Oceania
Macron adds Victory to A-League portfolio
Italian sportswear manufacturer Macron has further increased its presence in Australian football by agreeing a new deal with A-League club Melbourne Victory
Tennis Australia launches venture capital fund for sport tech start-ups
Tennis Australia has launched a venture capital fund, Wildcard Ventures, to invest in early-stage sports technology companies
Ten wants to be ‘home of football’, reaffirms sports comeback
Network Ten reaffirmed its return as a force in Australian sports broadcasting and said it wants to be the "home of football", in comments made around reporting of its financial results for 2020
Matildas’ Tokyo 2020 matches draw big audiences for Seven
The Australian women’s football team has been attracting record domestic television audiences for its matches at Tokyo 2020, on free-to-air broadcaster Seven.
Seven reported an audience of 2.2
TaylorMade strikes three-year sponsorship deal with PGA of Australia
Golf manufacturer TaylorMade has agreed a three-year sponsorship deal with the PGA of Australia as it seeks to build on the pandemic-inspired participation boom for the sport
Foxtel, Sky NZ to broadcast PTO’s Collins Cup
Pay-television broadcasters Foxtel, in Australia, and Sky New Zealand have become the latest rights-holders for the Professional Triathletes Organisation’s new Collins Cup competition.
10 ViacomCBS names FMA’s Bower as sport sales director
ViacomCBS, the owner of Australian broadcaster Network Ten, has appointed Nick Bower from the Football Marketing Asia agency as sport sales director
Octagon promotes Errey to managing director in Australia
Sports marketing agency Octagon has promoted Simone Errey to the position of managing director in Australia
New Zealand Rugby finalises sponsorship deal with Ineos
New Zealand Rugby has agreed a six-year sponsorship deal with Ineos, which will see the chemicals company becoming the union's Official Performance Partner from 2022
Sky NZ recruits F1’s Crothers as head of sports partnerships
Sky New Zealand has named Formula 1’s head of digital media rights Adam Crothers as its head of sports partnerships.
NBL agrees landmark domestic rights deals with ESPN, Foxtel
Australia’s National Basketball League has hailed its new domestic media-rights deal with pay-television broadcaster ESPN as its most valuable ever and “a watershed moment”.
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New Zealand cancels Pumas Tests, Bledisloe Cup to go ahead
New Zealand Rugby has been forced to scrap plans to host two Rugby Championship Test matches against Argentina in September after the trans-Tasman travel bubble – between Australia and New Zealand – was…
Foxtel appoints Woods to run PPV business
Australian pay-television group Foxtel has appointed Conor Woods as head of its pay-per-view business, taking charge of the long-standing Main Event brand
Australia’s Kayo streaming free coverage of The Hundred
Australian pay-television broadcaster Foxtel is broadcasting The Hundred, the England and Wales Cricket Board’s (ECB) new-limited overs competition, on its free streaming platform Kayo Freebies.
Australia’s SBS adds to cycling output with UCI Track Champions League
Australian public-service broadcaster SBS has signed on as a broadcaster of the International Cycling Union’s (UCI) Track Champions League.
Australia, New Zealand pull out of Rugby League World Cup
Australia and New Zealand have today (Thursday) withdrawn from the 2021 Rugby League World Cup, citing player welfare and safety concerns amid the “stark differences” in how Covid-19 is being handled in …
WWE extends long-running rights deal with Foxtel
Australian pay-television broadcaster Foxtel has signed a multi-year extension to its rights agreement with World Wrestling Entertainment
Brisbane confirmed as 2032 Olympic Games host, polling 72 votes
Brisbane has been confirmed as the host of the 2032 Olympic Games after it was voted in at the 138th International Olympic Committee Session in Tokyo today (Wednesday)