Malaysia

IEC in Sports have signed up to distribute the Stella Artois Championships for a further four-year period from 2006-09.

Big names have signed up to the only conference and meeting forum for the business of Formula One and motorsport, to be held in Monaco on November 16-17, 2005.

Dutch global financial services company ING has signed a deal to become an Official Sponsor of the AFC Asian Cup 2007.

A1 Grand Prix has confirmed its inaugural season race calendar, featuring 24 races over 12 weekends.

English Premier League champions Chelsea have signed a new sponsorship deal with Tourism Malaysia.

This year's US Open tennis tournament marks the first time in 10 years that the event is distributed on a country-by-country basis in Asia.

In a first for the Commonwealth Games, parts of central and south-east Asia will enjoy both television and radio coverage of the event, increasing the reach by 10 countries and some 500 million television viewers compared to Manchester.

Editorial director Kevin Roberts reviews issues from the past seven days.

The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) will set out how it plans to use $200million from its new commercial contract at the Sport Xchange seminar in Singapore on July 4.

Totals Sports Asia Ltd has confirmed that Michael Payne of Formula One Management will be one of the key speakers at their forthcoming Sports Xchange forum at the Hyatt Hotel in Singapore on July 4, 2005.

Ma Guo Li, president of CCTV Sports, has been confirmed as a headline speaker at Sport Xchange to be held in Singapore on July 4.

Real Madrid footballer Luis Figo is one of the owners of the Portuguese motor racing team which will compete in the new A1 Grand Prix series.

A1 Grand Prix has unveiled a provisional calendar for its new 12-race series, dubbed ‘The World Cup of Motorsport’.

Soccer giant Real Madrid Club and Interactive Sports Television Ltd. (ISTV) have agreed to jointly develop and broadcast an interactive television programme to be launched in several of Asia’s soccer markets this autumn.

Dato’ Paul Mony Samuel is set to become the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) deputy general secretary.

The Asian Football Confederation has endorsed Australia's switch from Oceania.

Editorial Director reviews the issues of the past seven days.

The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has denied reports that a decision has already been taken for the Football Federation of Australia to join it as a new member.