China

Basketball
Events

SportBusiness speaks to Matt Beyer, the chief executive of the East Asia Super League about his plans for the competition and his background working as a translator for Yi Jianlian in the NBA
Basketball
Events

Rugby Australia said it will reject New Zealand Rugby's proposal for a revamped Super Rugby competition, and is speaking to the rugby unions in Argentina and Japan about alternative models - Sydney Morning…
Basketball
Governance

The NBA has terminated its relationship with a Chinese basketball academy in the controversial region of Xinjiang
Tennis
Events

The Women's Tennis Association's seven planned tournaments in China this year, including its finals in Shenzhen, have been cancelled
Table Tennis
Finance & Law

World Table Tennis, the new commercial arm of the International Table Tennis Federation, is continuing conversations with a view to selling further shares to private equity investors
Football
Media

Chinese state broadcaster CCTV has switched its coverage of English Premier League football matches to its less popular CCTV5 Plus sports channel in a move analysts are linking to diplomatic tensions between…
Football
Events

German Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund will launch an official store on Alibaba-owned Chinese ecommerce platform Tmall this Friday, ahead of the start of its virtual summer tour of Asia on Saturday
Events

The Chinese Formula One Grand Prix is to be cancelled this year, but is also set for a five-year extension to its hosting deal, from 2021 to 2025, according to reports by specialist motorsport journalists…
Golf
Events

Travel restrictions and the ongoing spread of Covid-19 have led to the cancellation of this year's PGA Tour Series China 2020
Cricket
Events

The Thai football league season may restart earlier than planned due to pressure from domestic broadcast partner TrueVisions, the Football Association of Thailand has said - Bangkok Post
Sponsorship & Marketing

The Beijing Organising Committee for the 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (BOCOG) has added food retail services company Yum China as its latest sponsor
Table Tennis
Marketing

World Table Tennis, the new commercial arm of the International Table Tennis Federation, has recruited the support of four companies, including 160over90, the marketing services arm of sports and entertainment…
Cricket
Events

Football's Ballon d'Or award for the world's best player, run by French magazine France Football, will not take place this year due to Covid-19
Football
Events

The Japanese J.League has postponed a planned increase in the number of spectators allowed into games due to an increase in Covid-19 cases in the country
Triathlon
Industry Moves

Lin Zhang, chairman and board member at Wanda Sports Group, the owner of the Infront agency, among other interests in sport, has relinquished his roles and will be succeeded as chairman by Maojun Zeng,…
Basketball
Industry Moves

The CBA has announced the shock departure of Wang Dawei, who became the top Chinese basketball league’s first chief executive 14 months ago.
Badminton
Events

The Chinese Basketball Association’s first chief executive officer Wang Dawei has left his post after just 14 months in the job citing “personal reasons”. The
Golf
Governance

The Chinese government recently said the country will not be hosting most of its planned international sports events this year, putting a number of major events in doubt. SportBusiness asked three local industry insiders for their thoughts on the potential for disruption.