Australia

Badminton
Events

Cricket Australia confirmed the schedule for the Vodafone Test series, Dettol ODI Series and Dettol Twenty20 International Series against India – Cricket Australia G
Rugby League
Sponsorship & Marketing

Australian petrol station brand Ampol has signed as the naming rights sponsor of the National Rugby League State of Origin series until 2023, including the Women’s State of Origin from 2021.
Athletics
Events

Sunday's NRL grand final in Sydney provided a 12 per cent boost in television ratings from last year, 2.97 million tuned in to free-to-air broadcaster Nine up from the 2
Motorsport
Media

Free-to-air broadcast coverage of the 2021 Formula 1 World Championship in Australia will continue to be shown on commercial broadcaster Ten next year
Basketball
Events

The newly built Tokyo Aquatics Centre was unveiled during an event on October 24, marking the completion of all venues built for the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics - The Japan Times
Rugby League
Sponsorship & Marketing

UK-based premium sports brand Castore has signed its first kit sponsorship in the Australian market with the Sydney Roosters rugby league team
Rugby Union
Media

Australian pay-television broadcaster Foxtel has offered to place a handful of Super Rugby matches outside of its Kayo Sports sports streaming platform paywall as part of its pitch to win  Rugby Australia's …
Cricket
Governance

Cricket Australia have been given the all-clear for the Indian cricket squad to quarantine in Sydney ahead of their Test and limited-overs tour
Cricket
Sponsorship & Marketing

SportBusiness speaks to Cricket Australia’s national commercial development manager Phil Rigby about how, in spite of the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic, the organisation is confident about its sponsorship prospects. Tom King reports.
Media

Australian free-to-air commercial broadcaster Seven will broadcast the Beijing Winter Olympics Games in 2022 after renegotiating its current deal with the International Olympic Committee following the…
Australian Rules Football
Events

Australia's upcoming Australian Rules and rugby league season finals will be significant milestones for the return of sport in the country after the pandemic, with large crowds set to attend both
Baseball
Events

Major League Baseball could make a return to Australia for a series of games, it has emerged
Australian Rules Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

The world’s top-selling bourbon brand Jim Beam has renewed as the ‘Official Dark Spirits Partner’ of the Australian Football League (AFL) for two more seasons, from 2020-21 to 2021-22. T
Cricket
Media

The Women’s Big Bash League will receive its biggest television footprint to date after Cricket Australia’s domestic broadcasters committed to wider coverage of the 2020 edition of the Twenty20 competition.
Events

Asian football's governing body the AFC said player welfare was its "main priority" after criticism from the global players' union that it had been slow to provide support for players since the coronavirus…
Tennis
Sponsorship & Marketing

Online trading platform TMGM has signed its first ever major sports event sponsorship as the ‘Official Online Trading Platform’ of the Australian Open tennis tournament. The
Cricket
Media

Cricket Australia has agreed a domestic radio rights deal with Sports Entertainment Network for the 2019-20 season and expanded its Sheffied Shield coverage through Foxtel
Events

Commonwealth Games Australia is looking to rekindle a bid for Adelaide to host the 2026 Commonwealth Games, after an economic study argued that the event would bring a A$2.5bn (€1.52bn/$1.8