Inside Sport

Inside Sport is an Australian sport magazine published by nextmedia. It began publication in 1991.Inside Sport largely comprises articles by freelance journalists, covering a wide array of sports. It focuses on sporting content, sports photography, and the attention given to models and their photo shoots.

In 2000, the publication won the award for Magazine of the Year in Australia. It also won the Walkley Award for sports coverage across all media in 2004.

Nikki Visser has appeared on the cover of Inside Sport four times; July 1996, July 1998, April 1999 and March 2002. The magazine also organised an annual national model contest -The Inside Sport Model Search- which ran from 1996 until 2008. Notable contestants included Nikki Visser, Nicky Whelan, Imogen Bailey, Grace McClure and Jennifer Hawkins.

In May 2007, the magazine's editors made the decision to cease using a scantically-clad 'sports model' to illustrate the cover and centre-pages of each issue (many of the women featured were professional models or entertainment celebrities rather than actual athletes). Instead, a notable sportsperson, male or female, would adorn the cover each month. This decision was made to improve sales which in mid-2007 had fallen to 23,000 per month down from a monthly peak circulation of 80,000 in the late 1990s. The new policy was also intended to change the 'blokey' image of the magazine and to establish it as a serious sports publication rather than just another 'Lad's Mag'. However, in 2008, the November issue of Inside Sport attracted some criticism for featuring a photo of Australian swimming champion Stephanie Rice on its cover which was allegedly heavily airbrushed.

Inside Sport (TV series)

Inside Sport is a weekly sports magazine programme produced by BBC Sport, presented by Gabby Logan.

The programme is transmitted twice a week, with an extended edition broadcast at Sunday lunch-time. Inside Sport combines mainstream sporting issues with topics that may not be widely known to the sporting public, such as injured soldiers training to become Paralympic athletes. The show also runs documentary features, following the daily routine of high-profile sportsmen. These have included Kevin Pietersen, Arsène Wenger, Andy Murray, Ricky Hatton, Owen Hargreaves and Dwain Chambers. Regular studio guests include Tony Livesey, Des Kelly, Jonathan Pearce and Steve Bunce.

There are also versions of Inside Sport for BBC World News and the BBC News channel.

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