Asia-Pacific
Industry Moves

Alex Peebles, the former senior vice-president, Southeast Asia at sports streaming operator DAZN, has joined The Athletic, the subscription-based sports website, in a commercial role focused on the Asia-Pacific…
Football
Licensing & Merchandising

Games publisher Konami has seen off interest from rival EA Sports to secure a licensing and sponsorship rights deal with the Asian Football Confederation for the 2021-24 cycle

MotoGP issued a revised calendar for 2021, postponing races in the US and Argentina, and adding an extra race in Qatar - Motorsport
Events

New Zealand Rugby chairman Brent Impey said he will leave his role "in the coming months"
Events

World Athletics unveiled a 191-race calendar across 49 countries for its 2021 Label Road Race series, beginning with the Osaka Women’s Marathon in Japan on January 31 - World Athletics T
Events

Fifa is offering Visa credit card holders in Qatar access to a special presale of Club World Cup tickets, for the competition that starts on February 4
Events

Despite Indian Premier League teams giving approval to add two new franchises, the BCCI is considering only adding one more team – Times of India T
Events

Forty-seven tennis players that arrived in Australia for the upcoming Australian Open grand slam have been placed under a quarantine that prevents them from practicing, due after fellow passengers on their…
Industry Moves

The former head of Disney in Asia, Uday Shankar, is forming a new venture with James Murdoch to invest in technology and media opportunities in India and other Asian markets
Events

Chinese conglomerate Suning is looking to sell a stake of up to 40 per cent in its Italian Serie A football club Inter Milan, and is in talks with UK-based private equity firm BC Partners - Reuters/CNA Adi
Football
Media

Data and digital media firm Sportradar has announced an eight-year, global data and video rights deal with the Asian Football Confederation, covering the 2021-28 period
Events

Japanese tennis player Naomi Osaka became a brand ambassador for French fashion label Louis Vuitton - CNN
Media

Media industry research firm Media Partners Asia is predicting steady growth in the Asia-Pacific online subscription video-on-demand sector with China set to dominate market share

Formula One's 2021 calendar is set to be changed with plans to postpone the Australia and China grands prix until later in the year - Reuters
Finance & Law

SportBusiness looks at the recently-launched venture capital firm, The Wolfpack, and talks to one of its founders, Toh Jin Wei, about how it aims to impact the industry.
Rugby Union
Events

Backers of a new world championship for leading club rugby union teams are increasingly optimistic the first edition can be launched in 2022, according to UK newspaper The Telegraph
Sponsorship & Marketing

Fuse, the sponsorship activation and strategy agency owned by Omnicom Media Group, has launched a Singapore-based operation to head up its activities in the Asia-Pacific region
Wrestling
Industry Moves

Carlo Nohra has switched roles within World Wrestling Entertainment after being named as vice-president and general manager in the Asia-Pacific region