Asia-Pacific

Multiple Sports
Events

Chinese media company Sina, majority owner of the Weibo social media platform and owner of the Sina Sports media platform, among other assets, has went private and ceased to be a publicly-traded company…
Football
Media

Replay of a live SportBusiness webinar held March 18 discussing the challenges faced by football leagues in the Asia-Pacific region as they seek to develop their media-rights businesses
Multiple Sports
Events

Entertainment and sports marketing group Endeavor is reported to be reviving its IPO plans
Media

Arsene Wenger, Fifa's chief of global football development, suggested hosting the World Cup and European Championships every two years and compressing qualifiers into a smaller number of windows - Reuters
Events

The Chinese government has asked internet giant Alibaba to divest its assets in the media sector due to concern about the company's public influence

No decision has yet been made on whether to admit foreign visitors for the Tokyo Olympics, organising committee president Seiko Hashimoto said, pouring cold water on media reports in recent days that the…
Events

It will be "difficult" to have athletes' families come to Japan to watch them at the Tokyo Olympics, organising committee president Seiko Hashimoto said - AFP
Events

Chinese state broadcaster CCTV did not show live coverage of this year's NBA All-Star Game, as it had been previously expected to do as part of a thaw in Chinese relations with the American basketball le…
Events

The British and Irish Lions turned down an offer by Rugby Australia to host this summer's tour against South Africa, according to the BBC
Football
Fan Engagement

Sebastian Page, account director at CSM Hong Kong, says Tottenham Hotspur's Son Heung Min's on-and-off-pitch success underlines the special value of Asian stars in European football
Events

The impact of the pandemic on football club finances was underlined again as Manchester United reported its second quarter results. United's matchday revenue was down 96 per cent year-on-year
Events

South Korean streaming platform Afreeca TV has extended its rights to show live coverage of K League football, to cover the 2021 season
Industry Moves

Chinese streaming platform PP Sports is reported by Chinese media to have dropped rights for the Chinese Super League after failing to make rights fee payments

South Korean president Moon Jae-in said the Tokyo Olympics could be an opportunity to kickstart political dialogue between North and South Korea, the US and Japan - Reuters
Events

The US has not made a final decision on whether it will take part in the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, a spokesperson for President Joe Biden said on Thursday, amid calls by some American politicians to…
Cycling
Media

International sports broadcaster Eurosport and digital platform Global Cycling Network have jointly acquired exclusive rights to this year’s Omloop Het Nieuwsblad Flanders Classics race in a deal covering E…
Media

An independent arbitrator has reportedly found that Australian broadcaster Seven is entitled to only a A$5m reduction in its rights fee for Cricket Australia content this season, a drastic difference with…
Multi-sport
Industry Moves

Digital sports agency and consultancy Mailman has announced the appointment of former Vizeum Asia Pacific chief executive Duncan Pointer, as managing director of the firms Asia-Pacific Excluding China…