By Kirsty Needham and Alasdair Pal SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia will provide Papua New Guinea (PNG) A$600 million ($382.80 million) over 10 years to support its team's entry to the National Rugby ...

Papua New Guinea is to be the home of the NRL's 18th team, with Prime Ministers Anthony Albanese and James Marape confirming ...

The "soft power" aspect to this sports diplomacy initiative has never been a secret. But in the game of regional politics, ...

Along the small creeks and tributaries of the Fly River in western Papua New Guinea, a mining company dipped their nets into the water to survey fish species. Every five years, the environmental ...

A Papua New Guinea rugby league team will be shut down and Australian funding withdrawn if the Pacific nation breaks a ...

SYDNEY: Australia will spend US$385 million to establish a team from Papua New Guinea in its rugby league competition, Prime ...

The NRL’s landmark $600 million deal with the Australian government for a Papua New Guinea team to join the competition could ...

Australia has struck a “rugby diplomacy” deal with Papua New Guinea to try to curb China’s mounting influence, agreeing to ...

A team from rugby league hotspot Papua New Guinea will enter the National Rugby League from 2028 after officially being granted a license.

Australia is putting $600 million towards a team from Papua New Guinea joining the NRL but will pull its support if Port ...

Papua New Guinea will have an NRL team from 2028, becoming the first-non-Australian-based club since the Warriors were established in 1995.