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Perkins weighs in on "wicked" Games prizemoney debate

Prize money for Olympic medallists remains a point of contention as Australian athletes welcome life-changing funding ahead of the Brisbane 2032 Games.

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Legendary footy broadcaster never went out of fashion

Legendary caller Dennis Cometti gave an enduring gift to Australian Rules football, leaving a permanent legacy, long-time colleague Bruce McAvaney says

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Titmus blessed to feature in hyped Olympic showdown

Australian swimmer Ariarne Titmus says she feels privileged to be a part of the so-called race of the century at the Paris Olympic Games.

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‘Imagine if a 60-year-old broke Usain Bolt’s record’: the story behind the Enhanced Games, the Olympics where everyone dopes

It’s got billionaires, world champions and director Ridley Scott’s company on board. But would an athletics competition where taking drugs is encouraged put the honesty back in sport – or cause rifts, risks and addictions?

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'On merit': Albanese weighs in on new Bruce stadium, AIS land plan

The PM has signalled his intent to invest in the capital.

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Enhanced Games boss slams Olympic 'smear campaign'

The Australian entrepreneur behind a sports event with no drug testing has hit back at Kieren Perkins, saying he's part of an Olympics smear campaign.

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Perkins warns of athlete deaths in Enhanced Games

Aussie swimming legend Kieren Perkins says allowing athletes to take drugs will end in disaster, warning someone will die if the Enhanced Games go ahead.

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Golf fees and pool passes cost Australians billions each year, but this activity draws the heaviest spending

The amount spent by Australians to play sport and keep fit is rising, as nine million Australians rely on free activities in order to stay healthy.

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Australian Institute of Sport development program helping to support female high-performance coaches

The National Generation 2032 Coach Program will offer childcare support and flexible working arrangements for coaches with children on top of their paid coaching apprenticeships.

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Culture crises across sports are a warning siren: we cannot keep ignoring the lessons

Trust in high-performance sport systems is at an all-time low, it is long overdue that we chart a healthier path for elite athletes

The Guardian - UK

'Not in the business of charity': Perkins swats away calls for stadium land release

The AIS and sports commission boss says carving up land at the AIS doesn't make sense.

The Canberra Times

Recent reviews spark new Olympic strategy

Australia's Olympic, Paralympic and Commonwealth Games teams have made a collective pledge to "win well" in the wake of independent reviews into various sports.

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Adam Goodes working behind the scenes for referendum on Uluru Statement as athletes increasingly realise influence

AFL great Adam Goodes and fellow sporting stars are planning to rally support for the "yes" case in the upcoming referendum on the Uluru Statement. It comes as more professional athletes work to influence public debate outside the confines of sport.

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Kieren Perkins out to make Australia the 'best sporting nation in the world' as new vision is unveiled

Kieren Perkins puts sports on notice to view the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic games not as a destination, but as a springboard for future generations.

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Success key as Brisbane seeks Games brand

Performance on the field of play will be the measure of Olympic success, Kieren Perkins says, as Brisbane 2032 begins its search for a Games brand.

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Olympian Perkins slams Norman's LIV Golf

Olympic champion Kieren Perkins has delivered a scathing assessment of legendary golfer Greg Norman's involvement with the Saudi-backed LIV Golf tour.

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Opportunity beckons for Australian sport

Australian Sports Commission CEO Kieren Perkins says a 10-year window of major events is a chance to set the nation up for long-term success.

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Kieren Perkins warns sport organisations that they risk losing talent unless they change their ways

Olympic champion Kieren Perkins warns against sending kids to the "meat grinder" in the chase for gold, in a passionate plea to sporting organisations.

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O'Callaghan wins 100m freestyle at Games

Australian 18-year-old Mollie O'Callaghan has beaten two esteemed compatriots to win gold in the 100m freestyle at the Commonwealth Games.

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Australian Institute of Sport to offer restoration payments, counselling to abused athletes

Thousands of former athletes from the Australian Institute of Sport will be entitled to restoration payments of up to $50,000 if they suffered abuse during their time as scholarship holders at the nation's premier sporting facility.

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No quick fix to swimming's culture issues

Swimming Australia president Kieren Perkins says the organisation will deliver on 46 recommendations made by a review into the sport's abusive culture.

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