China

Esports
Sponsorship & Marketing

Chinese esports organisation Royal Never Give Up (RNG) has signed a title sponsorship deal with Italian sportswear brand Kapa for its Dota 2 team. Under the deal, RNG will be rebranded as Kappa
Multi-sport
Events

A new high-speed rail line connecting Beijing and Zhangjiakou, the co-host cities of the 2022 Winter Olympics, has opened
Multi-sport
Events

The organisers of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics have received more than 610,000 applications to volunteer at the event since a global recruitment campaign began on December 5
Multi-sport
Sponsorship & Marketing

Software company Qi An Xin has been appointed the Official Cyber Security Service and Anti-Virus Software Sponsor of the 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games
Football
Finance & Law

The Chinese Super League is introducing a range of financial sustainability measures, including a cap on salaries for foreign players of $3.3m (€3m).
Football
Events

The Chinese Football Association has named the 10 host cities for the 2023 AFC Asian Cup as: Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, Chongqing, Chengdu, Xi'an, Dalian, Qingdao, Xiamen and Suzhou
Football
Events

Why Fifa has chosen to host the 2021 Club World Cup in China, and how the competition is a step forward towards China's football ambitions. Zhang Dan reports.
Football
Finance & Law

German Bundesliga club FC Cologne has pulled out of a deal to run a football academy in China, but said it remains interested in co-operation with Chinese partners
Volleyball
Sponsorship & Marketing

The Chinese women's national volleyball team has agreed sponsorship deals with bedding brand DeRucci-MuSi and edible oils brand COFCO Fulinmen
Football
Governance

Arsenal football player Mesut Özil has been removed from the eFootball Pro Evolution Soccer (PES) 2020 game in China, following the controversy over his comments about the country's Uighur Muslims.
Basketball
Media

The Sina Sports division of Chinese internet operator Sina has, together with the Mediapro agency, reached agreements with broadcasters in multiple territories for the 2019 Sina Elite League (SEL), the…
Sailing
Events

The Ocean Race has announced it will stop in the Chinese city of Shenzhen during its 2021-22 season
Sailing
Events

SailGP has today (Tuesday) announced that Spain will replace China in the second season of the sailing series, stating that it was unable to secure the “permissions necessary” to continue operating the…
Basketball
Governance

Chinese Basketball Association club Zhejiang Guangsha Lions were hit with the largest-ever fine in league history after a pre-match, online promotional poster angered the Chinese government
Table Tennis
Sponsorship & Marketing

The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) has named bottled water brand Voss and energy drink War Horse as Major Sponsors of this week’s end-of-season ITTF World Tour Grand Finals.
Golf
Sponsorship & Marketing

The annual China Open golf championship will be staged in Shenzhen for the next three years, from 2020 to 2022, and current title sponsors Volvo Cars have extended their partnership with the event
Football
Media

Average viewership of Chinese Super League matches for domestic rights-holder PP Sports was up 12.1 per cent in the 2019 season, according to a report from the OTT platform
Sponsorship & Marketing

The Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games Organising Committee announced a Prestige-level partnership agreement with Alibaba Group on Tuesday, in the sponsorship categories for information technology, cloud services…