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In a massive boost for community sport, the NSW Government has today announced that sport clubs across NSW can now apply for more funding under the Local Sport Grant Program.

Football fans will be treated to a jam-packed four-day schedule in January 2024 with the A-League’s first ever Unite Round.

The NSW Government is continuing to invest in grassroots sporting organisations and championing women’s participation is sport with the opening of the Level the Playing Field Program and Organisational Support Program.

Western Sydney residents have another place to cool off and beat the heat this summer with Penrith Whitewater Stadium re-opening today.

The NSW Government has announced the biggest funding commitment ever for Surf Life Saving NSW (SLSNSW), pledging an additional $23 million over four years to help keep NSW beaches safe.

The Minns Labor Government will invest $30 million in improving grassroots sports facilities to turbocharge the growth of women and girls sport across NSW through a brand new Level the Playing Field program.

Up to 40,000 school children across Western Sydney are set to benefit from new investment in the Football in Schools program, teaching them both the skills of the World Game and lessons in life.

Sydney hosted 603,957 footballing fans at the 11 FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023™ games played in the NSW over the past month – one third of the 1.9 million fans who attended matches during the biggest tournament of its kind to date.

The NSW Government has commissioned a giant mural at Stadium Australia to celebrate the Matildas’ historic success at the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023™.

As the Matildas prepare to face Sweden in the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023™ third-place play-off match in Brisbane on Saturday, the NSW Government has announced it will open the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) at Moore Park to maximise fan screening sites in the city.

Matildas fans will have free entry into Western Sydney Stadium in Parramatta and Sydney Football Stadium in Moore Park on Wednesday night to watch the team’s history-making Semi-Final at the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023™.

Following the Matildas’ heart stopping win over France in the Quarter Final of the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023™, the NSW Government will open two Sydney stadiums as screening sites to ensure more football fans can cheer on the team in the Semi-Final.