Malaysia

ESPN STAR Sports and Malaysia’s Ministry of Youth and Sport (KBS) announced the launch of the Malaysian version of SportsCenter, the popular US sports show, from April 2007.

Global sports TV agency IEC in Sports has won a major new deal to distribute the right to a top International Badminton Federation (IBF) event.

Indian domestic cricket will be broadcast around the world for the first time said the Board of Control for Cricket in India.

The International Badminton Federation announced the launch of the Super Series starting 2007.

English Premier League club Manchester United agreed a deal to tour South East Asia in summer 2007.

With more than 2 months to go before the opening of SPORTELMonaco 2006, exhibitors have committed to more than 85% of the expanded floor space in the Grimaldi Forum.

Motor racing series A1 Grand Prix unveiled a provisional calendar of 13 races for its second season, 2006-07. The season kicks off on October 1, 2006 at Circuit Park Zandvoort in the Netherlands and concludes at Brands Hatch in the UK, on April 29, 2007. A New Zealand race, although still to be confirmed, is new to the calendar, while races at the EuroSpeedway and Estoril have disappeared from the calendar.

The International Equestrian Federation (FEI) has agreed a significant new deal with the International Paralympic Committee (IPC).

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has received bids from 15 member boards for its package of events from 2007 to 2015.

Nimbus Sport has reached agreement with leading broadcast platforms in the USA, Canada, Carribean, UK and the Middle East for live television coverage of Indian cricket.

HRH Prince Tunku Imran, patron of the World Squash Federation (WSF) and president of the Olympic Council of Malaysia, has been elected as a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

The Qatar Football Association (QFA) wants to host the 2015 Asian Cup finals, with many facilities in place after being built for this year's Asian Games.

Helena Choe joins television production giants TWI on March 1 as director of new media sales, Asia Pacific based in Hong Kong.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has revealed that 13 members have expressed interest in hosting a Twenty20 World Championship.

Australians will enjoy the most comprehensive television coverage in the history of the Commonwealth Games from Melbourne next March.

The A1 Grand Prix of Nations event at Sydney’s Eastern Creek International Raceway in Australia attracted 51,000 fans over the three days.