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Defunct professional sports leagues in Australia (6 C, 11 P) A. A-League Men (18 C, 5 P) A-League Women (9 C, 3 P) AFL Women's (10 C, 13 P) Australian Baseball League ...
Sport is an important part of Australian culture and dates back to the early colonial period. The first of the country's mainstream sports to become established in order of their organisation were cricket, Australian rules football, rugby union, tennis, soccer, basketball, netball and rugby league.
Australian sports team stubs (4 C, 100 P) Australian auto racing teams (93 P) B. ... Relocation of professional sports teams in Australia and New Zealand;
On 31 December 2020, Football Australia announced that the Australian Professional Leagues (APL) would be separated from the governing body. APL will assume responsibility for operational, commercial, and marketing activities, while Football Australia will continue to manage disciplinary and integrity matters, as well as the registration of clubs, players and officials, transfers, and match ...
Australia and New Zealand: 4: 109,688 Rugby league: 1985–1988: World Cup: Australia: Several countries including Australia: Rugby league: 1989–1992: World Cup: Australia: Several countries including Australia: Rugby league: 2017: World Cup: Australia and New Zealand: Rugby union: 1987: 22 May – 20 June: World Cup: Australia and New ...
Unlike other sports, Australian rules football has not resisted becoming a professional sport. Although the sport began as amateur competition, the Australian Football League is an elite professional league and has been for nearly 80 years since its initial formation as the Victorian Football Association and then the Victorian Football League in 1897.
Professional sports leagues in Australia (16 C, 60 P) ... Sports clubs in Australia by league (2 C, 1 P) Women's sports leagues in Australia (10 C, ...
This is a list of professional sports leagues. A sports league is a professional body that governs the competition of its teams. [clarification needed] They make the rules for competition and behavior and disciplines its members as necessary. This is done through a structure that varies by league.