South-East Asia
Singapore-based Newcastle bidders admit doctoring Obama images
Bellagraph Nova Group, the Singapore-registered company that says it is bidding to buy English Premier League club Newcastle United, has admitted manipulating images of its owners appearing with former…
East Asia Super League announces 10-year deal with Fiba ahead of 2021 launch
New pan-regional club basketball league the East Asia Super League has secured the backing of world governing body Fiba in a 10-year deal
LaLiga appoints Liverpool’s Li as commercial director in Southeast Asia
Simon Li has been named as the commercial director for Southeast Asia, Japan, South Korea and Australia at Spanish football’s LaLiga.
Round-Up: Chinese sponsors exit English football deals, Seoul shuts out fans again, Uighur group calls for Beijing 2022 rethink, and more
Chinese company LD Sports is to walk away from its £7.5m ($9.8m/€8.3m
M-League to return, J.League hit by outbreak
Malaysia’s top football league, the M-League, will resume games on August 26 after a five-month gap due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Thai FA ‘seeking financial support’ after sponsorship and media-rights issues
The Football Association of Thailand is seeking financial support to see it through its current cash flow problems caused by media rights-holder disputes and a lack of sponsorship support
Mediapro secures five CEBL deals in APAC region ahead of finals weekend
Five broadcast deals have been agreed in the Asia-Pacific region for the semi-finals and final of the 2020 Canadian Elite Basketball League Summer Series tournament
Singapore golf club commits to climate action
Sentosa Golf Club in Singapore is the world’s first golf club to join the United Nation’s sports for climate action initiative.
Round-Up: Olympics ‘to go ahead amid pandemic’, Tencent pushes for games streaming merger, PKL teams ‘reject Star offer’, and more
Next year's Tokyo Olympics will take place even if the Covid-19 pandemic is still underway, said Toshiro Muto, chief executive of the Games' organising committee
EXCLUSIVE: Mola TV acquires Bundesliga rights in Indonesia in five-year deal
Indonesian OTT and pay-television platform Mola TV has acquired media rights for German Bundesliga football in a five-year deal from 2020-21 to 2024-25, SportBusiness can reveal
Diverging Covid-19 fortunes for Korean and Vietnamese football
Asian football leagues are experiencing mixed fortunes as they seek to return after Covid-19 shutdowns
Round-Up: WTA Tour restarts, IPL sponsor backlash, Chinese NBL to restart, and more
The restart of the Italian Serie A football season has been moved back a week to September 19 - Reuters/CNA
The WTA Tour restarted yesterday with the Palermo Ladies Open in Sicily, Italy - Reuters/ec/CNA
Thai and Malaysian MotoGP fall to Covid-19 pandemic
The Thai and Malaysian MotoGP races for 2020 have been cancelled, organisers have announced
Round-Up: Fifa rejects Infantino investigation, Thai and Malaysian MotoGPs off, NBA reviews China training programmes, and more
Fifa said there is "no reason" for the Swiss criminal investigation into president Gianni Infantino, and he will continue in his role as normal
Suzuki Cup postponed until 2021
The 2020 Asean Football Federation Suzuki Cup national team football competition has been postponed until next year due to Covid-19
Malaysian Football League confirms legal action against Iflix
The Malaysian Football League has confirmed that it is taking legal action against Iflix, saying the OTT platform failed to honour a 10-year media rights contract agreed in 2018
Differences over Thai football broadcast coverage remain unresolved
The Football Association of Thailand is refusing to back down in a dispute with broadcaster TrueVisions' over changes to the Thai league schedule and maintains the season will restart in September