Indigenous sides pad up for historic tour
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 […]
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Bush footy could save remote communities
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 […]
Indigenous stars poised for Games claims
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 […]
Pedigreed Peris ready to stick it to ’em
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 […]
Clancy of the over throw set to shine
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 […]
Kickett lines up new career goal
AFL legend and Noongar man Derek Kickett is packing up his life in Western Australia and moving to Victoria to make his debut as the new co-anchor of NITV’s long-running The Marngrook Footy Show. Kickett […]
Harley’s ‘wrong turn’ is right on track
Australia’s first Indigenous winter Olympian, figure skater Harley Windsor, is due to arrive in South Korea today ahead of his history-making turn on the ice with competition partner and former Russian skater Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya. The […]
Cricket’s best take to the field in Alice
Australia’s most talented Indigenous cricketers have taken to the fields in Alice Springs this week for the National Indigenous Cricket Championships. Seven men’s and six women’s state and territory teams are competing for the national […]
Adrian’s deadly legs conquer marathon
A Broome man has finished third in one of the toughest races on the planet – Chile’s Volcano Marathon Adrian Dodson-Shaw, the head coach of Indigenous Marathon Project and the first Indigenous Australian to tackle […]
Courtney carves up the opposition
The Lloyd McDermott Rugby Development Team’s Courtney Hodder won Player of the Tournament at the recent National Bendigo Rugby 7s. Hodder is the first Indigenous player to win the prestigious award. She wowed the crowd […]
