Sport

Hand crafted and high tech are terms that rarely go together, yet a small Perth company is reinventing bicycle manufacturing with both those concepts at its heart.

With the cricket season upon us, Business News sat down to lunch at Julio’s with the former Australian cricketer and CEO of the WACA, Christina Matthews.

A company angling for a share of the 1.6 billion strong global video gamers market - and maybe doing it with government backing - has leapt on debut on the ASX.

Australia have made a solid start to the third Test, with a new-look slips cordon helping to restrict South Africa to 3-89 at tea on day one at Adelaide Oval.

The WACA has revealed the nine-figure number it has asked the state government to contribute for a proposed $207 million redevelopment of the East Perth cricket ground.

Chairman of selectors Rod Marsh has resigned, effective immediately, after Australia's fifth straight Test defeat.

Every member of the Australian Test side beaten so comprehensively by South Africa in Hobart will return to first-class cricket on Thursday, with the exception of pacemen Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood and Joe Mennie.

Usman Khawaja and Peter Nevill showed admirable resistance on day five of the first Test but couldn't stop South Africa recording a 177-run win over Australia late in the second session at the WACA.

Mitch Marsh's spot in the Test squad is hanging by a thread following his latest failure with the bat, as Australia was all out for 244 by 3pm.

Water Corporation chief executive Sue Murphy and technology entrepreneur Anthony Grist have been appointed to the board of the Fremantle Football Club.

Australian spearhead Mitchell Starc sizzled, while the Marsh brothers snaffled spectacular catches, as South Africa reached 7-176 at tea on day one of the first Test at the WACA.

Perth property developer Adam Lisle has long had a keen interest in motor racing, but it was a visit to a country club outside Las Vegas set up especially for motor sport that steered him down the path to his new business venture.

A new app that offers discounts to golfers at a number of golf courses in Western Australia and Bali has made its debut.

The WACA has started construction of a full set of drop-in wickets to be used at the new Perth Stadium, with hopes one of them will feature during the 2017-18 Ashes series.

WA hosted 20 major charity bike rides during the past year, collectively raising about $10 million, but the numbers are set to fall.

Australian competitors have won two silver medals in sailing and a bronze in the canoeing on day 13 of the Rio Olympics, which has kept the Aussie team at 10th spot on the medal tally.

Australia's Campbell sisters have both missed the medals in the Olympic 100-metre freestyle final, with Bronte finishing fourth and Cate sixth, but the nation's quad rowers took home silver.

PHOTO ESSAY: Ahead of the start of the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, Business News photographer Attila Csaszar spent some time with the three Western Australian athletes who will represent the nation as part of the Aussie Stingers women’s water polo team.

The City to Surf has become an iconic WA event over the past 42 years but its status as the state’s largest charity run is under threat from a relatively new event that employs a very different business model.

Roger Federer is set to compete at the 2017 Hopman Cup, marking the tennis legend’s first appearance in Perth for 15 years.  

LandCorp has released design guidelines for the redevelopment of Bassendean Oval, flagging development of up to eight storeys around the Swan Districts Football Club home ground.

Lifeline WA is looking forward to a funding boost next month when the State Basketball League holds its third annual All Star Games.

Outgoing migme chairman Howard Dawson plans to become a director of a Singapore-founded fantasy sports company that is seeking an ASX listing through Nevada Iron, as another Perth company backed out of a tech acquisition because of an ASX ruling.

The state government will invest $10 million into the redevelopment of Lathlain Park in the Town of Victoria Park, which will also be the new training home for the West Coast Eagles.

The Department of Sport and Recreation and the organising bodies for several leading water sports have formed an Aquatics Strategic Steering Group to oversee a review into the state of the sector a

Perth will host the opening Commonwealth Bank Test in November, with Australia to take on South Africa at the WACA Ground - the first time Perth has had the opening Test of the summer since it hosted Zimbabwe in 2003.

The state’s two AFL clubs are developing new headquarters and training facilities, focused on connecting with the broader community.

The state government has defended its oversight of motor racing in WA following accusations of anti-competitive behaviour.

The City of Perth says age-related issues have led to the deterioration of Jacob’s Ladder, with the popular landmark to remain closed until at least late May while work is done to maintain its structural integrity.

That Swedish businessman Hakan Svensson has chosen Fremantle for the next phase of his global sailing ambitions is not that surprising.

Local contractor Metrowest Constructions has been selected to build Perth’s first indoor skydiving facility.

Two separate UWA studies have unearthed surprising findings about what drives frustrations between drivers and cyclists, and how liveable Perth is (and could be) in terms of ‘walkability’.