Australia

Football
Media

ViacomCBS-owned Australian broadcaster Network Ten has secured domestic broadcast rights to the A-League and W-League football leagues in a A$200m ($155m/€127m) five-year deal.
Rugby Union
Events

The Rugby Championship, the southern hemisphere-based international rugby union tournament, will welcome back world champions South Africa for its 2021 edition
Rugby Union
Events

Rugby Australia will today (Thursday) formally launch the country's bid to host the 2027 Rugby World Cup
Australian Rules Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

Australian cryptocurrency exchange CoinJar has signed as a sponsor of the AFL’s Melbourne Football Club for both its men’s and women’s teams. T
Cricket
Events

Australia’s summer of cricket will commence with a Test match against Afghanistan in November before taking on England in the Ashes over five weeks around the New Year, Cricket Australia said today (Wednesday).
Media

Australia’s auditor general, Grant Hehir, is to review the A$40m (€25.5m/$31.2m)
Rugby League
Sponsorship & Marketing

Carlton & United Breweries (CUB) has chosen to promote the Victoria Bitter brand at this year's State of Origin series as part of its wider National Rugby League (NRL) sponsorship
Tennis
Events

Australian Open tournament director Craig Tiley has said that the event will stay in Melbourne in 2022 after reports suggested it could be moved to the Middle East
Multiple Sports
Events

Melbourne will host a new international sports industry conference, SportNXT, this year during the week of the Formula One Grand Prix in the Australian city
Football
Media

ViacomCBS-owned Australian broadcaster Network Ten is targeting domestic A-League football rights to help launch new streaming platform Paramount+ in the market, The Sydney Morning Herald has reported
Mixed Martial Arts
Media

On-demand and live streaming service LIVENow has acquired rights in multiple territories to Russia’s Gorilla MMA Series.
Rugby Union
Sponsorship & Marketing

Rugby Australia has named Cadbury as the new principal partner of the Wallabies men’s national rugby union team, ending an intense search period for the main jersey sponsor after the exit of airline Q…
Rugby Union
Sponsorship & Marketing

eToro extended its home match naming rights deal with Rugby Australia having identified the sponsorship as the most efficient way to hit its target 20-to-45-year-old male demographic in a growth territory
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

Football Australia is extending its deal with healthcare company Compeat Nutrition, offering nutritional support to its players, through to August 2022
Cricket
Data

Sports data and betting company Sportradar is aiming to increase its presence in cricket with the acquisition of InteractSport, a sports data and technology company based in Melbourne, Australia
Rugby Union
Sponsorship & Marketing

Rugby Australia has extended a naming rights deal with investment platform eToro until the end of 2023
Multiple Sports
Finance & Law

Australia's Olympic, Paralympic and Commonwealth Games committees are supporting a new National Integrity Framework that aims to establish clear policies for sports to tackle integrity threats and an independent…
Media

Nine Entertainment chief executive Mike Sneesby has claimed that its recently-launched streaming service Stan Sport is the ‘largest reaching streaming sports platform’ in Australia.