Sport
|
Event
|
Broadcast partner(s)
|
Date
|
Reason/subsequent broadcasters
|
Summer Olympics
|
Melbourne 1956
Rome 1960
Tokyo 1964
Mexico 1968
Munich 1972
Montreal 1976
|
Seven (1956, 1972, 1976)
Ten (1968)
Nine (1956, 1972, 1976)
|
1956, 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976
|
Dropped:
Seven
|
American football
|
National Football League
|
|
1980s–1990s
|
Dropped:
Seven,
ESPN
|
Super Bowl
|
|
1980s–1990s
|
Dropped:
Seven,
ESPN
|
Association football
|
A-League
[3]
|
Fox Sports
|
2013–2017(ABC Radio), 2019–2021
|
Dropped:
Network 10,
Paramount+ Sports
|
Matildas Internationals
[3]
|
Fox Sports,
SBS (2019–2021)
|
2008–2016, 2019–2021
|
Dropped:
Network 10,
Paramount+ Sports
|
Socceroos Internationals
[3]
|
Fox Sports,
SBS (2019–2021)
|
2014–2015, 2019–2021
|
Dropped:
Network 10,
Paramount+ Sports
|
W-League
[3]
|
Fox Sports
|
2008–2016, 2019–2021
|
Dropped:
Network 10,
Paramount+ Sports
|
FIFA World Cup
|
Seven Network (1974),
SBS (1982)
|
1974–1982
|
Dropped: TBA
|
English Premier League
|
|
1970s–1990s
|
Dropped:
Optus Sport
|
National Soccer League
[4]
|
C7 Sport
|
2001
|
Replaced by the
A-League
|
AFC Asian Cup
[5]
|
Fox Sports
|
2015
|
Dropped:
Network 10,
Paramount+ Sports
|
FA Cup
|
|
1970s–1990s
|
Dropped:
Optus Sport
|
Sydney FC v
Liverpool FC Match
|
|
2017
|
Dropped: TBA
|
Australian rules
|
AFL (formerly VFL)
|
Seven Network
HSV7 (1957–1986),
Nine Network
GTV9 Melbourne (1957–1986),
Network 10
TEN10 Sydney (1987),
TVQ10 Brisbane (1987)
|
1957–1987
|
Dropped:
Seven,
Fox Footy
|
NEAFL
|
|
2007–2014
|
Dropped:
Seven
|
NTFL
|
|
2005–2014
|
Dropped:
Seven Network
|
SANFL
|
|
1988–2014
|
Dropped:
Seven
|
TSL
|
|
2009–2014
|
Dropped:
Seven Network
|
VFL (formerly VFA)
|
|
1987–2014
|
Dropped:
Seven Network
|
WAFL
|
TVW7 (1963–1987)
|
1987–2014
|
Dropped:
Seven
|
Baseball
|
Australian Baseball League
|
Network Ten (1990s–1996)
|
1989–1999
|
|
Claxton Shield
|
|
1970s–1988
|
|
Basketball
|
FIBA Men's World Cup
|
|
2014
|
Dropped: TBA
|
FIBA Oceania Championship for Men
|
|
2013
|
Dropped: TBA
|
FIBA Women's World Cup
|
|
2014
|
Dropped: TBA
|
FIBA Oceania Championship for Women
|
|
2013
|
Dropped: TBA
|
National Basketball Association
|
|
1983–1991
|
Dropped:
ESPN,
Kayo Sports
|
Women's National Basketball Association
|
|
1991–1999
|
Dropped:
ESPN,
Kayo Sports
|
National Basketball League
|
Fox Sports
|
1979–2001, 2017–2018
|
Dropped:
ESPN,
Kayo Sports
|
Women's National Basketball League
|
Fox Sports
|
1981–2015, 2020–2022
|
Dropped:
ESPN,
Kayo Sports
|
Commonwealth Games
|
Cardiff 1958,
Perth 1962,
Kingston 1966,
Edinburgh 1970,
Christchurch 1974,
Edmonton 1978,
Brisbane 1982,
Edinburgh 1986
|
Nine (1982),
Network Ten (1986)
|
1958, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986
|
Dropped:
Seven (2022)
|
Cricket
|
Sheffield Shield
|
|
1970s–1990s
|
Dropped: Cricket Network,
Fox Sports (final only)
|
Test cricket
|
Nine Network
|
1960s–1979
|
Dropped:
Seven and
Fox Sports
|
Women's Twenty20 International
|
|
2012
|
Dropped:
Seven and
Fox Sports
|
Field hockey
|
Hockey World Cup
|
|
2014
|
Dropped:
Fox Sports
|
Golf
|
Australian Ladies Masters
|
|
2017
|
|
British Open
|
|
1970s–1980s
|
Dropped:
Fox Sports
|
PGA Tour
|
|
2019
|
|
Women's Australian Open Golf
|
|
2021
|
Dropped:
Fox Sports
|
Lawn bowls
|
Domestic and International Australian Lawn Bowls
|
|
1981–2011
|
|
Netball
|
Commonwealth Bank Trophy
|
C7 Sport (1997–2002)
|
1997–2007
|
|
INF Netball World Cup
|
|
1991, 1995, 2003, 2007
|
Dropped:
Nine (2019)
|
Netball Test Series
|
|
1990s–2007
|
Dropped:
Nine
|
Paralympic Games
|
Paralympic Games
|
|
1970s–2013
|
Dropped:
Seven
|
Rugby league
|
NSWRL
|
Seven
ATN7 1971–1982
0-10 Network 1973–1979
Network 10 1980–1991
Nine Network 1961–1972, 1983, 1992–1995
|
1961–
1995
|
Dropped:
Nine &
Fox Sports
|
Australia national rugby league team
|
Nine 1957–1977,
Seven
ATN7 1978–1982,
0-10 Network 1979,
Network 10 1980
|
1957–1982
|
Dropped
Nine 1983–1989, 1994–present,
Network 10 1990,
Seven Network 1991–1993
Fox Sports 1998–present
|
1986 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France,
1990 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain and France French leg
|
Network 10 British leg
|
1986, 1990
|
|
Queensland Cup
|
Fox Sports
|
1996–2012
|
Dropped:
Nine &
Fox Sports
|
Rugby union
|
Australia national rugby union team
|
|
1957–1991
|
Dropped
Nine,
Stan Sport
|
Rugby World Cup
|
|
1987, 1991
|
Dropped:
Nine,
Stan Sport (2023)
|
British and Irish Lions in Australia
|
|
1959, 1966, 1989
|
Dropped:
Nine,
Stan Sport (2025)
|
Shute Shield
|
|
1996–2014
|
Dropped:
Stan Sport
|
Tennis
|
Hopman Cup
|
|
1995–2010
|
|