Australia

Cricket
Sponsorship & Marketing

Cricket Australia has rebutted reports that Australian Test captain Pat Cummins influenced Alinta Energy’s decision to exit as main shirt sponsor after this season.
Basketball
Media

ESPN has expanded its media rights agreement in Australia with the NBA to add two live games per week that were previously on free-to-air public-service broadcaster SBS, starting from the upcoming 2022-23…
Football
Sports Betting

Genius Sports has been announced as the official data partner of the Australian A-Leagues
Football
Fan Engagement

The Australian A-Leagues have announced an agreement with gamified content specialist Komo Technologies
Netball
Industry Moves

Netball Australia has announced Wendy Archer as its new chair, with Marina Go stepping down from the role in what the governing body describes as a “planned transition” amid growing unease over its new…
Cricket
Media

The International Cricket Council over the weekend unveiled details of media rights deals, world feed content and digital media innovations for this year's Men's T20 World Cup, which got underway in Australia…
Golf
Host Broadcast & Production

McGuire Media-owned production firm Jam TV is to produce live coverage of the PGA Tour of Australasia. Jam TV will produce more than 140 hours of coverage across 14 events during the 2022-23 season
Cricket
Finance & Law

Cricket Australia recorded a A$5.1m ($3.2m/€3.3
Cricket
Licensing & Merchandising

The International Cricket Council is to release a daily offering of non-fungible tokens throughout the forthcoming Men’s T20 World Cup, while Cricket Australia has announced plans to issue its own NFTs l…
Cricket
Sponsorship & Marketing

Cricket Australia has begun the process of selling its most valuable national team sponsorship asset – the main shirt sponsorship for the men’s cricket team across all formats of the game.
Mixed Martial Arts
Events

The Ultimate Fighting Championship has announced plans to return to Australia for the first time since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic
Multiple Sports
Media

Australia's new Labor government has started a public consultation on changing the country's 'anti-siphoning' laws that ensure certain sports events are shown on free-to-air television
Motorsport
Media

Australian free-to-air broadcaster Ten is reported to have agreed a new multi-year rights agreement with pay-television broadcaster Foxtel to show the Australian Formula 1 Grand Prix and Australian MotoGP…
Esports
Governance

The NBA 2K League is continuing its global outreach by bringing in an Australia-based expansion team for the 2023 season following a landmark partnership with the National Basketball League
Multi-sport
Events

Brisbane has a chance to become the “Barcelona of Australia” when it hosts the Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2032, Andrew Liveris, chair of the organising committee for the events, said this week.
Multi-sport
Events

Golf, coastal rowing and BMX racing are set to feature at the Commonwealth Games for the first time after being included in the full sports programme for the Victoria 2026 Commonwealth Games
Esports
Finance & Law

Elysian Park Ventures, the private investment arm of Major League Baseball’s Los Angeles Dodgers’ ownership group, has led a $12m (€12m) Series A funding round in leading esports media and entertainment publi…
Football
Finance & Law

American investment company 777 Partners has acquired a stake in Australian A-Leagues football club Melbourne Victory, adding to a portfolio that now includes five football clubs around the world