Body-shaming, verbal abuse and racism are the most common concerning behaviours witnessed by coaches and athletes across the country, according to research published by Sport Integrity Australia on Tuesday.

Those issues were the most troubling results from a survey of 1204 athletes and coaches across 64 sports at local, state and national representative level, in which the vast majority of respondents (88 per cent of athletes and 87 per cent of coaches) said they believed sport was safe and fair.

Sport Integrity Australia have published the first of a five-year research project into behaviour in sport. Credit: Jessica Hromas

Sport Integrity Australia’s acting head of sport engagement, Lex Cooper, said the mostly positive responses from were welcomed by the agency, but also enabled t

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