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Vietnamese professional basketball team Saigon Heat has disbanded temporarily due to the Covid-19 pandemic
Governance Olympic Games

Japanese businessman Haruyuki Takahashi was paid $8.2m (€7.4
Events Multi-Sport

China's General Administration of Sport issued a statement yesterday saying sporting events that draw crowds are "not to be resumed as of yet
Events Taekwondo

World Taekwondo has announced that it will reschedule its 2021 World Championships, following the International Olympic Committee’s confirmation that the 2020 Olympic Games will be pushed back by 12 m…
Events Multi-Sport

The International World Games Association (IWGA) has said it is working “very urgently” on a change of dates for its 2021 World Games in the US city of Birmingham, while the International University Spo…
Media Wrestling

Pay-television broadcaster Sony Pictures Networks has finalised an extension and expansion to its rights deal in the Indian subcontinent with US-based wrestling organisation WWE, securing exclusive access…
Events Aquatic Sports

Fina, the global governing body of aquatic sports, and the International Modern Pentathlon Union (UIPM) have commenced work on rescheduling their World Championships following confirmation of the new dates…
Esports Esports

Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry will partner with companies in the gaming industry and legal experts, to draw up guidelines to promote esports in the country
Events Olympic Sports

The Australian Olympic Committee has said its decision to withdraw from Tokyo 2020 was unilateral, moving to quash speculation that it had acted in concert with Canada and the International Olympic Committee

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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.
Media

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.
Sponsorship & Marketing Multi-Sport

The Sports Federation and Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, (SF&OC;) has added Japanese instant noodle company Nissin Foods to its sponsorship portfolio
Finance & Money Multi-Sport

Chinese sportswear company Li-Ning revealed revenue in 2019 had grown double the pace of 2018, while net income tripled the previous year's after a one time gain, with net profit attributable to shareholders …
Governance Cricket

Board of Control for Cricket president and former India captain Sourav Ganguly was confirmed as India's representative on the International Cricket Council, during a teleconference on Friday to discuss…
Events Football

The inaugural Asean Football Federation Club Championship (ACC) has been rescheduled to 2021 due to the coronavirus outbreak. The AFF confirmed the postponement last week
Events Boxing

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
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