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Women watching cricket and going to matches – but it’s still a boy’s club online

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Original article by Roy Morgan Research
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 16-Feb-15

A Roy Morgan Single Source survey has found that about 450,000 Australians aged 14+ visit the ESPN Cricinfo website in any average four weeks throughout the year, but just 9.5 per cent of visitors (or 43,000) are women. However, women account for 19 per cent (or 121,000) of the 640,000 monthly visitors to the Cricket Australia site. Meanwhile, more than a million women "almost always" watch Test or One-Day matches on TV, and around 800,000 watch Twenty20 matches. Women also comprise a third of Australians who went to a Twenty20 match in the past year, 29 per cent of those who attended a One-Day match and 26 per cent of those who attended a Test match

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ROY MORGAN RESEARCH LIMITED, CRICKET AUSTRALIA, ESPN INCORPORATED, CRICINFO

NSW OSR takes action to wind up Jets over unpaid debts

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Original article by Donna Page, Brett Keeble, James Gardiner
The Sydney Morning Herald – Page: 38 : 6-Feb-15

Businessman Nathan Tinkler recently stated that the Newcastle Jets soccer team’s debts will be repaid in full. However, the New South Wales Office of State Revenue has made an application to the Supreme Court to have Newcastle Jets Football Operations wound up due to an outstanding debt, which is believed to concern payroll taxes. The Jets have won only one match in the 2014-15 season

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NEWCASTLE UNITED SPORTS CLUB LIMITED, NEWCASTLE JETS FOOTBALL OPERATIONS PTY LTD, NEW SOUTH WALES. OFFICE OF FINANCE AND SERVICES. OFFICE OF STATE REVENUE, FOOTBALL FEDERATION AUSTRALIA LIMITED, BRISBANE ROAR FOOTBALL CLUB PTY LTD, SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES

Hird’s legal bill ‘above $1m’, as hearing nears end

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Original article by Jon Pierik
The Age – Page: 45 : 5-Feb-15

Lawyer Natalie Hickey suggests that Essendon coach James Hird has already racked up legal costs of at least $A1m in the long-running doping scandal. This includes Hird’s own legal expenses and the costs incurred by the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Agency (ASADA). Meanwhile, ASADA’s lawyers must present their final arguments to the Australian Football League’s anti-doping tribunal by 5 February 2015

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ESSENDON FOOTBALL CLUB, AUSTRALIAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE, AUSTRALIAN SPORTS ANTI-DOPING AGENCY, HIGH COURT OF AUSTRALIA, FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Investigator has whip hand on harness racing industry

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Original article by Nick McKenzie, Richard Baker, Matt Taylor
The Age – Page: 9 : 3-Feb-15

Victorian Racing Integrity Commissioner Sal Perna has found evidence of corruption in the harness, thoroughbred and greyhound racing sectors. Perna, a former homicide policeman, says he met people who were so distressed with the state of affairs in the industry that they were crying when talking about corruption and the involvement of organised crime. A prominent harness racing driver and his father were arrested on 2 February 2015

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RACING VICTORIA LIMITED, VICTORIA. OFFICE OF THE RACING INTEGRITY COMMISSIONER

Australia a huge winner off the field

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Original article by David Sygall
The Sydney Morning Herald – Page: 9 : 30-Jan-15

More than 560,000 people have attended Asian Cup matches in Australia during January 2015. Each match in the tournament has averaged 20,000 spectators, while matches in which Australia did not play have attracted an average of almost 15,000. The Asian Cup has also generated strong interest abroad, with a record 95 million TV viewers in China watching the semi-final between Australia and China

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ASIAN FOOTBALL CONFEDERATION, SOCCEROOS, FOOTBALL FEDERATION AUSTRALIA LIMITED

Junk food ads saturate cricket broadcasts, uni study reveals

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Original article by Kate Hagan
The Age – Page: 2 : 28-Jan-15

Obesity Policy Coalition members such as the Cancer Council Victoria and the Victorian branch of Diabetes Australia are urging Cricket Australia to abandon corporate sponsorship deals with fast food brands. New research by Wollongong University shows that during three One Day International and two Twenty20 matches as well as the first three days of the Ashes test series in 2014, junk food branding was shown 3,000-plus times in the TV broadcasts. Almost all of this was linked to naming rights sponsor KFC

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KFC, YUM! RESTAURANTS AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, CRICKET AUSTRALIA, UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG, OBESITY POLICY COALITION, DIABETES AUSTRALIA – VICTORIA, THE CANCER COUNCIL VICTORIA

Tennis event goes high tech to deliver smoother service

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Original article by Vanessa Desloires
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 3 : 20-Jan-15

A record 49,041 people attended the first day of the Australian Open in Melbourne on 19 January 2015. IBM launched its revamped SlamTracker platform on the first day of the tennis tournament. As well as providing data to spectators, the platform will assist Tennis Australia with staffing decisions to handle long queues. SlamTracker is making use of the two data centres opened by IBM in Sydney and Melbourne in 2014

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IBM CORPORATION, AUSTRALIAN OPEN TENNIS, TENNIS AUSTRALIA, TWITTER AUSTRALIA HOLDINGS PTY LTD, AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND BANKING GROUP LIMITED – ASX ANZ, DEAKIN UNIVERSITY

Vets to be quizzed on cobalt scandal

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Original article by Patrick Bartley
The Age – Page: 38 : 16-Jan-15

Three Victorian racehorse trainers could be banned from the sport for up to three years if allegations about the use of cobalt chloride are proven. Peter Moody, Danny O’Brien and Mark Kavanagh have denied any knowledge of the illegal use of cobalt. Five horses in their stables have tested positive to the banned substance, and Racing Victoria is investigating the scandal. The veterinary surgeons responsible for treating the horses have been asked to give evidence at the inquiry

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RACING VICTORIA LIMITED

Summer sport showdown: tennis, cricket and soccer vie for Aussie TV viewers’ attention

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Original article by Roy Morgan Research
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 12-Jan-15

A Roy Morgan Single Source survey has found that 40 per cent of Australians aged 14+ say they almost always or occasionally watch cricket on TV. The survey, which was carried out in the year to September 2014, also shows that 35 per cent of Australians watch tennis and 23 per cent watch soccer. Meanwhile, 52 per cent of Australians aged 65+ almost always or occasionally watch cricket on TV, and 47 per cent watch tennis. In contrast, soccer is most popular among the 35-49 age group (26 per cent)

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ROY MORGAN RESEARCH LIMITED, AUSTRALIAN OPEN TENNIS, ASIAN FOOTBALL CONFEDERATION

Major events deliver little economic gain

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Original article by Luke Malpass
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 6 : 8-Jan-15

Australia will host a number of major sporting events during the 2014-15 summer. However, some experts have questioned the economic benefits of high-profile sports events. The Asian Football Confederation’s Asian Cup is forecast to inject about $A23m into the Australian economy, but Tom Heenan of Monash University notes that tickets for some matches are being offered at budget prices

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ASIAN FOOTBALL CONFEDERATION, MONASH UNIVERSITY, VICTORIA UNIVERSITY. CENTRE FOR POLICY STUDIES, AUSTRALIAN OPEN TENNIS, INTERNATIONAL CRICKET COUNCIL, CRICKET AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND CRICKET, THE EMIRATES MELBOURNE CUP