Commonwealth Games Australia (CGA) and the Carbine Club of New South Wales have confirmed the first five

The scholarships were announced earlier this week when Commonwealth Games Australia (CGA) confirmed AUD

with the initiative receiving support from the New South Wales Institute of Sport (NSWIS).Paralympics Australia

Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games.His achievement saw him become the first Para-sport athlete to win Sport Australia

pic.twitter.com/FZIZgVHlvs— Comm Games AUS (@CommGamesAUS) April 5, 2019Commonwealth Games Australia

“When asked to design a programme by the Carbine Club, Commonwealth Games Australia had no hesitation

With a fusillade of fireworks and "Bollywood" cheerleaders, the Indian Premier League (IPL) is in full cry. The cricket season in England has also begun and will feature the ICC men’s World Cup, which begins on May 30.

on offer included prawn sandwiches.Caterers also sponsored the first England cricket team to visit Australia

In 1891, Lord Sheffield was the benefactor of an England tour to Australia and the players wore specially-designed

The concept spread to Australia, New Zealand, the West Indies and South Africa.Meanwhile, Rothmans was

The third Test between Australia and England at Melbourne was washed out without a ball being bowled

By 1987, it had become an authentic World Cup with competitions held on the Indian subcontinent, Australia

Celebrated Italian athletes turned out in their numbers as the team draw ceremony for the Naples 2019 Summer Universiade took place at the host city’s Stazione Marittima.

States have been drawn into Pool C alongside Chinese Taipei, Slovakia and Mexico with China, Finland, Australia

draw, made by Italian Basketball Federation President Manfredo Fucile, saw the Czech Republic, Israel, Australia

the women’s draw placed Hungary, Canada, the Czech Republic, Japan and France in Pool A and the US, Australia

Home Nations netballers joined local school players in Salford to mark the 100-days-to-go milestone for the Netball World Cup which will take place in Liverpool from July 12 to 21.

this summer.England Netball head coach Tracey Neville, who oversaw the momentous defeat of host nation Australia

United States captain Madison Hughes has admitted it is a "dream" for his team to be top of the World Rugby Sevens Series standings going into the latest event on the calendar in Hong Kong this weekend.

Japan.France, Argentina, Canada and invitational side Portugal comprise Pool B, while New Zealand, Fiji, Australia

Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) have expressed their profound disappointment at the "lack of meaningful investment" to benefit participation and high performance in Olympic sports in the country’s Federal budget.

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg, was aimed at building on their Sports 2030 plan, billed as an effort to make Australia

million) to grow the Sporting Schools Programme to provide free sport based activities for students.Sport Australia

active through to talented athletes representing and inspiring the nation," said John Wylie, Sport Australia

 Sport Australia welcomed further funding for the Sporting Schools Programme ©Sport Australia"The

That is not happening in Australia."

The second event of this year's World Para Swimming World Series is set to begin in Indianapolis in the United States tomorrow. 

 Melbourne held the first event of the year in February, with hosts Australia dominating in the

Papua New Guinea Taekwondo Association has sent four elite athletes to South Korea to participate in a training camp.

 They will then compete at June's Presidents Cup in Australia before travelling to Samoa for the

UniSport Australia has announced it has been successful in its application for Sport Australia funding

staff and students on and off campus.Competition for this funding was said to be intense with Sport Australia

Among the 15 universities which will be involved in the pilot programme are the University of Western Australia

(UWA) and the Australian Catholic University (ACU).UniSport Australia is the governing body of university

sport in the country ©UniSport Australia"We are thrilled to report that both UWA and ACU were also successful

in their applications so congratulations all round," a UniSport Australia statement reads.Also involved

India have been awarded the International Cricket Council (ICC) Test Championship Mace for the third consecutive year.

 They achieved their first Test series victory in Australia in January.New Zealand are in second

South Africa, who are now third with 105 points, giving them a prize of $200,000 (£153,484/€178,739).Australia

Commonwealth Games Australia (CGA) says AUD$13 million (£7 million/$9 million/€8 million) will be given

designed to complement rather than replace or replicate other sources of funding such as via Sport Australia

Australia topped the medal table at Gold Coast 2018 with 198, including 80 gold.The country finished

it will continue to work with partner sports and high-performance partners at the AIS, Paralympics Australia

Athletics South Africa (ASA) has attacked the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) and its President Sebastian Coe for repeatedly commenting on Caster Semenya’s appeal at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), claiming their statements put them in breach of confidentiality agreements.

breaking rules once again, after its President Sebastian Coe gave an interview to the Daily Telegraph in Australia

The Netherlands’ Lisa Bunschoten and France’s Cécile Hernandez joined forces to win women’s gold as new team events brought to an end the World Para Snowboard Championships in Pyha in Finland.

Team Australia took the top prize ??

2019Team China – Lu Jiangli and Pang Qiaorong – were third.The men’s race was a dramatic affair, with Team Australia

New Zealand – the world's number one team – have been drawn in Group A for the Men’s Softball World Championship in the Czech Republic this June.

world – Argentina, Mexico, Botswana, the Philippines and Cuba.Canada headline Group B, which features Australia

The United States beat hosts Australia to retain the women's International Swimming Federation Water

are not in the best shape and stopped attacking after half-time, but you can't hold a great team like Australia

Australia beat Japan 10-8 in the men's final ©Water Polo Australia/TwitterChina beat Canada 11-8 to claim

 George Ford, Andrew Ford, Lachlan Hollis and Blake Edwards were also on target for Australia."