Papua New Guinea will gain its own team in Australia’s rugby league in a soft diplomacy deal linked to limiting Chinese ...

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

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 ...

Papua New Guinea's prime minister promised Tuesday to return to UN climate summits after boycotting this year's talks, but ...

The Australian taxpayer will fork out $600 million for a new NRL team in PNG. It is a bold, expensive and untried sports diplomacy adventure.

The Australian government has signed a confidential agreement with Papua New Guinea, its second security pact in the Pacific in just under a week, in the latest move by the US ally to attempt to ...

It is understood an agreement has been reached to build a Centre of Excellence for the new team in PNG as well as living arrangements for players who relocate to the country. The Papua New Guinea ...

Papua New Guinea's prime minister says his country's bid to join the NRL doesn't hinge upon a security pact. Australian government sources have previously said the deal is linked to a security ...