Oceania

Melbourne Storm has renewed its sponsorship deal with Japanese automobile company Suzuki

The official who oversaw Victoria’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic is being lined up to become chief executive of the organising committee for the Victoria 2026 Commonwealth Games, according to reports.

Ian Chesterman has been elected as president of the Australian Olympic Committee

Commonwealth Games Australia has finalised a sponsorship agreement with Australian retailer Harvey Norman ahead of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games

Ten has acquired exclusive rights in Australia to a raft of pre-season football matches from across the globe

Rugby Australia cut its losses to A$4.5m ($3.3m/€3.1m) last year after broadcast revenue increased by more than 50 per cent during another rugby union season disrupted by the Covid-19 pandemic.

Golf Australia has announced that its men’s and women’s Australian Opens will be held concurrently from this year, with the former to also be sanctioned on the DP World Tour for the first time.

World Sport Consulting, the international organiser of the Touring Car Racing motorsport category, has extended its rights agreement with Motorsport Australia until 2028

Australian telecoms operator Telstra has reached an agreement to acquire a 51-per-cent stake in IPTV provider Fetch TV for A$50m ($35.4m/€33.8m) as part of plans to improve its underlying technology.

New Zealand Rugby has recorded its first profit since 2017 after revenue increased by 36 per cent to NZ$188.8m ($123m/€116.8m) during another challenging year for the rugby union association.

Paramount, the owner of Australian free-to-air television network Ten and subscription streaming service Paramount Plus, will reportedly bid for the entire suite of Australian Football League domestic…

The board of the organising committee for the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games has identified the recruitment of a chief executive as a “top priority” after meeting for the first time today (We…

Hong Kong-based investment group Y11 Sport & Media and Horowhenua-Kāpiti Rugby Football Union director Richard Mansell have acquired minority stakes in the Hurricanes rugby union franchise.

Australian pay-television operator Foxtel has renewed its rights to the FIM Speedway Grand Prix World Championship under a sublicensing agreement with new event promotor Discovery Sports Events

Liverpool is to play a friendly against fellow Premier League outfit Crystal Palace at the National Stadium in Singapore as part of its forthcoming pre-season tour of Southeast Asia

The New Zealand men’s national team will play a friendly match against Peru in June ahead of its must-win Fifa World Cup play-off against Costa Rica later that month, New Zealand Football has announced.