A new national Indigenous football league is kicking off in Queensland and organisers hope it will discover Australia’s answer to legendary international players such as Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi. The first Australian Indigenous Football […]
A new 12-person squad of Indigenous runners has been chosen to tackle this year’s New York Marathon as the Federal Government announced it will invest another $3 million in Robert de Castella’s Indigenous Marathon Project. […]
The Torres Straits is to get better sports facilities on Thursday Island. The Torres Strait Regional Authority has announced $1.25 million will be spent on upgrading the Wongai Multi-Purpose Courts. The courts had been identified […]
An Indigenous round within the national men’s and women’s national basketball leagues would help encourage the next crop of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander stars such as Patty Mills and Rohanee Cox, according to former […]
The Rumbalara Football and Netball Club has become the first Aboriginal club in Victoria to compete in a women’s competitive football league. The Rumbalara team played Shepparton in the new season of the MBCM Northern […]
The details of an historic cricket tour of the UK by Australia’s best Indigenous players have been released by Cricket Australia. Women’s and men’s squads will tour the UK for the first two weeks of […]
An Australian Rules football competition in Central Australia’s bush communities could boost the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal people, according to a Charles Darwin University researcher. Northern Institute Indigenous social researcher Professor Barry Judd said […]
Trailblazing Indigenous athletes breaking new ground in sports from volleyball to boxing will be among the 470 Australian sports heroes competing at the Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast from April 4. Among the big […]
She comes from a famous Australian sporting dynasty, but Hockeyroo Brooke Peris says she’s felt never felt the weight of family expectations when it comes to winning and performing. Peris, 25, overcame injury to be […]
Australia’s golden girl of beach volleyball, Taliqua Clancy, is expecting her toughest competition at the Commonwealth Games to come from Canada, Vanuatu and New Zealand. Two years ago Clancy, 25, became the first Indigenous beach […]
NATIONAL INDIGENOUS TIMES 2018
