Oceania

Motorsport
Media

Australian motor racing series Supercars has agreed a deal with YouTube, under which the video platform will offer paid-for live streaming coverage to audiences outside Australia and New Zealand
Ice Hockey
Sports Betting

The National Hockey League has announced a multiyear partnership with global betting company PointsBet, which has been designated an official sports betting partner of the league
Cricket
Media

This year’s Big Bash League was the most-watched tournament in league history, according to Cricket Australia. An average audience of 1.4
Motorsport
Media

There will be free-to-air television coverage in New Zealand of Pure ETCR, the new electric touring car racing series, on the Discovery-owned commercial network TV3
Tennis
Sponsorship & Marketing

Tennis Australia has struck a new sponsorship deal with gas supplier Santos and extended deals with whisky brand Canadian Club and ride-sharing brand Uber for this year’s Australian Open.
Tennis
Events

The first tennis Grand Slam of the year, the Australian Open in Melbourne, has got underway after weeks of speculation and scrutiny over whether the organisers could pull it off successfully
Cycling
Events

The Union Cycliste Internationale has announced that the Australian city of Brisbane will host the 2026 BMX World Championships, while also awarding the title of ‘Bike City’ to four new cities and reg…
Finance & Law

New Zealand’s Commerce Commission has granted clearance of pay-television broadcaster Sky’s sale of its sports production subsidiary Outside Broadcast (OSB) to international outdoor broadcasting specialist NEP…
Rugby Union
Governance

Australia's Rugby Union Players Association have agreed to significant pay cuts for the national team after agreeing to a Covid-19-enforced extension to an amended collective bargaining agreement running…
Tennis
Technology

This year’s Australian Open will set a first for grand slam tennis tournaments with the introduction of live electronic line calls, as organisers today (Thursday) maintained the event will proceed as p…
Tennis
Governance

Tennis Australia has cancelled play in the preparation tournaments for the Australian Open after a worker at one of the quarantine hotels hosting competitors tested positive for Covid-19
Swimming
Media

Amazon has acquired its first live rights to an Australian sporting event in a deal between Swimming Australia and the online retail giant
Rugby League
Sponsorship & Marketing

Sportswear brand Puma has signed a six-year kit supplier deal with the State of Origin rugby league team Queensland Maroons from 2021 to 2026
Netball
Media

Netball Australia has signed a new five-year domestic rights deal with pay-television broadcaster Foxtel
Rugby Union
Finance & Law

New Zealand Rugby has received a NZ$465m ($335m/€279m) offer from US-based private equity firm Silver Lake, for a 15-per-cent share in its commercial rights arm, it has been reported.
Cricket
Governance

Cricket Australia has postponed its upcoming three-Test tour of South Africa, citing an unacceptable level of health and safety risk to its players and leading Graeme Smith, Cricket South Africa’s director o…
Football
Industry Moves

Australian Professional Leagues, the new body governing Australia's club football leagues, has appointed Ant Hearne as chief commercial officer and Michael Tange as strategy and digital director
Australian Rules Football
Media

Australia's sports streaming landscape has shifted with a new long-term deal between telco Telstra, pay-television broadcaster Foxtel, and the country's two biggest football codes, AFL and NRL