Hong Kong

Rugby Union
Finance & Law

Hong Kong-based investment group Y11 Sport & Media and Horowhenua-Kāpiti Rugby Football Union director Richard Mansell have acquired minority stakes in the Hurricanes rugby union franchise.
Horse Racing
Finance & Law

The Hong Kong Jockey Club has announced that prize funds for the next Hong Kong horse racing season will total more than HK$1.6bn ($204m/€188.2m), a record increase in overall prize money.
Motorsport
Stadia

The Hong Kong Automobile Association has made a proposal to the city state's government for the building of a new motor racing circuit
Golf
Media

Pan-regional sports broadcaster SPOTV has secured exclusive rights to the US Masters golf tournament in eight markets across Southeast Asia as part of a one-year deal with the Augusta National Golf Club
Basketball
Business

The Bay Area Chun Yu Phoenixes, a basketball team created in Hong Kong for new pan-regional club competition the East Asia Super League, is relocating to Manila, the Philippines, for its first season due…
Rugby Union
Events

Hong Kong officials are confident the World Rugby Sevens Series will return to Hong Kong Stadium later this year despite the event being cancelled or postponed five times since the start of the Covid-19…
Multiple Sports
Business

SportBusiness Asia editor Kevin McCullagh says an industry exodus from Hong Kong has left Singapore as the definitive sport business 'hub' for the Southeast Asia region.
Multiple Sports
Media

Pan-regional sports broadcaster SPOTV has launched a mobile streaming app. SPOTV Now will provide live and on-demand access to linear pay-television channels SPOTV and SPOTV2 across Southeast Asia
Multiple Sports
Media

Asian pan-regional sports broadcaster SPOTV has agreed a distribution deal with Hong Kong telco PCCW
Football
Media

Hong Kong pay-television broadcaster i-Cable has secured exclusive rights to the J2 League, the second-tier Japanese professional football league
Football
Media

Hong Kong telecoms firm PCCW has finalised a three-year deal for exclusive broadcast rights to the English Premier League until the end of the 2024-25 season
Motorsport
Media

Eclat Media Group has acquired rights to the Formula E World Championship in 15 markets across the Asia-Pacific region, in a two-year deal with the electric car racing series covering 2022 and 2023
Football
Media

Eclat Media Group has acquired English Premier League media rights in Japan and South Korea for the next cycle, beginning 2022-23, SportBusiness understands
Multi-sport
Media

Telecoms operator China Mobile Hong Kong has secured exclusive on-demand virtual reality rights in Hong Kong for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics
Multiple Sports
Finance & Law

Hong Kong software developer Animoca Brands has raised $358m (€315.6m) in new funding at a valuation of more than $5bn, the company has announced.
Football
Media

Bids are due today (Thursday) for English Premier League media rights for 2022-23 onwards in 14 Asian markets. Would-be bidders have been mulling the opportunity since the tender was released in mid-December
Badminton
Media

Sports broadcaster SPOTV has acquired Badminton World Federation media rights in 12 Asia-Pacific markets in a five-year deal, from 2022 to 2026, brokered by the Infront agency
Badminton
Media

Pan-regional sports broadcaster SPOTV has secured Badminton World Federation rights in several territories in Southeast Asia in a multi-year deal