Sports Flick founder ‘sues former business partners’
Dylan Azzopardi, the businessman behind Australian sports streaming platform Sports Flick, is suing the current owner of the company, Dominic Galati, for A$12.7m ($9.5m/€8.2
Silver Lake ‘in advanced talks’ for A-Leagues stake
US investment firm Silver Lake is close to acquiring a 30-per-cent stake in the commercial rights business of Australia's domestic football leagues, according to Australian newspapers the Sun-Herald and…
Singapore’s StarHub agrees deal for SPOTV channels
Singaporean telco StarHub has agreed a carriage deal for the new pan-regional, Southeast Asia SPOTV sports pay-television channels
Indian Premier League franchise sale, media rights bidding talked up
The Glazer family, CVC Capital Partners, Cristiano Ronaldo and superstar Bollywood couple Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh are among the parties linked to bids for new Indian Premier League franchise…
Alibaba Cloud launches new sports event technology
Technology firm Alibaba Cloud launched three new systems aimed at major sports event organisers at its annual Apsara Conference, held this week in China
AFC to open bidding to host centralised Asian Cup qualifiers
The final round of qualifiers for the 2023 Asian Cup national team football tournament has been switched from the traditional format of home-and-away fixtures to single round-robin ties, to be played in…
Australian Open vaccination demand puts Djokovic defence in doubt
Australian regulations requiring those entering the country to be double vaccinated against Covid-19 are raising doubts over the attendance of leading tennis players at January's Australian Open
Seoul’s sports venues reopen to fans
Korean baseball, football and volleyball leagues are welcoming fans back to stadiums in Seoul this week as the government relaxes pandemic-related restrictions
Brisbane 2032 spending ‘to exceed A$5bn estimate’
Australia's sports minister Richard Colbeck has said spending on Brisbane's Summer Olympics in 2032 is likely to exceed the A$5bn ($3.75bn/€3.2bn) original estimate.
Vietnam’s SEA Games to be held in May 2022
This year's postponed Southeast Asian Games in Hanoi, Vietnam will now be held in May next year