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How opening ceremony unfolded: Naomi Osaka lights cauldron, drones captivate world A Set the default text size A Set large text size A Set the default text size A Set large text size Tennis star Naomi Osaka had the honour of lighting the Olympic cauldron early Saturday AEST, at the end of four hour ceremony tinged with pandemic melancholy and a moment of high tech that wowed the watching world. The first hour of the ceremony took a sombre look at the state of the world and the virus that meant the games were delatyed by a year and have to be played out in front of empty stands...

The AIS is continuing its commitment to support a preventative healthcare model in high performance sport by offering ten scholarships for the Master of...

Some of Australia's most successful Olympians have undergone training and educational sessions with the Australian Army in Townsville as part of the AIS...

What cost glory? Spotlight again falls on Australia’s Olympic funding models Kieran Pender © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Saeed Khan/AFP/Getty Images Medals cost money. This is the cold financial truth at the heart of sporting success: glory is not cheap. While it may take a leap of imagination to go from the voluminous budget papers released on Tuesday to the Tokyo 2021 Olympics, they are intimately linked. Buried deep in the health portfolio budget statements is the funding that Australia’s sport administrators hope will propel our athletes to gold in Tokyo an...

· Australian High Performance funding extended to 2024 Paris Olympics and Paralympics · Athlete wellbeing and performance pathways...