrity of Sport Unit and the integrity functions of Sport Australia


Report reveals 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup contributed €284 million to French GDP

  • Football

A report published by the French Football Federation (FFF) and the Organising Committee for the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2019 found that hosting the event contributed €284 million (£256 million/$322 million) to the country's gross domestic product (GDP).

commitment to delivering a sustainable legacy for France 2019 and look forward to working together with Australia

 Australia and New Zealand are set to host the next edition of the tournament in 2023. 




Tributes paid after tragic death of two-time world champion snowboarder Pullin

  • Snowboard

The Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) is among those to have paid tribute to two-time world champion snowboarder Alex Pullin, who has died aged 32.

ImagesPullin is set to be remembered as a significant contributor to the development of elite snow sport in Australia

 "Chumpy was Australia's great snowboard male pioneer," said Olympic Winter Institute of Australia

From day one of his 12 years as an Olympic Winter Institute of Australia athlete, Chumpy attacked each

Chumpy was a leader, a great champion and will be missed by all of the winter sports community both in Australia


World Athletics says global calendar impossible if based on politics after long jumper's call to avoid China

  • Athletics

World Athletics has said it would be impossible to maintain a global sporting calendar if it changed competitions based on shifting political landscapes, after long jumper Tyrone Smith called for the governing body to refuse to host Diamond League events in China until the new security law in Hong Kong is repealed.

mainland China.The law has drawn criticism from the United States and the United Kingdom, as well as Australia