There are no A-League matches at Suncorp anymore.
Brisbane Roar hasnât confirmed if they will play at Suncorp or Redcliffe next season just yet.
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Tennis Australia announced early this morning that all of the warm-up tournaments to next yearâs Australian Open, including ATP Cup, Brisbane International, Adelaide International, Canberra International and Hobart International, would be played in Victoria, due to changes in state border arrangements.
Players will be required to enter a two-week quarantine bubble upon their arrival in Melbourne as early as mid-December and would be permitted to stay until February.
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Reported today that Wednesday nightâs State of Origin will potentially have the worldâs largest crowd since the start of the Pandemic.
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The Melbourne City Council has announced that the New Yearâs Eve fireworks in the CBD will not go ahead this year due to COVID-19. It will instead host a two-day New Year Dining Feast across 11 outdoor dining spots in Melbourne CBD and Docklands from NYE to New Yearâs Day, back by the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival. Tickets go on sale next Monday, November 23.
Great idea which still enables some unique socially distanced events in the city.
According to Today Extra there was âoutrageâ over the lessening of restrictions in Queensland that allows a capacity crowd to attend the third Origin game. Of course, they got some local epidemiological experts in to discus the issue. 
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The MCG did a crowd test today with around 200 people being scattered across 3-4 sections as it prepares to welcome the public for the Boxing Day test next month. Ground officials were able to simulate what it might be like to socially distance a crowd and manage food, toilet and exit facilities.
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(NSW Tourism Minister Stuart) Ayres said a New Yearâs Eve concert would be broadcast on television and he encouraged anyone without a reservation to a city event to watch from home this year.
I am not sure if the concert will be on the ABC this year.
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The Christmas lights at The Boulevard, Ivanhoe in Melbourneâs north-east have been cancelled for this year. It was first reported on 3AW drive program with Tom Elliott yesterday.
If people can line up to see Myer Christmas windows this year with social distancing, surely the Banyule council can tolerate hundreds of people turning up each night to see the decorations?
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Pakistanâs preparation for their upcoming Twenty20 and test series against New Zealand has been thrown into turmoil with six players on Thursday testing positive for COVID-19.
In a statement, New Zealand Cricket confirmed the players had returned the positive tests while in isolation in Christchurch and will be moved into the quarantine arm of the facility â in line with Government protocol.
The breach has also seen the teamâs special exemptions allowing them to train while serving their two week quarantine period have also been revoked.
Two of these six results have been deemed âhistoricalâ, but four have been confirmed as new.
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Itâs all about COVID safety plans, thereâs a difference between putting up christmas windows in a public pedestrian mall compared to an event in a somewhat fixed location.
So it looks like the Australian Open will be delayed only by 1 or 2 weeks. 1st Feb is looking like the most likely start date. Hopefully this is finalised very soon - Iâm keen to snatch up tickets.
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Members of the public will finally be allowed to go to Victorian racetracks after eight months, with this weekendâs meetings at Yarra Valley (Yarra Glen) and Warrnambool each allowing up to 500 on course. Sandownâs meeting on December 2 will be the first metropolitan meeting to host spectators.
Spectators had been banned from horse racing, harness racing and greyhound racing meetings in Victoria since early March at the onset of COVID-19 outbreak.
Small crowds will be allowed to attend Premier League matches from early December, when England ends its lockdown and goes into a tiered system. West Hamâs match against Manchester United on December 5 is set to be the first EPL game to open its doors to fans.
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The impact on the Christmas tree.
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The decision means the SCG will be at full capacity for the Twenty20 series between Australia and India, as well as the January test match and the BBL matches which follow.