A team from the Pacific nation will join Australia’s National Rugby League in a $400 million deal that deepens ties while ...

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

Australia signed a pact with Papua New Guinea to join the national rugby league, providing funding and fostering unity.

Papua New Guinea will gain its own team in Australia’s rugby league in a soft diplomacy deal linked to limiting Chinese influence in the South Pacific MELBOURNE, Australia -- MELBOURNE ...

Australia and Papua New Guinea have signed a sporting deal accompanied by a strategic and confidential security pact that is designed to curb Chinese influence in the Pacific. Papua New Guinea is ...

New Zealand and South Pacific Studies at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, told The Global Times that Australia was using Papua New Guinea’s strong emotional ties to rugby to its advantage.

Australia signs rugby pact with PNG to curb Chinese influence. PNG agrees to keep Australia as main security partner. Deal seen as sports diplomacy, fostering unity and cooperation. In a unique ...

Papua New Guinea will gain its own team in Australia’s rugby league in a soft diplomacy deal announced Thursday linked to limiting Chinese influence in the South Pacific. The Australian ...

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Papua New Guinea will gain its own team in Australia’s rugby league in a soft diplomacy deal announced Thursday linked to limiting Chinese influence in the South ...