Tom King, Asia Office

Multi-sport
Industry Moves

Former Rugby Australia chief executive Raelene Castle has been named as the new chief executive of Sport New Zealand, its first female in the role
Basketball
Events

Two torches that will be used in the Olympic and Paralympic torch relays at the postponed Tokyo Games next summer have started an eight-month tour of Tokyo
Wrestling
Media

Wrestling entertainment promoter WWE has secured a new deal in Thailand to broadcast its flagship weekly shows, Raw and SmackDown
Cricket
Sponsorship & Marketing

IMG-Reliance, the joint venture between the IMG agency and Indian conglomerate Reliance Industries, has won the global mandate to market Cricket Australia’s ‘Virtual Inventory’ rights. C
Cricket
Sponsorship & Marketing

The Board of Control for Cricket in India has signed a three-year apparel sponsorship deal with fantasy gaming platform Mobile Premier League, replacing long-term sponsors Nike
Multi-sport
Events

South Australia's state premier said he is no longer interested in hosting the Commonwealth Games despite a recent survey showing the event would provide an economic boost to the region
Cycling
Events

US sportswear and equipment firm Under Armour has agreed to sell the MyFitnessPal platform to global investment firm Francisco Partners for $345m (€295m) – Under Armour Yao
Fan Engagement

Indian online sports platform FanCode has announced an agreement with AI technology provider WSC Sports to facilitate the delivery of video highlights on its platform
Basketball
Media

Basketball Australia’s new agreement with domestic broadcasters Foxtel, the pay-television operator, and ABC, the public broadcaster, will see all 60 games of the 2020 Chemist Warehouse WNBL season shown l…
Badminton
Events

Bangkok is set to host three major badminton tournaments in January next year to complete the HSBC BWF World Tour 2020 season as back-to-back events in the Thai capital, after the schedule was confirmed…