Hong Kong

Sri Lanka has been chosen as the host nation for the revival of the sub continent's flagship limited-over cricket tournament the Asia Cup.
Business

Pan-regional Asian sports broadcaster ESPN STAR Sports (ESS) has successfully concluded an exclusive multi-year rights agreement with the English Football Association.
Events

FIFA's rights selling agency Infront Sports & Media has sold the Indonesian broadcast rights to the 2006 World Cup to free-to-air network PT Surya Citra Televisi (STCV).
Business

Organisers of the sports TV industry’s leading exhibition – Sportel – have confirmed it will venture into the Middle East for the first time after it confirmed the marketplace would take place in Dubai next March.
Events

Pay-TV operator Hong Kong Cable has bought up the exclusive TV rights in the region to the 2006 soccer World Cup after reaching a deal with marketing agency Infront Sports & Media.
Business

SportelAsia has been postponed for the second year running, amid a fear the SARS virus could reawaken over the winter months.
Business

Infront Sports & Media is making a significant move into Asia after signing a five-year marketing agreement for the Chinese Super League which launches next year.
Business

Nokia has said its trial sport content multimedia messaging service (MMS) in conjunction with IMG/TWI has been a great success.
Sponsorship & Marketing

UK-based Icons.com has signed an exclusive marketing partnership agreement with ProEvents Management for all Icons products and services in Asia.

Organisers of next month's SportelMonaco are expecting an audience close to 1000 for its annual show.
Media

Spanish soccer's La Liga has signed an exclusive media rights deal covering China for the next five years.
Events

UEFA and its partnering agency TEAM Marketing have concluded a number of TV rights negotiations for the next Champions League contract after announcing a raft of new deals.

Hong Kong is to bid to host the 5th East Asian Games scheduled to be held in 2009.

It is looking increasingly likely that the ATP tennis tournament in Beijing, that was postponed from its original start date of September 8, will be cancelled all together.
Events

The National Hockey League (NHL) has agreed a TV rights deal in Hong Kong for coverage of the end of season play-offs.

Squash is the latest sport to be impacted by the SARS virus after the Hong Kong Open was cancelled.
Business

Horse racing's Singapore Cup has been cancelled due to the continued health concerns over the spread of the deadly SARS virus.

Sailing's Clipper Race is the latest sports event to be hit by the deadly SARS virus that has caused chaos in Asia.