Round-Up: IPG gets Singapore T10 rights, K League financial measures, China esports revenues ‘hit $21bn’, and more
Dubai-based agency IPG Group has won a 10-year contract to organise and market the commercial rights for the Singapore Cricket Association's T10 league
Chinese FA tightens controls on club spending
The Chinese Football Association this week unveiled updated salary cap and club spending rules as it continues a drive to bring stability to club finances and rein in overspending
AFC secures sponsorship value increase in renewal with Continental
The Asian Football Confederation is understood to have secured a significant increase in rights value in a sponsorship renewal with German tyre manufacturer Continental Tires
Polls suggest drop in public support for Tokyo Olympics
A poll by Japanese public-service broadcaster NHK has suggested that 32 per cent of the public want the Tokyo Olympics cancelled and 31 per cent want another postponement
Qatar and Saudi Arabia vie to host Asian championships
Qatar and Saudi Arabia are engaged in two bidding contests to host Asian continental sports events, one concluding tomorrow and one just getting underway
‘Growing optimism’ for rugby world club championship in 2022
Backers of a new world championship for leading club rugby union teams are increasingly optimistic the first edition can be launched in 2022, according to UK newspaper The Telegraph
AFC details Covid-19 impact on budget and agency deals
Asian Football Confederation president Shaikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa told the organisation's Congress yesterday (Wednesday) that its commercial rights deals with the Sportfive and Football Marketing…
Migu to show Olympics and World Cup under CCTV content tie-up
Chinese streaming platform China Mobile Migu will carry live and on-demand coverage of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and the 2022 Fifa World Cup, under a deal with state broadcaster…
Cricket South Africa agrees media-rights deal with Foxtel in Australia
Cricket South Africa has agreed a four-year media rights deal in Australia with pay-television broadcaster Foxtel, running until the end of the 2023-24 southern hemisphere cricket season
Chinese FA’s new leadership making deep reforms to reach lofty goals
SportBusiness speaks to Louis Liu, secretary general of the Chinese Football Association, about China's ambitions to become a football superpower.