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The costs of rescheduling the Olympics next year will be "massive", Tokyo 2020 organising committee chief executive Toshiro Muto has said
Finance & Money Multi-Sport

Sports organisations around the world are making pay cuts and offering staff temporary contracts, among other money-saving measures, as the coronavirus shutdown squeezes cashflow
Events Multi-Sport

The International Olympic Committee is working with sports bodies to secure a July-August 2021 slot for this year’s rescheduled summer Olympic and Paralympic Games, according to John Coates, chair of t…
Events Aussie Rules

Spanish football's LaLiga is running an online global music concert to raise funds for the fight against the coronavirus pandemic
Events Multi-Sport

The Tokyo 2020 Olympic torch relay has been postponed, in the wake of the postponement of the Games themselves
Sponsorship & Marketing Athletics

The Chinese Athletic Association and national track and field team have agreed a sponsorship deal with wearable technology brand Huami
Finance & Money Cricket

Facebook is in talks to acquire a 10-per-cent stake in Indian mobile telco Reliance Jio, according to the Financial Times
Events Multi-Sport

The postponement of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics until 2021 will crowd the sports calendar and have a knock-on impact on a large number of other events next year
Sponsorship & Marketing Baseball

Korea's professional baseball league, the KBO, has renewed its long-running sponsorship with sports drink brand Pocari Sweat. The deal has been renewed for four years, from 2020 to 2023

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The LPGA once worried about the dominance of South Korean players in the women’s game. Now it embraces them as a means of driving the sport’s regional and global popularity. John Duerden finds out more.
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The Malaysian Football League had a tough 2019, which saw clubs suffering revenue shortfalls after two big commercial partners backed out of their deals. In the wake of making some significant commercial deals starting in 2020, Kevin McCullagh talks to MFL's chief commercial officer, Winnie Chan, about how the league is trying to recover.
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When the Court of Arbitration for Sports handed an eight-year ban to the six-time Olympic medallist Sun Yang, the Chinese sport hierarchy lost its most valuable individual star. Zhang Dan reports.
Events Athletics

World Athletics and the local organising committee of the 2021 World Athletics Championships, Oregon21, have said they are open to rescheduling their event to accommodate any possible postponement of the…
Events Football

Uefa has postponed this year's Champions League and Europa League finals due to the coronavirus pandemic. The women's Champions League final has also been postponed
Events Olympic Games

Shinzo Abe, the Japanese prime minister, has offered the first major indication from the country that a postponement of this summer’s Olympic Games may be unavoidable, as the world continues to deal w…
Sponsorship & Marketing Cricket

The Board of Control for Cricket in India and franchises in the Indian Premier League are meeting on Tuesday to explore the possibilities for completing the 2020 season, which is currently suspended until…
Events Olympic Sports

Canada and Australia have signalled their withdrawal from the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, as pressure mounts on the International Olympic Committee to postpone the Games
Governance Olympic Games

USA Track and Field has joined numerous other stakeholders in urging the International Olympic Committee to postpone this summer's Olympic Games in Tokyo due to the global Covid-19 pandemic
Media Multi-Sport

Chinese digital media company Tencent reported large increases in revenues and profits in 2019, but warned of the impact on its business of the coronavirus epidemic
Events Football

International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach has insisted that cancelling this summer’s Olympic Games in Tokyo due to the Covid-19 outbreak is not under consideration.
Other Football

An International Olympic Committee spokesperson said yesterday "no solution will be ideal", regarding the impact of the coronavirus epidemic on Tokyo 2020
Events Football

Fifa president Gianni Infantino has proposed moving the new Club World Cup, which was scheduled to be hosted in China next year, as world football’s governing body seeks to address the competition backlog c…
Events Olympic Sports

Indonesia's bid to host the 2032 Olympics Games is focusing on Jakarta, and not the country's mooted new capital city, the Indonesian National Olympic Committee has said
Events Multi-Sport

The International Olympic Committee on Tuesday remained steadfast in its messaging that the Tokyo 2020 Olympics will go ahead, as doubts around the event grow
Finance & Money Multi-Sport

Wanda Sports Group, the sports unit of Chinese conglomerate Dalian Wanda, has agreed a $240m (€215.3m) senior term loan facility with Credit Suisse.
Events Athletics

World Athletics’ Diamond League has become the latest event to be suspended in response to the ongoing coronavirus outbreak. 
Sponsorship & Marketing Multi-Sport

Preparations for the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China are back underway, after being halted due to the coronavirus outbreak
Events Football

Uefa has already decided to postpone the Euro 2020 championship, the Financial Times has reported
Sponsorship & Marketing Football

Japanese car and motorcycle manufacturer Suzuki Motor Corporation has extended its title sponsorship of the biennial Asean Football Federation (AFF) Football Championship
Events Cricket

Professional cricket events in India, including the Indian Premier League and BCCI domestic matches, have been postponed as measures to tackle the spread of the coronavirus in the country
Sponsorship & Marketing Cricket

Sports sponsorship spending in Indian grew by 19 per cent in 2019 to more than Rs9,000 crore ($1.2bn), according to sports marketing agency ESP Properties' annual report on the market
Events Cricket

This weekend's Australian Formula 1 Grand Prix has been called off due to the coronavirus epidemic. The BBC reported that the decision casts doubt over the remainder of this year's Formula 1 season
Media Motorsport

The Dentsu agency is in the process of finalising FIA World Rally Championship sublicensing agreements in Japan with terrestrial broadcasters NHK and TV Asahi, SportBusiness understands
Events Multi-Sport

Senior executives at three of Tokyo 2020’s sponsors have reportedly stated the summer Olympic Games will likely be postponed due to coronavirus, with executive board member Haruyuki Takahashi stating a…
Sponsorship & Marketing Golf

South Korea's Ko Jin-young, the world's number one women's golfer, has agreed a sponsorship deal with Philippines-based hotel group Bloomberry Resorts and Hotels
Finance & Money Multi-Sport

Sportswear company adidas has said it expects first-quarter sales in China to drop by up to €1bn ($1.1bn), due to the impact of the coronavirus.