Ministry of Sport

NRL becomes the most watched sport in Australia this season

Heading into the back end of the NRL finals, the game has announced staggering figures solidifying the sport as the most watched in Australia this season. The most successful Telstra Premiership season in...

September 11, 2018
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Category - Sport

Guinevere Capital And Cloud9 Enter Strategic Partnership

Sports and esports investment and advisory firm, Guinevere Capital, and US-based esports team, Cloud9, have announced a strategic partnership centred around a Cloud9 subsidiary, Kings Row LLC. The partnership will aim...

1 day ago
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Community Football Returns in Australia Tonight

Football Federation Australia (FFA) has announced the return of competitive community football in Australia, starting tonight (Friday June 5) in the Northern Territory. The resumption of community football following the...

1 day ago
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Amazon To Make Four Premier League Matches Free

With English soccer’s top-flight, the Premier League, set to return to action on June 17, broadcast partner Amazon has announced it will make its four additional live match broadcasts free on its Prime Video streaming...

1 day ago
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NBA To Restart With 22 Teams On July 31

The NBA Board of Governors have approved a competitive format to restart the 2019-20 season with 22 teams at ESPN’s Wide World of Sports complex at Disney World in Orlando, Florida. The approval from the board is the...

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AFL Commits To Mental Health With Headspace Partnership

The AFL has announced a new partnership with Australia’s leading youth mental health organisation, Headspace. The partnership will see the AFL and Headspace work to build mental fitness and wellbeing skills in the next...

1 day ago
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New Zealand Aims For Sold Out Venues From Next Week

New Zealand Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, has announced the country’s government will decide whether to lift all social distancing measures as early as next week. The move would see the country’s alert system brought...

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NSW Government Abandons ANZ Stadium Redevelopment

The NSW government has abandoned plans for a $800 million redevelopment of ANZ Stadium, instead electing to reroute funds into the state’s $3 billion acceleration fund. The recently announces acceleration fund is set to...

3 days ago
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NRL To Block Telstra Streaming Matches From 2023

The NRL will stop Telstra from streaming matches from 2023, with the league reportedly aiming to renew the broadcast deal with Nine for a further five-years after 2022. The decision comes within the recently signed...

3 days ago
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Rugby Australia To Cut One-Third Of Full-Time Staff

Rugby Australia (RA) interim chief executive, Rob Clarke, has announced roughly one-third of full-time RA staff would be stood down in the coming weeks due to financial pressure from the COVID-19 pandemic. Clarke said...

3 days ago
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F1 Season To Start July 5

The Formula One (F1) season is set to commence with the Austrian Grand Prix on July 5 after the F1 received approval from the Austrian government to stage the event. Austrian health minister, Rudolf Anschober, said the...

5 days ago
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Havas Australia Launches Free Initiative For Side Hustles

Havas Village Australia has unveiled Havas Hustle, a new initiative set to offer free advice and support to anyone in the Australian industry impacted by COVID-19. The initiative aims to help those Australians looking...

5 days ago
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