Cricket Australia
Pay dispute looms as Cricket Australia revenue forecast falls 48 per cent
Cricket Australia has produced a revised forecast for its 2020-21 revenue with a 48-per-cent drop on the pre-Covid-19 figure of A$461m ($317m/€283m). The new forecasted revenue is A$239.7m.
Australian cricket and rugby union face additional cuts
Australia's cricket and rugby governing bodies are to implement further cost-cutting measures in response to the Covid-19 downturn
Round-Up: J-League restart, Nike and Adidas show solidarity, Ferrari plans Asia-Pac academy, and more
Japanese football's J-League is to resume first division matches on July 4, with the second and third divisions starting on June 27. Matches will be played behind closed doors
Cricket Australia ‘probes hosting T20 World Cup in 2021’
Cricket Australia has asked the International Cricket Council to examine the prospects of the country hosting the T20 World Cup next year, instead of this year, according to a Times of India report
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
Players’ union hits out at Cricket Australia pandemic response
The chairman of the Australian Cricketers Association has condemned Cricket Australia’s cost-cutting in response to the Covid-19 pandemic as "disastrous" for the sport.
Australia and New Zealand discuss trans-Tasman cricket series
Cricket chiefs in Australia and New Zealand are in talks to restart international cricket
APAC Round-Up: Good, bad news for Bundesliga; ITTF postponements; Cricket Australia loan; and more
European football news
There was both positive and negative news for the planned restart of the German Bundesliga football season over the weekend
Cricket Australia expects tough talks with broadcasters
Cricket Australia is facing crunch talks with media rights partners who are tackling financial crises, according to reports in Australian media
Cricket Australia faces A$20m loss, explores T20 World Cup options
Cricket Australia chief executive Kevin Roberts has said his organisation has suffered an A$20m ($12.58m/€11.6
Cricket Australia furloughs staff
Cricket Australia is standing down the majority of its staff from April 27 until the end of the current financial year, the latest major Australian sporting body to be hit by the economic fall-out from…
Mixed fortunes for Australian rights-holders amid Covid-19 crisis
The Covid-19 pandemic has hit Australia’s major sports with varying degrees of severity.
Cricket Australia forced into fresh Test sponsor search as Domain exits
Cricket Australia has again been forced to seek a new main sponsor for domestic Test cricket after real estate company Domain elected to withdraw its backing, midway through a four-year contract
BCCI discusses new four-nation competition with ECB
The Board of Control for Cricket in India is proposing a new four-nation, annual, one-day international tournament starting in 2021 and featuring the sport's 'big three' national teams of India, England…
Cricket Australia rules out betting sponsor for BBL
Kevin Roberts, chief executive of Cricket Australia, has revealed that the body has turned down an approach from a betting company to sponsor the Big Bash League due to the family-focused nature of the…
ECB latest to oppose ICC proposal for more global tournaments
The England and Wales cricket board has joined the Board of Control for Cricket in India and Cricket Australia in opposing proposals by the International Cricket Council to launch a new flagship event…
Cricket Australia posts increased surplus of AUD$18m
Cricket Australia posted an operating surplus of AUD$18.2m (€11.3m/$12.6m) in 2018-19 with overall revenues totalling AUD$485.9m.
Revenue from continuing operations stood at AUD$474.3
Manohar commissions new ICC governance review, eyes another term as chairman
International Cricket Council chairman Shashank Manohar has announced the commissioning of another review into international cricket’s governance, indicating that he intends to stand for a third two-year t…