New Zealand

Esports
Events

Sanzaar says it is open to hosting the Rugby Championship in a centralised location again after this year’s edition was reduced to three teams and played entirely in Australia due to the Covid-19 pandemic –…
Rugby League
Sponsorship & Marketing

New Zealand-based pay television broadcaster Sky Sport has strengthened its association with the National Rugby League’s Auckland-based Vodafone Warriors by taking a branding position on the club’s shi…
Cricket
Industry Moves

The board of New Zealand Cricket has elected Martin Snedden as its new chairman
Industry Moves

Sky New Zealand chief executive Martin Stewart is leaving the company and has been replaced by current chief commercial officer Sophie Moloney with immediate effect
Host Broadcast & Production

Pay-television broadcaster Sky New Zealand’s proposed deal to sell sports production subsidiary Outside Broadcast (OSB) has taken a hit after the country’s Commerce Commission outlined its competition con…
Cricket
Sports Betting

Sports data and technology company Stats Perform has retained one of its key cricket clients in a new agreement with the sport’s governing body in New Zealand.
Cricket
Governance

New Zealand Cricket chairman Greg Barclay has been elected as the new Independent Chair of the International Cricket Council, replacing Shashank Manohar who stepped down earlier this year
Mixed Martial Arts
Media

Mixed martial arts promotion, the Professional Fighters League, has announced broadcast rights renewals for the 2021 season in Spain, Latin America, New Zealand and the Czech Republic
Badminton
Sponsorship & Marketing

Cristiano Ronaldo has signed an exclusive partnership with Chinese video-sharing app Kuaishou to provide short-form videos to his Chinese fans – Sportsmoney.c
Sailing
Sponsorship & Marketing

The New Zealand arm of Asia-Pacific bottling company Coca-Cola Amatil has signed as a sponsor of the 36th America’s Cup series and final match hosted in Auckland, New Zealand.
Rugby Union
Events

Rugby Australia and New Zealand Rugby have confirmed that a trans-Tasman Super Rugby competition will take place 2021
Media

Pay-television broadcaster Sky New Zealand has raised its profit and revenue guidance for 2021 after what it described as a “positive start” to the financial year, higher than expected growth in its dir…
Rugby Union
Events

A 10-team, six-week trans-Tasman Super Rugby tournament next year is set to be approved by Rugby Australia and New Zealand Rugby, according to media reports
Rugby Union
Sponsorship & Marketing

Leading recovery and performance technology company Hyperice is expanding its global reach by announcing a multiyear partnership with the All Blacks, New Zealand's iconic national men's rugby union team
Rugby Union
Media

Australian broadcaster Nine Entertainment is launching a premium sports streaming service, Stan Sports, following its acquisition of Rugby Australia domestic media rights
Cricket
Events

The Lanka Premier League will start five days later from November 27 to December 17 and will only be played at the Mahinda Rajapaksa International Stadium in Hambantota
Football
Attendance

The Beijing 2022 Organizing Committee is actively trying to involve more disabled people in benefiting from the upcoming Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games – China.o
Rugby Union
Governance

Sanzaar, the body which oversees Super Rugby and The Rugby Championship competitions, has confirmed that Argentina, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa have confirmed their places in the southern hemisphere’s R…