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Andrew Forrest has detailed how he plans to build "the most popular rugby competition in the world", with the mining billionaire hoping to obtain approval from both World Rugby and the Australian Rugby Union in the next three weeks.

Pie producer Mrs Mac's has joined Gage Roads Brewing Company as WA-based suppliers to Perth Stadium, as the state government finalised a deal with the AFL but remained silent on speculation on the naming rights.

Premier Mark McGowan says he is hopeful negotiations with the AFL on its move to the new Perth Stadium for the 2018 season will be complete by the end of the week.

Injury-prone Thanasi Kokkinakis will fill the shoes left by Nick Kyrgios at this summer's Hopman Cup tennis tournament in Perth, where some of the world's top players, including Roger Federer, Alexander Zverev and Angelique Kerber will compete.

National sports apparel manufacturer ISC has signed as the official supplier to Perth’s West Coast Fever as it targets the growth in women’s professional sports.

The West Coast Eagles will not be part of the AFL Women’s competition in 2019, after the league postponed the club’s entry until the following season.

Perth Stadium chief executive Mike McKenna expects to attract a crowd of 50,000 for its first football game, featuring the AFLW Fremantle Dockers, he told a Business News Success & Leadership breakfast this morning.

The Fremantle Dockers women’s team will play the first football game of any code at Perth Stadium next year in what is tipped to be the biggest standalone women’s sport event held in Australia.

Hungry Jack’s will replace Bankwest on the West Coast Eagles’ jerseys next year, returning to the team it sponsored for 25 years until it was bumped by Bankwest in 2012.

A Senate committee will inquire into the future of rugby union in Australia, a day after the ARU's victory in its fight to axe the Western Force from Super Rugby.

Billionaire backer Andrew Forrest has vowed to continue the Western Force's fight with the Australian Rugby Union after losing an appeal to remain in the Super Rugby competition.

Andrew Forrest has called on Cameron Clyne to resign, claiming the ARU chairman misrepresented the reasons he chose to axe the Western Force.

Special transport plans are being developed to handle expected crowds at Perth Stadium early next year, which will include an NRL double-header two weeks before the opening round of AFL games, and an Ed Sheeran concert that is now tipped to fill the venue. But the venue will not be able to host week-night AFL games before June 30.

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Cricket Australia has recovered almost 3,000 scalped tickets for December's Ashes Test in Perth.

The Western Force has won its right to appeal the Australian Rugby Union’s decision to axe the team, while the ARU is set to be on the receiving end of a fresh wave of criticism after knocking back a large financial offer from billionaire Andrew Forrest.

The Western Australian government is considering suing the Australian Rugby Union for more than $100 million over the decision to axe the Western Force, threatening to bankrupt the body.

Rugby WA has gained an injunction order against the ARU's decision to axe the Western Force from the Super Rugby competition.

The Western Force is set to take the Australian Rugby Union to court after being axed from the Super Rugby competition.

Billionaire mining magnate Andrew Forrest has issued a blunt warning to the Australian Rugby Union - if you want to cut the Western Force, you are going to have to defeat him first.

West Coast veteran Matt Priddis insists it was his decision to retire, saying he wasn't pushed by the AFL club.

The West Coast Eagles have scored two significant wins in less than 24 hours, with the team extending its sponsorship agreement with insurer SGIO after defeating Geelong at Domain Stadium last night.

Perth Thunder is celebrating recent wins both on and off the ice, with national finals in sight and the signing of its first naming rights sponsor last month.

The state government has confirmed that Perth Stadium will not be ready to host the Ashes cricket Test in December this year, saying the first confirmed event was an Ed Sheeran concert on March 3 2018.

Only three months after being named chief executive of iCollege, former Perth Wildcats owner Andrew Vlahov has resigned from the company, which also announced the acquisition of a UK-based child care training provider.

Five months after listing on the ASX, the founders of Leederville-based bicycle accessories maker Cycliq have stepped back from their executive roles as part of a leadership restructure.

Mining services company Ausdrill has expanded its partnership with Hockey Australia, while AGL Energy has sponsored the West Coast Eagles as it seeks to lift its profile ahead of its planned entry to the Western Australian gas market.

The Australian Rugby Union has offered the Melbourne Rebels and the Western Force more time to state their case for Super Rugby survival beyond 2017.

Western Force chief executive Mark Sinderberry is urging fans to put their money where their mouth is after the threat of the club's extinction intensified over the weekend.

The potential axing of the Margaret River Pro from the World Surfing League’s Championship Tour has done little to dampen the outlook for the region’s surfing economy.

From commandeering car horns around the oval on game day as a child watching her father play for Swan Districts, to kicking the footy with her brothers, AFL national manager of female football Jan Cooper said her passion for the sport had only grown over the years. 

Western Force chairman Tony Howarth says the club's efforts to succeed have been undermined by Australian rugby powers.