Questions raised over growing sponsorship category
The NRL has rebuffed an approach from FullTiltPoker.net to purchase advertising on its website amid concerns over the legalities of promoting online poker companies.Read more
The NRL has rebuffed an approach from FullTiltPoker.net to purchase advertising on its website amid concerns over the legalities of promoting online poker companies.Read more
Meanwhile, PokerStars.net says the increasing popularity of pub poker in rugby league's heartland of NSW and Queensland was what attracted the online poker brand to sponsor the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks NRL club.Read more
The Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) has signed a deal with Telstra for the company to be its technology partner for the next three years.Read more
DMG Radio's new Sydney station, Classic Rock 95.3FM, has sponsored NRL club Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs for the next two seasons.
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Pharmacy retailer Pulse Pharmacy has signed a one-year sponsorship agreement with AFL club St Kilda.Read more
Archie Fraser has resigned as the Head of the Hyundai A-League but will continue to work with Football Federation Australia based out of Queensland to ensure momentum is maintained with North Queensland Fury.
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The new management team of Queensland Events Corporation is more interested in formulating a program of quality home-grown events than poaching from other states' calendars, says new CEO John O'Sullivan.Read more
Banking giant Westpac has signed a three-year deal to become a community partner of AFL club the Western Bulldogs.
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The North Queensland Toyota Cowboys NRL club has extended its community partners' program, signing Regional Express (REX) airlines to a one-year deal.Read more
Luxury car brand Lexus appears to be shifting it sponsorship spending from Australian Rules football to rugby union, after striking a sponsorship deal with that sport's governing body, the ARU.Read more