Oceania

Multi-sport
Events

The future of the Commonwealth Games appears secure for at least the next decade after seven nations and territories expressed an interest in hosting the event in 2030 and beyond.
Multi-sport
Media

A two-edition Commonwealth Games deal with Australian commercial broadcaster Seven Network is the first to be announced since Glasgow was confirmed as the host of a scaled-back version of the Games to…
Multiple Sports
Sponsorship & Marketing

The Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) has called time on its long-running sponsorship sales agreement with the Sportfive agency ahead of the transfer of commercial rights to the organisers of the 2032 Brisbane Olympics.
Rugby League
Governance

Australia’s National Rugby League (NRL) is considering acquiring a 33-per-cent stake in Super League on the condition that it can assume administrative control of the British competition.
Rugby Union
Media

Nine Entertainment and Rugby Australia have finalised their renewal for exclusive domestic rights from 2026 to 2030, covering a crucial period for rugby union in the country.
Cricket
Sponsorship & Marketing

KFC has once again extended its title sponsorship of the Big Bash League (BBL) cricket tournament in Australia, amid a backdrop of rising viewership and possible private equity investment.
Rugby Union
Sponsorship & Marketing

New Zealand Rugby (NZR) has reached an out-of-court settlement with Ineos over the company terminating its sponsorship agreement three years early.
Cricket
Sponsorship & Marketing

Qantas will receive women’s team shirt branding for the first time in its latest renewal with Cricket Australia.
Multiple Sports
Events

The Queensland Government has confirmed that the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games will be centred on a new 63,000-seat stadium.
Football
Finance & Law

Melbourne Victory is the latest club in the stable of collapsed US investment fund 777 Partners to find new ownership, after Tony Bloom, chairman and majority owner of Brighton & Hove Albion, acquired a minority stake.
Multiple Sports
Media

Sky New Zealand has announced rights deals for this year’s British & Irish Lions tour as well as golf’s US PGA Championship as it bids to soften the impact for customers of increasing the price of its sports package by 12 per cent.
Cricket
Sponsorship & Marketing

Sports marketing specialist Two Circles has signed a new commercial partnership with Cricket Australia (CA) for two years, a period that includes the 2025-26 Ashes series against England
Basketball
Events

The NBA is to stage its first games in Australia later this year, when the New Orleans Pelicans play in Melbourne, while the Big3 competition is also heading Down Under.
Football
Media

Australian public-service broadcaster SBS has secured rights to one MLS game per week, the league’s first deal for live rights in an overseas territory since its 10-year global rights agreement with Apple.
Golf
Media

Media group Foxtel will hold exclusive rights to all four golf majors for the first time after sealing sole rights to the US Masters and leaving the tournament without a free-to-air broadcaster in Australia.
Football
Events

A Central Asian bid is being lined up for the 2031 Asian Cup and Australia has also submitted its interest to stage a tournament representing the first iteration of the AFC’s men’s tournament of the new commercial rights cycle.
Multi-sport
Industry Moves

Kit McConnell, one of the most experienced administrators in world sport, is to leave the International Olympic Committee after more than a decade to join the organising committee of the Brisbane 2032…
Multiple Sports
Finance & Law

Nine Entertainment has posted a A$96m ($61m) profit in the half-year results, down 15 per cent year over year despite improved revenues for streaming service Stan.