Hong Kong

Democratic countries should consider boycotting the 2008 Olympic Games if China fails to show improvements on human rights, the president of the European Parliament has stated.

As Beijing's bid to host the 2008 Olympic Games enters the home strait, Big Business is drooling at the prospect of the largest marketing event ever in the world's most densely populated country.

English soccer club Manchester United is on the brink of taking legal action against a Hong Kong restaurant that is using the club’s name without a licence.

The Hong Kong Jockey Club, which runs the territory's popular horseracing and lotteries, has blamed illegal and offshore gambling for this season's lower turnover.

The English Premier League is on the verge of completing a deal with Hong Kong-based telecom company Hutchinson 3G, which will allow subscribers to view video clips of soccer matches, reports the Financial Times newspaper.

The English Premier League has confirmed that it has signed a deal with Hong Kong-based telecom company Hutchinson3G for the rights to provide Premiership soccer content to mobile phones and wireless devices. Sport and Wireless: A new report from SportBusiness Group:

Tom.com, the media and advertising company controlled by Hong Kong businessman Li Ka-Shing, has won the broadcast and advertising rights to China’s national basketball league, adding to its portfolio of Chinese volleyball, table tennis, rowing and college soccer rights.

Asian broadcaster ESPN Star Sports and HK pay-TV operator Cable TV have reached an agreement for non-exclusive distribution of ESPN and Star Sports channels in Hong Kong.

Illegal gambling is siphoning an alarming amount of cash from Hong Kong horse racing, weakening the Jockey Club's grip on the sport, the club's chief executive has warned.

Nike is to open 10 new flagship stores in Asia-Pacific amid growing optimism about the economic recovery in the region, according to Financial Times registered sources.

The Hong Kong governing has announced it is to mount a bid to host the 2006 Asian Games.

Sportshows International have been recommissioned to film the Asian Windsurfacing Tour from this month through to February 2000.

Hong Kong police say they have smashed eight bookmaking syndicates betting illegally on European soccer matches and arrested 37 people.

Hong Kong police say they have smashed four bookmaking syndicates betting illegally on European soccer matches and arrested 11 people.

Kai Tak airport in China is one of two new locations being considered for a world-class stadium, along with a site near Tuen Mun.

Russell E Wolff has been appointed Vice President, Programming at ESPN STAR Sports.