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Victorian Minister for Tourism, Sport and Major Events, Steve Dimopoulos MP launches the report in New Delhi. Photo- AII.
MELBOURNE, 11 August, 2025: Australia and it’s Victoria state have been high performers (winning medals) in sporting events like the Commonwealth Games, Olympics and other international sporting competitions. Victoria’s sporting infrastructure which boasts of 46 dedicated high-performance sporting facilities and famous names like Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), Rod Laver Arena, Aami Park and John Cain Arena, can be a great inspiration or support to any country including India, which has just started moving ahead in Cricket.
The fact that Victoria and India could collaborate to enhance India’s targeted states for this purpose, is a noble idea that needs a lot of learning and cracking the Cricket mindset. It’s lost glory in Hockey, has been struggling to revive. In the 1956 Summer Olympic Games, India one the sole medal – a Gold in field Hockey. The world of sports has marched ahead with more investments and international competition.
A glance around Melbourne reveals school going kids going for regular swimming, cricket clubs, Tennis coaching, field hockey for mean and women, Footy (Australia football) and much more. The sporting ambience is all across and the massively invested sports infrastructure adds to the shine. This sporting ecosystem in Victoria and other states is what pushes Australia to win a total of 53 medals, 18 gold, 19 silver and 16 bronze, at the Paris 2024 Olympics.
India won a total of six medals at the Paris Olympic Games – 0 gold, 1 silver, and 5 bronze medals, placing them 71st in the overall medal table,CNN reports.
It is the ecosystem similar to Victoria/Australia that India needs to develop for international sporting performance. So much needs to be done. Massive investments are needed for a much better sporting facilities at the grass-root level in India.
A newly released sports report finds common ground for Victoria and India sporting ties. On August 6, New Delhi Victorian Government Minister for Tourism, Sport and Major Events, Steve Dimopoulos MP launched a new report that examines how Victorian and Indian elite sporting organisations can learn from each other.
The report, ‘Victoria-India Opportunities: Advancing High Performance Sport’ by the Australia India Institute (Parul Nadar, Maisha Samiha, Darryl Mohr) explores the vital role high-performance sporting ecosystems play in engaging both Australian and Indian communities.
The report includes wide-ranging interviews from 20 of India’s and Victoria’s high performance elite sport organisations, including Australian Athletics, Hockey Victoria, Victoria Institute of Sport, Sports Authority of India, Inspire Institute of Sport (JSW Sports) and GoSports Foundation, and five Indian states including Delhi and National Capital Region, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Telangana.
State Netball Hockey Centre. Photo- Austadiums.
It also provides pathways for participation of athletes of all levels and abilities, acting as a bridge to enhanced people-to-people relationships between Victoria and India. Minister Dimopoulos said this research provides an exciting opportunity for Victoria and India to collaborate and grow high-performance sport together. “Victoria is Australia’s leading sports economy with an established international reputation for excellence and innovation across the sport industry,” he said.
“With India’s burgeoning sports technology sector and corporate sector involvement, this report demonstrates shared benefits to work together and thrive.” The Australia India Institute CEO, The Hon. Lisa Singh said it was significant the Victorian Government identified sport as a key growth sector for enhancing bilateral trade and investment opportunities with India.
“The state of Victoria is renowned for its robust sporting culture, underpinned by world class infrastructure across a diverse range of sports, with Melbourne serving as a prominent host city for major international sporting events,” she said.
“This report will serve as a guide to accelerate Victoria-India partnerships and connections for mutual benefit for athletes aspiring to participate or compete at the highest sporting level,” she said.
The report also recognises the significance of the updated Victoria’s India Strategy: Our Shared Future 2025-30 which establishes an ambitious platform to strengthen connections and enhance economic cooperation between Victoria and India and the ongoing role the Victorian India diaspora play in sports participation and connections.
The report suggests that for both India and Victoria to better understand one another’s elite sporting organisations, the following should occur: • Engage with private Indian stakeholders; • Engage with Indian state governments; • Co-develop and co-pilot innovative sports tech solutions; • Deploy mobile-enabled solutions; • Fostering collaboration to elevate India’s sports science and research Sector and • Capacity building through knowledge sharing and capability transfers.
STATE SPORTS CENTRE (VICTORIA)
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