Commercial manager tapped for WNBL boss role
Basketball Australia has appointed former professional basketballer and Dandenong Rangers commercial boss, Sally Phillips, to the new role of head of Women's NBL.Read more
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British sports drink launches with A-League sponsorship
iPro Sport, a prolific sponsor of elite and grassroots sport in the UK, has entered the Australian market through a front of jersey deal with an A-League team.Read more
Sponsors crank up Rio campaigns as Olympic interest wanes
Optus, Woolworths and Samsung are among the official Australian Olympic committee sponsors to launch fresh activations, but consumer research shows dwindling public support for the Rio games.Read more
Chemist Warehouse expands NBL partnership
The National Basketball League has kicked off its sponsor renewal process with the re-signing of Chemist Warehouse, which has agreed to an expanded deal with the league.Read more
Optus branches into arts with Opera Australia deal
Optus has replaced IBM as the official technology partner of Opera Australia, after late last year poaching two of IBM's senior sponsorship and events executives.Read more
AOC slams “narrow” Federal Court guerrilla marketing verdict
The Australian Olympic Committee has labelled yesterday's Federal Court decision "disappointing", and says it will continue to fight attempted ambush and guerrilla marketing attempts from non-sponsors.Read more
Telstra wins landmark ambush marketing case
The Australian Olympic Committee has been dealt a shock blow in the Federal Court, with Telstra's Rio Olympics ambush marketing campaign ruled to not be in breach of Australian consumer law.Read more
ANZ still committed to netball but top-tier deal in doubt
ANZ Bank is confident of retaining naming rights to Netball Australia's ANZ Championship replacement, despite already committing to a principal partnership with Netball New Zealand's own splinter league.Read more
Tyrepower steps up Supercars support
Independent tyre retailer Tyrepower has agreed a two-and-a-half year partnership with the Supercars Championship.Read more
Carlton makes another senior hire; Essendon appoints new head of partnerships
AFL sides Carlton and Essendon have each tapped executives from non-sporting backgrounds to fill high-level sponsorship and commercial roles.Read more
