Airline Qantas has ended its 30-year sponsorship of the Australian national rugby team due to the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The major partnership between Qantas and Rugby Australia, which dates back to 1990, is set to come to

Qantas has had a very long association with Rugby Australia and the Wallabies, and we've stuck with each

The news will be a major blow to Rugby Australia, which has endured a rocky period of late.

While we have all felt the effects of COVID-19, rugby in Australia is entering a very exciting new chapter

Qantas has also ceased financial support to Cricket Australia and the Football Federation Australia,

I have been doing my bit for the rebirth of international sport these past few days.

national team".By way of example, he tells me that Melbourne, one of the largest cities in cricket-mad Australia

New Zealand scooped the men's and women's prizes during this year's World Rugby Sevens Series Awards.

women's "Dream Team".They were joined by Brittany Benn and Ghislaine Landry of Canada, Sharni Williams of Australia

The National Basketball Association (NBA) Commissioner Adam Silver has thrown further doubt that the league's players will compete at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics after stating that their participation at the Games could be limited.

greatest ever basketball players, Patty Mills, could miss the Tokyo 2020 Olympics ©Getty ImagesBasketball Australia

leagues at home and abroad where our Australian athletes are playing including the NBA," said Basketball Australia

As many of our US-based athletes have expressed directly to Basketball Australia or through the media

in recent times, they are very much looking forward to representing Australia at the Tokyo Olympics.

The next edition of the International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA) Goalball Youth World Championships has been postponed to March 2022.

Goalball then approved.Hosts Brazil will look to defend the girls title that was won in Penrith in Australia

The 2020 GIO Wheelchair Rugby National Championships in Australia has been cancelled due to the ongoing

before it was re-scheduled to November following the outbreak of coronavirus.However, Wheelchair Rugby Australia

say they are working towards staging the best National Championship in 2021 ©Getty ImagesYesterday, Australia

alternatives" before calling off this year's Championship.The WRA statement added: "Wheelchair Rugby Australia

Re-reading F. Scott Fitzgerald's Gretchen’s Forty Winks this week, I was reminded of how he would write short stories in an "authentic" manner before adding the "twists that made them into saleable magazine stories".

beleaguered cricket team got to work on what would be an epic comeback victory in the third Test against Australia

 As Australia set out in pursuit of that modest target, however, England's fast bowler Bob Willis

more ashstoundin'.Guided by their newly-installed captain, Mike Brearley, England won by 18 runs after Australia

knock of 149 not out by Ian Botham helped England towards an extraordinary and unexpected victory over Australia

The Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) has called for the Government to settle a dispute with the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) over how to distribute public funds to athletes and coaches, with the postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympics less than a year away.

Along with Paralympics Australia and Commonwealth Games Australia, the AOC has accused the AIS of breaking

the Olympics until 2021 and meant athletes had to commit to another year of training.However, Sport Australia

fixed now, according to The Australian.This was not part of the initial agreement, it is claimed.Sport Australia

chairman John Wylie has defended AIS's attempt to change the funding model ©Sport Australia"It's an

 A letter was sent to Sports Australia, the AIS executive and Federal Sports Minister Richard Colbeck

Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU) chief executive Philip Browne has warned the "very existence of professional rugby" is under threat unless fans can return to stadiums.

financially because of the coronavirus pandemic, including the Rugby Football Union in England and Rugby Australia

The pursuit of Tokyo 2020 success has taken Australia’s basketball team to the "next level", according to guard Joe Ingles.

Federation (FIBA) World Cup, with eventual champions Spain needing two overtimes to win 95-88.France beat Australia

Eight of the 12 men's teams that will compete at Tokyo 2020 have already qualified - including Australia

Charlotte Caslick has become the latest member of the Australian side which won Olympic rugby sevens gold at Rio 2016 to sign for a National Rugby League Women's (NRLW) team.

Green and Pelite earned rugby sevens gold at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, and have since featured for Australia

 Australia impressed after winning rugby sevens gold at Rio 2016, claiming the World Rugby Sevens

110,000 spectators - the largest crowd ever to watch track and field at the Games - packed into Stadium Australia

" was great; but "Magic Monday" was the greatest.A record crowd of 110,000 were packed into Stadium Australia

it should also be a reminder of how much more Indigenous Australians have to fight to be accepted in Australia

crowd had already been roused by the efforts of Russian-born Tatiana Grigorieva, who had emigrated to Australia

The crowd noise was like no other, and the lap of honour - the indigenous and Australia flags carried

dreams - winning the Olympic 800 and 1500m titles, would also come true.For the audience in Stadium Australia

Medical guidelines for events and competitions held during the COVID-19 pandemic have been approved by the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) Executive Committee. 

be only the fourth FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup event of 2020, following legs in Melbourne in Australia

The International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) is to stage an online conference next month where best practices and steps which may be taken to prevent abuse will be discussed.

culture of cruelty within the sport in the United States, gymnasts from countries including Britain, Australia

Brisbane has been announced as the host of the 2021 Nitro World Games with freestyle motocross, BMX, skateboarding and scooter events set to take place at Suncorp Stadium next October.

Now we can’t wait to bring Nitro World Games to Australia, where action sports is such an important part

for world’s action sport athletes and fans to discover why Brisbane is the urban adventure capital of Australia