Pacific Islands
HFC Bank acquires naming rights to Fiji’s national stadium
The Fiji Sports Council has signed HFC Bank as the new naming rights sponsor of the country’s national stadium.
Super Rugby Pacific club Moana Pasifika signs up Digicel as sleeve sponsor
Super Rugby Pacific club Moana Pasifika has signed up digital services provider Digicel Pacific as the team’s sleeve sponsor for the 2022 season.
Free TV Australia secures AFC rights across Pacific Island territories
Free-to-air television consortium Free TV Australia has secured media rights to Asian Football Confederation national team and club competitions across several Pacific Island territories
New Zealand Rugby sells Blues stake to local investors
A group of New Zealand businessmen and rugby union figures acquired a 40-per-cent stake in Super Rugby team the Blues in a deal with New Zealand Rugby in a deal agreed just before Christmas
Super Rugby Pacific’s Moana Pasifika names Flicket as ticketing partner
Flicket will be the official ticketing partner of Moana Pasifika for the Super Rugby Pacific franchise’s inaugural season.
Super Rugby’s new Pacific format unveiled
A new format of the Southern Hemisphere's Super Rugby club competition will launch in 2022, with two new Pacific Islands teams joining the existing five teams each from Australia and New Zealand
Fiji Rugby hails ‘superior’ Nike kit deal
US sportswear manufacturer Nike has agreed a deal to become the official kit supplier of Fiji Rugby
Ireland cancels Fiji rugby tour
The Irish national rugby union team has cancelled a planned tour of Fiji this summer due to the pandemic.
Ireland and Fiji were due to play three Tests in July
NZR approves Super Rugby licences for Pacific Islands teams
Moana Pasifika and the Fijian Drua have taken a major step closer towards being accepted into the new Super Rugby competition being devised by New Zealand Rugby and Rugby Australia after they were granted…
World Rugby to support Pacific teams’ Super Rugby entry
Rugby union's world governing body is to contribute $1.65m (€1.4m) over three years to help two teams from the Pacific Islands enter the Super Rugby competition from 2022.
Fiji Rugby eyes private investment for Super Rugby team
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
Round-Up: Lanka Premier League pushed back, State of Origin TV flop, China’s colossal esports market, and more
The Lanka Premier League will start five days later from November 27 to December 17 and will only be played at the Mahinda Rajapaksa International Stadium in Hambantota
Round-Up: Rugby World Cup records, Olympic torches tour Tokyo, Virus hits Fiji’s Nations Cup squad and more
Two torches that will be used in the Olympic and Paralympic torch relays at the postponed Tokyo Games next summer have started an eight-month tour of Tokyo
Round-Up: NRL isolation bubble to burst, Crowds back for Boxing Day Test, Olympic flame tour, and more
Sunday's NRL grand final in Sydney provided a 12 per cent boost in television ratings from last year, 2.97 million tuned in to free-to-air broadcaster Nine up from the 2
Rai, Sky and BBC among first wave of America’s Cup broadcasters
A raft of broadcast rights contracts signed for sailing’s 36th America’s Cup include deals with both public-service and pay-television broadcasters in Italy and the UK, as a priority is placed on maximum exp…
Fiji and Japan to join Six Nations teams in new tournament
Fiji and Japan will line up alongside the Six Nations sides in an eight-team international rugby union competition in Europe in November and December
New Zealand Rugby review puts end to Super Rugby, excludes South Africa and Argentina
New Zealand Rugby has effectively put an end to the current format for Super Rugby, announcing plans for a new eight-to-ten team club competition that will exclude sides from South Africa and Argentina