China

Curling
Events

The 2019 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships, a national team event run by the World Curling Federation, will take place at Shenzhen's Universiade Sports Center from November 2 to 9
Sponsorship & Marketing

Beijing Beiao Group has been named as the Official Sports Presentations and Victory Ceremonies sponsor of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games
Basketball
Media

Chinese conglomerate Tencent will not show Houston Rockets games for the foreseeable future amid the ongoing fallout caused by a tweet posted by the basketball team’s general manager Daryl Morey earlier t…
Basketball
Governance

The Chinese Basketball Association has made several changes to the new 2019-20 domestic league, hoping to bring back basketball fans after the national team's poor performance at last month's Fiba World…
Football
Events

Fifa has today (Thursday) confirmed that China will become the first host of its expanded Club World Cup in 2021, stating that the revamped format will have a “major impact” financially.
Basketball
Media

State broadcaster CCTV did not show the opening games of the 2019-20 NBA season amid the ongoing strained relationship between China and the North American basketball league
Football
Events

The Asian Football Confederation has removed hosting rights to the forthcoming final of its second-tier club competition, the AFC Cup, from North Korea amid concerns over the impact of existing sanctions…
Archery
Media

The number of broadcast hours committed by rights-holding broadcasters to the Hyundai Archery World Cup has again shown a year-on-year increase
Athletics
Events

The International Association of Athletics Federations has revised a plan announced earlier this year to cut the number of Diamond League events in 2020, and will instead launch a new second-tier tour…
Basketball
Media

The Philippines Basketball Association is set to announce a deal with the Hunan World Research Internet Co. Ltd (HWRICL) to air league games live and exclusively on television in China
Tennis
Sponsorship & Marketing

Global milk products conglomerate Ausnutria Dairy has announced a brand partnership with the China Tennis Association, as part of which it has committed to donate ¥100m ($14.1m/€12.6m
Football
Events

China is set to be appointed host of the inaugural edition of an expanded football Club World Cup in 2021
Football
Events

Football world governing body Fifa's report on the 2019 Women's World Cup 2019 showed that Asia, led by China, was the largest broadcast market for the competition
Business

The Chinese State Council’s September revision of the country’s sports strategy includes changes that will be critical to note for domestic and overseas sports industry players. Sports industry academic Daniel Zhang analysed the new plan for SportBusiness.
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

City Football Group (CFG), which owns English Premier League champion Manchester City, has signed up Cisco as the official technology partner of the group
Basketball
Business

Despite NBA commissioner Adam Silver’s best efforts, the wound from Daryl Morey’s pro-Hong Kong protest tweets will have lasting repercussions on the future of basketball in China, not least among fans and sponsors. Industry insiders in China tell SportBusiness about Chinese sentiment on the ground.
Events

At the start of the 2019 Military World Games in Wuhan, China, Herve Piccirillo, the president of the International Military Sports Council (CISM), said on Thursday he wanted more countries to join the…
Basketball
Finance & Law

The National Basketball Association has suffered "substantial" financial losses in China following Daryl Morey's Twitter post supporting Hong Kong's pro-democracy protesters, commissioner Adam Silver has…