Sport in the Northern Territory

Many sports are played in the Northern Territory.

Australian rules football

The Tiwi Islands Football League is played in the Tiwi Islands. The Northern Territory Football League operates from Darwin. The Aboriginal All-Stars is also based in Darwin. The governing body for football in the territory is the AFL Northern Territory. Venues include the TIO Stadium in Darwin, and Traeger Park in Alice Springs.

Baseball

Baseball NT is the governing body of baseball within the Northern Territory. Baseball NT is governed by the Australian Baseball Federation.

Organised baseball is played in Darwin, Alice Springs and Katherine. Darwin has four clubs; Nightcliff Tigers, Palmerston Reds, Pints and Tracy Village Rebels. The East Darwin Beasts disbanded in 1986 and the South Darwin Rabbitohs disbanded in 2004.

For a brief history of baseball in Darwin, see Darwin baseball league. In Darwin, baseball is a dry-season sport, played between April and September each year.

Alice Springs has six teams; Bulls, Cubs, Demons, Panthers, Redbacks and Venom.

Rugby league

Rugby league is administered by the Northern Territory Rugby League

Rugby Union

Rugby union is administered by the Northern Territory Rugby Union

Racing

The Darwin Cup culminating on the first Monday of August is a very popular horse race event for Darwin and draws large crowds every year to Fannie Bay Racecourse.

Motorsport

Darwin hosts a round of the V8 Supercars every year bringing thousands of motorsports fans to the Hidden Valley Raceway.

Association football (soccer)

The Football Federation Northern Territory is the governing body for football (soccer) in the Northern Territory. The Territory is also separated into three (Northern, Central and Southern) zones which have their own zone councils which administer leagues locally running their own league and cup competitions.

Events

Darwin also currently hosts state and international sporting events such as:
* Since 1991 Darwin has hosted the Arafura Games every two years.
* In July 2003, Darwin hosted its first international test cricket match between Australia and Bangladesh and then Australia and Sri Lanka in 2004.
* Melbourne's Western Bulldogs Australian Football League side plays one home game at Marrara Oval each year.
* The annual Camel Cup in Alice Springs.