Australia

Rugby Union
Sponsorship & Marketing

Australia’s national airline Qantas is terminating its 30-year backing of Rugby Australia as the company battles deteriorating market conditions in the aviation industry.
Media

Foxtel chief executive Patrick Delany has said the Australian pay-television operator has hit record levels of sports subscribers as it recovers from the damage inflicted by the Covid-19 pandemic
Tennis
Sponsorship & Marketing

Stella Artois will not return as the lead beer partner for the 2021 Australian Open because the brand is being offloaded by its owner, Japanese drinks group Asahi
Rugby League
Governance

Australia's National Rugby League will reduce its staff by 25 per cent and streamline its operations as it targets an annual expenditure reduction of A$50m (€30.8m/$36.6
Football
Attendance

Mounting delays to 2022 World Cup qualifiers due to Covid-19 are becoming a problem and a shortening of the format is a possibility
Action Sports
Events

The Australian city of Brisbane has been selected as the host for the 2021 edition of the Nitro World Games extreme sports event
Rugby Union
Sponsorship & Marketing

Australian Super Rugby club, the Plus500 Brumbies, has extended its naming deal with online trading platform Plus500 for the 2021 season
Multi-sport
Governance

Sporting venues in the Australian state of New South Wales received a shot in the arm yesterday after the state government approved plans to safely allow more fans at sports events
Football
Events

Hosting the Olympics in 2000 and the AFC Asian Cup in 2015 helped Australia develop expertise that was instrumental in winning the 2023 Fifa Women’s World Cup hosting rights along with New Zealand earlier t…
Athletics
Media

Australian public-service broadcaster SBS will take its coverage of the Tour de France to four decades after extending its rights deal with the owners and organisers of the iconic cycling race, Amaury…
Rugby Union
Media

Pay-television operator Foxtel appears to be in the box seat to retain Rugby Australia’s broadcast rights after telecoms operator Optus was said to have opted against participating in the governing body’s lat…
Cricket
Media

Seven West Media’s ongoing rights contract feud with Cricket Australia has escalated after it was reported that the media group is preparing to end its agreement and would not be making its next payment o…
Rugby Union
Events

Sanzaar, the body which oversees the Rugby Championship, has announced that the 2020 edition of the tournament will be played in Australia in November and December this year
Cricket
Sponsorship & Marketing

Cricket Australia has extended and expanded its long-running sponsorship agreement with fast-food restaurant chain KFC, covering naming rights to the Big Bash League and new rights around women's cricket
Cricket
Sponsorship & Marketing

Cricket Australia signed telco Vodafone as its Test match series naming rights partner at a double-digit percentage uplift on the previous contract
Motorsport
Sponsorship & Marketing

Australian automotive engineering and retail company Repco will take over as the naming rights partner of Supercars under a new five-year agreement
Football
Governance

The owners of Australia’s A-League clubs want to push through a scheme allowing them to choose which players are to have their salaries reduced as part of a proposal submitted to the players' union.
Rugby Union
Events

This year’s southern hemisphere Rugby Championship is in danger of not going ahead as planned due to the second wave of Covid-19 cases in expected host country New Zealand, and infections in the Argentina s…