Australia

Australian Rules Football
Finance & Law

The Australian Football League is to cut its workforce by around 20 per cent in a restructure prompted by an expected A$400m ($286m/€243m) loss of income this year due to Covid-19.
Events

Indian retailer Future Group has pulled out of its sponsorship of the Indian Premier League. The company is suffering financial problems linked to Covid-19
Licensing & Merchandising

Licensed sports merchandising company Fanatics has agreed a ten-year distribution deal with leading Australian sports retailer, Rebel, to provide an array of licensed sports products to Australian sports…
Motorsport
Media

Australian free-to-air broadcaster Seven West Media is finalising a media-rights deal for the Australian Supercars Championship motor-racing series
Rugby League
Attendance

The NRL is in talks with the New South Wales government on easing Covid-19 constraints and allowing 50,000 fans in the stadium to watch October’s grand final in Sydney, up from the current 10,000-fan c…
Motorsport
Sponsorship & Marketing

Supercars has established a new five-year agreement with Australian automotive engineering and retail company Repco to sponsor its Bathurst 1000 championship event
Rugby League
Sponsorship & Marketing

Australian National Rugby League title sponsor Telstra has backed away from an attempt to stop rival telco Vodafone sponsoring the Warriors from next season
Baseball
Events

Fifa has created a new international match window in 2022, from January 24 to February 1, to ease fixture congestion caused by the Covid-19 pandemic - Japan Today
Athletics
Events

Chinese company LD Sports is to walk away from its £7.5m ($9.8m/€8.3m
Baseball
Events

Tennis Australia is keen on hosting the second edition of the ATP Cup next year in Perth, Brisbane and Sydney, and is in talks with the Association of Tennis Professionals about doing so
Sponsorship & Marketing

The Sportfive agency has been appointed today (Thursday) to an exclusive ‘multi-year’ sponsorship representation deal with Commonwealth Games Australia.
Tennis
Events

Australian Open tournament director Craig Tiley says he is optimistic and positive about hosting next year’s grand slam tennis tournament in Melbourne.
Media

Australian pay-television broadcaster Foxtel will save A$180m ($129m/€109m) over the next three years in reduced fees negotiated for its sports media-rights deals.
Cricket
Governance

The 2019-20 Australian Cricket Census, the annual audit of Australian cricket participation, has revealed an increase in registered participation in almost all formats of the game for the first time in…
Baseball
Events

The Korean KBO basketball league yesterday increased the number of fans allowed into games from 10 per cent of stadium capacity to 25 per cent - Naver
Boxing
Events

Germany will not allow fans into football stadiums until at least the end of October - Reuters/CNA Portimao in Portugal will host the final race of the 2020 MotoGP season - Reuters/CNA
Cricket
Events

India will remain host of next year's men's T20 World Cup, while Australia, which was scheduled to host the event this year, will now do so in 2022
Horse Racing
Media

Racing Victoria, the governing body for horse racing in the Australian state, has signed a five-year extension to its rights deal with free-to-air commercial broadcaster Seven