Oceania

Football
Media

Sports Flick, a relatively new sports streaming platform based in Sydney, has stunned the Australian media-rights market by outbidding established, major players to secure rights for the Uefa Champions…
Basketball
Events

New Zealand’s men's basketball team has pulled out of the Tokyo Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Serbia due to funding constraints caused by the pandemic.
Rugby League
Finance & Law

The NRL reduced its operating costs by more than a third as it fought to ensure the game continued in the face of disruptions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic
Rugby Union
Events

Rugby Australia has offered a minimum guarantee to cover the costs of the forthcoming British & Irish Lions tour to South Africa, and return a profit, in what is said to be a potentially decisive move…
Motorsport
Sponsorship & Marketing

Australian motor racing series Supercars has agreed a number of sponsorship deals ahead of this weekend’s season-opener at Bathurst, the Repco Mt Panorama 500.
Rugby Union
Media

Rugby union digital media platform RugbyPass will stream live coverage of New Zealand's Super Rugby Aotearoa competition this year in 100 territories around the world, under a new deal with New Zealand…
Multi-sport
Events

The International Olympic Committee is to begin talks with Brisbane about its bid to host the 2032 Summer Olympics, after selecting the Australian city as a non-binding 'preferred candidate' for the event
Rugby Union
Finance & Law

Fiji Rugby is seeking private investment to support the management of a team that will compete in the Super Rugby club competition in the coming years
Events

The innovative region-wide bid from the Australian state of Queensland is set to receive a major boost to its hopes of hosting the 2032 Olympic Games, after it emerged that the International Olympic Committee…
Cricket
Media

Seven’s ongoing dispute with Cricket Australia over the value of a media rights deal has taken another twist after it emerged that an arbitrator has ruled that the commercial free-to-air broadcaster i…
Swimming
Media

Amazon’s first sports rights acquisition in Australia left local industry insiders puzzled and expecting further moves for sports content by the tech giant.
Motorsport
Media

Kayo Freebies, a free version of Australian broadcaster Foxtel's Kayo Sports streaming service, launches today, with this weekend's Supercars season-opener the highlight of the launch content
Football
Events

Australia and Qatar have pulled out of this summer's rescheduled Copa América as the tournament clashes with rescheduled AFC World Cup 2022 and Asian Cup 2023 qualifying dates, Conmebol has announced.
Media

Pay-television broadcaster Sky New Zealand is considering price increases for its sports packages, despite registering an increase in profits
Golf
Sponsorship & Marketing

US video conferencing company Cisco Webex has become the inaugural presenting partner of the PGA of Australia's The Players Series, a new mixed tournament series that involves men and women competing in…
Rugby Union
Media

Australian broadcaster Nine Entertainment is said to be considering offering its streaming service Stan Sport directly to pubs and clubs via smart television apps, in an effort to ensure its Super Rugby…
Tennis
Events

Craig Tiley, chief executive of Tennis Australia and tournament director of the Australian Open, has said that he expects the total losses from going ahead with the tournament to exceed A$99m (€64m/$78m) d…
Cricket
Media

Cricket Australia has launched an invitation to tender process for its media rights in the UK for the 2021-22 Southern Hemisphere cricket season onwards, covering the coming season's Ashes Test series…