SportBusiness staff, Asia

Japanese marketing giant Dentsu Group has withdrawn its earnings guidance for 2020 and is looking to make a 7-per-cent cut in global costs this year, as Covid-19 starts to affect its financial results

New Zealand's National Basketball League has launched a direct-to-consumer global streaming service that will allow viewers outside of the country to pay to watch coverage of the competition

Japan's Naomi Osaka was the world's highest-paid female athlete last year, according to Forbes, earning $37

Len Blavatnik, the Ukraine-born billionaire who owns DAZN, is looking for investors to help shore up the sports streaming service's finances during the Covid-19 downturn, according to the Financial Times

Sri Lanka's government has scrapped its plans for a new $40m cricket stadium after warnings from former national team cricketers that it would end up a 'white elephant' - Channel News Asia/AFP

The LPGA is running a virtual match-play event between four of its top players next Monday

The president of the German football federation and the chairman of Bayern Munich are proposing a salary cap for professional football in Europe

This year's Twenty20 World Cup cricket tournament in Australia looks increasingly likely to be postponed

The promoter of the Singapore Formula One Grand Prix has said it would be "unfeasible" for it to stage a race with no fans. The race is scheduled for September 20

The shutdown of professional sport in Japan will have cost the economy ¥274.7bn ($2.6bn/€2.4b