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Weblinks
LA84 Foundation
http://www.aafla.org/
Established with surplus funds from the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games, this very useful website, while specialising in Olympic material, also provides a wide coverage of sports, albeit from a mostly historical perspective.
Australian Sports Commission and the Australian Institute of Sport
http://www.ausport.gov.au/
The Australian Sports Commission site provides many links to pages about various aspects of Australian sport. A related site is the National Sport Information Centre, which is at http://www.ausport.gov.au/nsic/
Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority (ASADA)
http://www.asada.gov.au/
Visit this site for the latest information on drug-testing in Australian sport. A related site published by the Australian Academy of Science provides further weblinks on drug use in sport.
Parliament of Australia Sport and Recreation Resources
http://www.aph.gov.au/library/intguide/sp/spsport.htm
An index of useful weblinks provided by the Parliamentary Library of Australia.
SOSOL—Sociology of Sport Online
http://physed.otago.ac.nz/sosol/home.html
An online sociology of sport journal based at the University of Otago, New Zealand.
Sports organisations
Peak sports organisations, as well as major sporting events, usually have their own websites. Examples of these are:
- www.australianopen.com for the Australian Open tennis tournament
- www.afl.com.au for the Australian Football League
- www.bowls-aust.com.au for the peak organisation for lawn bowls in Australia.
