Indonesia
VTV SIGN FOUR YEAR BADMINTON DEAL
VTV, recently-acquired by UK-based The Television Corporation and now part of Sunset+Vine, has won a new four year contract to produce and distribute coverage of English badminton until 2005.
WTA SEASON-ENDING CHAMPIONSHIP MOVING TO GERMANY
The season-ending championships of the WTA Tour, a fixture in New York for 29 years, will be moved to Munich, Germany, beginning next year.
INDONESIA WINS SOCCER TOURNAMENT BID
Indonesia have been awarded the right to hold the 2002 Tiger Cup by the Asian Football Federation four years after civil unrest forced the nation to relinquish hosting the event.
BLATTER CAUTIOUS OVER UNITED KOREAN TEAM
FIFA president Sepp Blatter has urged caution over the possibility of a united Korean soccer team representing the divided peninsula at the finals of the Asian Cup in Lebanon later this year.
UNITED BANK ON S$20m ASIAN RETAIL PLAN
Manchester United, the world's first billionaire soccer club, is making a business play into Asia to lure supporters and further drive its share price, chief executive Martin Edwards has said.
Southeast Asia Games fights for funds
The Southeast Asian Games, currently being hosted by Malaysia, is set to take place less frequently as organisers try and recapture its attraction to both the public and sponsors.
Singapore & Indonesia to host Tiger Cup
The ASEAN Football Federation has announced that Singapore and Indonesia will share the hosting rights for next year's Tiger Cup.