Media Centre

23 February 2016

AIS rewards excellence as Australian sport builds momentum

Australian sport will celebrate a successful 2015 at Wednesday’s ASPAs, but AIS Director Matt Favier is confident Australia’s high performance system continues to grow stronger.

18 February 2016

Sports legends to champion fundraising programs for $300m goal

The Australian Sports Foundation today celebrates its 30th anniversary and announced that 12 sports greats have agreed to support its fundraising initiatives as “Champions”.

05 February 2016

Sporting Schools Evaluation Tendering Process is underway

The Sporting Schools programme has opened a tendering process to engage an evaluator for Australia’s largest sports participation initiative.

05 February 2016

Swimming, cycling feature prominently as ASPAs finalists named

In a good sign ahead of the 2016 Rio Olympics and Paralympics, swimming and cycling dominate the finalists for this year’s annual AIS Sport Performance Awards (ASPAs).

04 February 2016

Letter outlines importance of women's sport

Read the letter Federal Minister for Sport Sussan Ley and ASC Chair John Wylie have written to sports urging for progress in the promotion and recognition of women’s sport.

27 January 2016

Australians cast a vote in national sport awards

The Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) is calling on the nation’s sports fans to vote for their favourite athlete and team.

18 January 2016

Tennis umpire Tom Sweeney preparing for pressure

One of Australia’s leading tennis umpires Tom Sweeney took part in a 4 day workshop at the AIS in Canberra.

14 January 2016

Fencers aim for Rio and beyond

Time is on the side of two fencers attempting to qualify for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

06 January 2016

Starc sets bar high for Rio

Australian high jumper Brandon Starc is setting the bar high after a two week training camp at the AIS and says big brother, Australian fast bowler Mitchell Starc, is helping.