Covid News

Flemington Racecourse will welcome a limited crowd for the Melbourne Cup on November 2, while Sydney gets their chance this weekend ahead of two women’s international football matches at CommBank Stadium a week later, which has received a huge boost.

As coronavirus continues to have an impact on sports events around the world, we have updates for each Australian sport and current crowd capacity restrictions for each state.

Melbourne’s sports stadiums will welcome back spectators this weekend following the announcement of further easing of covid restrictions by the Victorian government.

OPINION | Melbourne typically hosts more big sporting events than any other Australian city, but the mass exodus of events has its sports capital title at risk due to the State Government’s inability to effectively manage the pandemic.

NSW has announced a further easing of Covid-19 restrictions, with stadiums able to be filled to 100% of their seated capacity from Monday, meanwhile Victoria has increased to 75% and set a new crowd record.

The NSW government has announced stadiums will be able to be filled to 100% of their capacity from Monday, joining Queensland in having no restrictions.

The MCG on Tuesday hosted a test event featuring some of Victoria’s biggest venues, events and sporting codes, preparing for the safe return of live events.

The outbreak of COVID-19 has had a profound impact on Australian sport. Restrictions were announced which essentially shut down sport around the world - now we're on the road to recovery. We have the latest updates.

Major sports events around Australia may be played in empty stadiums if the outbreak of coronavirus continues to spread.