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Team, Place & City Details

Australian Football League

The Australian Football League is the only fully professional competition of Australian rules football. Through the AFL Commission, the AFL also serves as the sport's governing body and is responsible for controlling the laws of the game.

Australia men's national soccer team
Australia men's national soccer team

The Australia men's national soccer team represents Australia in international men's soccer. Officially nicknamed the Socceroos, the team is controlled by the governing body for soccer in Australia, Football Australia, which is affiliated with the Asian Football Confederation and the regional ASEAN Football Federation (AFF).

Australia national cricket team

The Australia men's national cricket team represents Australia in men's international cricket. As the joint oldest team in Test cricket history, playing in the first ever Test match in 1877, the team also plays One-Day International and Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket, participating in both the first ODI, against England in the 1970–71 season and the first T20I, against New Zealand in the 2004–05 season, winning both games.

Pakistan national cricket team
Pakistan national cricket team

The Pakistan national cricket team, popularly referred to as the Shaheens , Green Shirts, Men in Green, and Cornered Tigers is administered by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB). The team is a Full Member of the International Cricket Council, and participates in Test, One Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 International cricket matches.

Pakistan Cricket Board
Pakistan Cricket Board

The Pakistan Cricket Board is a sports governing body for cricket in Pakistan responsible for controlling and organising all tours and matches undertaken by the Pakistan national cricket team. A member of the International Cricket Council since 1952, it represents the country's national teams for men's and women's in the international cricket tournaments playing under the ICC.Following the establishment of Pakistan as an independent dominion of the British Empire in 1947, professional and amateur cricket commenced in the same year, seeing as local infrastructure had already been established when the country was part of the British Raj.

Australian Open
Australian Open

The Australian Open is a tennis tournament held annually over the last fortnight of January at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia. The tournament is the first of the four Grand Slam tennis events held each year, preceding the French Open, Wimbledon, and the US Open.

Australia at the Olympics
Australia at the Olympics

Australia has sent athletes to all editions of the modern Olympic Games. Australia has competed in every Summer Olympic Games, as well as every Winter Olympics except 1924–32 and 1948.

Australia national under-23 soccer team
Australia national under-23 soccer team

The Australia national under-23 soccer team represents Australia in international under-23 football and at the Olympic Games. The team is controlled by the governing body for football in Australia, Football Australia , which is currently a member of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and the regional ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) since leaving the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) in 2006.

Australia men's national basketball team

The Australian men's national basketball team, known as the Boomers after the slang for a male kangaroo, represents Australia in international basketball competition. Australia is a regional power in basketball.

Australia men's national basketball team 2011–12 results
Australia men's national basketball team 2012–13 results
Australia women's national soccer team
Australia women's national soccer team

The Australian women's national soccer team is overseen by the governing body for soccer in Australia, Football Federation Australia , which is currently a member of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and the regional ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) since leaving the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) in 2006. The team's official nickname is "the Matildas" (from the Australian folk song "Waltzing Matilda"), having been known as the "Female Socceroos" before 1995.

Australia women's national cricket team

The Australian women's national cricket team represent Australia in international women's cricket. Currently captained by Meg Lanning and coached by Matthew Mott, they are the top team in all world rankings assigned by the International Cricket Council (ICC) for the women's game.Australia played their first Test match in 1934–35 against England.