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From community sports clubs to State Sporting Organisations, hundreds of sporting groups across the state are set to benefit from more than $8.5 million in new sports funding announced today.

Communities across Greater Sydney will enjoy improved local sporting facilities under a $100 million boost from the NSW Government, helping to fund up to 120 projects including new and upgraded ovals, dressing rooms, kiosks and football goals

Following receipt of business cases from Infrastructure NSW, the NSW Government today announced it will not proceed with knocking down ANZ Stadium.

More than 430 defibrillators are set to be rolled out at community sportsgrounds and grassroots clubs across the state.

Sporting enthusiasts can look forward to witnessing the best of Australian athletics when the nation’s top athletes arrive in Sydney to qualify for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games at the upcoming Australian Track & Field Championships.

Australia’s most capped female cricketer Alex Blackwell has today been honoured with the inaugural International Women’s Day – Leadership in Sport Award at a special breakfast discussing the future of women’s sport.

The first set of state-wide guidelines for managing concussion in sport has been launched today.

More than a quarter of a million parents in NSW have downloaded an Active Kids voucher in just ten days, in a sign of the programs overwhelming success.

New South Wales athletes heading to the 2018 Commonwealth Games are set to benefit from a half-million dollar funding boost from the NSW Government. 

More than one million school children across the state are now eligible for the NSW Government’s new annual $100 Active Kids voucher. 

Sydney’s 14 show-stopping cricket games scheduled for the world-class ICC World T20 2020 tournament are set to boost cricket participation and local cricket facilities across NSW thanks to a $6 million funding allocation which formed part of the successful bid.