New Zealand
Players to profit from New Zealand’s NBL streaming service
New Zealand’s National Basketball League has launched a direct-to-consumer global streaming service allowing viewers outside the country to pay to watch coverage of the competition.
Round-Up: NZ NBL’s streaming service, Singapore GP preparations start, McLaren cuts, and more
New Zealand's National Basketball League has launched a direct-to-consumer global streaming service that will allow viewers outside of the country to pay to watch coverage of the competition
Round-Up: Osaka the highest-paid female athlete, Japanese baseball restart, NRL-Betfair deal, and more
Japan's Naomi Osaka was the world's highest-paid female athlete last year, according to Forbes, earning $37
Round-Up: Sri Lanka scraps stadium, OnePlus-Fnatic cricket initiative, Sunwolves in Australia ‘unlikely’, and more
Sri Lanka's government has scrapped its plans for a new $40m cricket stadium after warnings from former national team cricketers that it would end up a 'white elephant' - Channel News Asia/AFP
Omega returns as America’s Cup timekeeper in 2021
Swiss watchmaker Omega has signed as the Official Timekeeper of the 36th edition of the America’s Cup in 2021.
New Zealand rolls out NZ$265m sports recovery package
Sport in New Zealand is set for multi-million-dollar government backing to help it recover from the Covid-19 downturn
Round-Up: Ferrari weighs Indycar, Bayern-Douyin deal, Tendulkar settles, Japan shutdown cost, and more
The shutdown of professional sport in Japan will have cost the economy ¥274.7bn ($2.6bn/€2.4b
Australia and New Zealand discuss trans-Tasman cricket series
Cricket chiefs in Australia and New Zealand are in talks to restart international cricket
NZ Super Rugby series to start in June
New Zealand Rugby plans to run a series featuring its five Super Rugby teams starting on June 13, becoming the first major rugby nation to restart elite competition
NZR ‘talks with private equity’ about potential Club World Championship
New Zealand Rugby has had talks with private equity firms Silver Lake and CVC Capital Partners about investing in Southern Hemisphere competitions and a Club World Championship
‘Super Rugby Aotearoa’ coming, with NZ to ease restrictions
New Zealand's Super Rugby teams are to take part in a mini-series, among other sporting restarts, with the country preparing to ease its Covid-19 restrictions on Monday
Simulated LaLiga action features in new beIN series in APAC region
International subscription sports broadcaster beIN Media Group has commissioned a new esports series that will offer a simulation of the final six rounds from Spanish football’s 2019-20 season.
Marinos rubbishes Super Rugby breakaway talk
Reports of a breakaway competition involving only Australian and New Zealand Super Rugby clubs have been rejected as speculation by Sanzaar’s chief executive Andy Marinos.
Hawke’s Bay Rugby Union extends with principal sponsor Total Lubricants
New Zealand Rugby Union side Hawke's Bay has renewed with its principal sponsor, oil and lubricants company Total Lubricants
New Zealand Rugby expects 70-per-cent revenue drop due to Covid-19
New Zealand Rugby (NZR) has today (Thursday) reported a better-than-expected loss of NZ$7.379m (€4.16m/$4.5
Covid-19 rejig could spell the end for Super Rugby
Super Rugby is set for major and permanent change, sparked by the Covid-19 shutdown, according to stakeholders within Sanzaar, the grouping of Southern Hemisphere rugby unions
New Zealand Rugby freezes NZ$25m in player wages
New Zealand Rugby (NZR) and the New Zealand Rugby Players’ Association (NZRPA) have today (Thursday) agreed to a package of payment changes as the governing body looks to save NZ$25m (€13.7m/$14.9m)
China Mobile inks fitness content deal with Les Mills
China Mobile’s video entertainment unit Migu and New Zealand-based fitness brand Les Mills have agreed a deal to develop personal fitness content for the Chinese market
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