Australia

Australian media group Nine Entertainment has completed its set of Grand Slam tennis tournaments by acquiring rights to the US Open

Australian pay-television broadcaster Foxtel has secured a new multi-year agreement for exclusive free-to-air and pay-television rights to golf's Open Championship

Stan Sport, the streaming service of Australian media group Nine Entertainment, has broadened its tennis portfolio by agreeing a multi-year deal for rights to the Laver Cup

Brisbane will host the National Rugby League’s Premiership Grand Final for the first time after this year’s game was moved from Sydney due to escalating Covid-19 cases in the city.

Australian barbecue products brand Weber Barbecues has been named as the new title sponsor of the Women’s Big Bash League, the Australian Twenty20 cricket league.

Discovery has landed a long-term agreement with Tennis Australia which will keep the Australian Open under the Eurosport umbrella and on Discovery broadcast platforms for another decade

Australian streaming platform Sports Flick is now offline and its founder Dylan Azzopardi is being investigated by police over allegations of fraud, according to The Sydney Morning Herald

In the second part of a two-part interview, the Football Australia commercial head Tom Rischbieth and comms head Peter Filopoulos discuss the landmark domestic media-rights deal with 10 ViacomCBS and the fed's global outlook.

Australia’s two major golfing events, the Australian PGA Championship and the Australian Open, have been postponed until 2022 due to Covid-19.

A combined champion of Australia's men's and women's professional football leagues will be crowned from next season as part of an expansion of the women's club game by league organiser Australian Professional…

Financial services group Suncorp has extended as principal partner of Netball Australia for five more years, from 2022 to 2026

Cricket Australia has signed a sponsorship deal with Australian drinks manufacturer Nu-Pure that sees it become the official water partner of the men’s and women’s cricket teams in a three-year deal.

The Australian Football League has announced that its 2021 Grand Final has been moved from the Melbourne Cricket Ground to the Optus Stadium in Perth due to the ongoing Covid-19 lockdown in Victoria

A new format of the Southern Hemisphere's Super Rugby club competition will launch in 2022, with two new Pacific Islands teams joining the existing five teams each from Australia and New Zealand

In the first part of a two-part interview, the Australian football federation's commercial head Tom Rischbieth outlines the organisation's plans to capitalise on the upcoming Women's World Cup.

John Nicholl has been appointed head of commercial revenues for the 2023 Fifa Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, while Kim Anderson has been named head of marketing services for the tournament.