Women’s Rugby World Cup postponed to 2022
The women’s Rugby World Cup 2021 in New Zealand is to be shelved until next year due to the ongoing effects of the pandemic.
Saudi Arabia pitches to be development centre for football industry as part of Asian Cup bid
Saudi Arabia's bid to host Asia’s continental football championship, the AFC Asian Cup, in 2027 contains a broader plan to become a centre for learning and development for the Asian football industry. Tom King reports.
Sky NZ is latest broadcaster to acquire Cricket West Indies rights
Pay-television broadcaster Sky New Zealand has agreed a ‘long-term’ media rights deal with Cricket West Indies for all West Indies home matches played in the Caribbean.
AFC Cup group stage hosts announced
The Asian Football Confederation has confirmed most of the hosts for the AFC Cup 2021 group stage, following a bidding process.
Group A, in the West Zone, will be hosted in Manama, Bahrain
IPL ‘to be staged in six cities’, online brokerage added as sponsor
Having last year decamped from India to the UAE due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Indian Premier League will take place on home soil this year with six cities shortlisted as hosts
Saigon FC targets Japanese club acquisition
After recently recruiting Japanese advisers and players for the upcoming V. League 1 season, Vietnamese football club Saigon FC has said it now plans to buy a Japanese club
FIS confident Beijing 2022 will spur Chinese skiing growth, with new disciplines at the fore
The International Ski Federation is confident that the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics will power growth in skiing in China, despite a lack of home-grown stars. Tom King reports.
Chinese Super League champions Jiangsu FC cease operations amid Suning retreat
Chinese Super League football club Jiangsu FC announced yesterday it is ceasing operations with immediate effect, for financial reasons
Hennessy becomes NBA’s first global spirits partner
Leading cognac brand Hennessy has announced a global expansion of its sponsorship with the National Basketball Association, making Hennessy the 'Official Spirit of the NBA' worldwide
Basketball New Zealand pull men’s team from Olympic qualifiers
New Zealand’s men's basketball team has pulled out of the Tokyo Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Serbia due to funding constraints caused by the pandemic.