01 June 2022

ASC welcomes Anika Wells MP as new Minister for Sport

The Australian Sports Commission welcomes new Minister for Sport and looks forward to working with the Australian Government in a defining era for sport.

31 May 2022

ASC pleased to support ACT’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout

The AIS Arena COVID-19 Mass Vaccination Clinic has closed its doors after administering more than 288,000 COVID-19 vaccinations to the ACT community.

27 May 2022

Athlete mentors supporting sport’s Reconciliation journey

The Australian Sports Commission (ASC) has today committed to the next steps on its own Reconciliation journey, while also expanding its Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) Share a Yarn program to include First Nations athletes as mentors for greater cultural awareness in Australian sport.

25 May 2022

Aussie Wrestlers at AIS to fine tune for Birmingham 2022

The Australian Wrestling Squad recently fine-tuned preparations for July’s 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games at the AIS Combat Centre in Canberra.

20 May 2022

Big demand as AIS European Training Centre re-opens

The renovated AIS European Training Centre in Italy has re-opened and the month of July will be one of its busiest months in a decade.

17 May 2022

Dad’s volunteering inspired a life-long passion for sport

Australian Sports Commission Chair Josephine Sukkar AM writes that watching her father work as volunteer doctor at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games ignited her own passion for sport.

16 May 2022

Volunteers central to sport’s green and gold decade

Australian sport will have to grow its pool of volunteers by 130,000 in the coming years to make the exciting decade of major events leading into Brisbane 2032 a success.

08 May 2022

Veal comes full circle with support of AIS

Beginning her first head coaching role in the Women’s National Basketball League, Kristen Veal says it was an “ah-ha moment” when she realised just how the AIS prepared her for this opportunity.

07 May 2022

AIS celebrates women leaders in sport

Twenty six athletes, including the likes of basketball legend Rachael Sporn and Olympic gold medal water polo player Danielle Woodhouse, met at the AIS in Canberra last week as part of the AIS Accelerate program.

06 May 2022

Former AIS athletes help design national team uniform

Boxing Australia has unveiled new national team uniforms inspired by the Indigenous artwork of two former AIS boxers, aiming to bind Australia’s boxing community even closer together.