South-East Asia

Rugby Union
Events

SportAccord on Thursday confirmed that this year’s World Sport & Business Summit will not take place in Beijing due to the Novel Coronavirus outbreak in China, while Tokyo 2020 has reiterated that this s…
Football
Events

The Vietnam Football Federation is partnering with state-owned broadcaster Voice of Vietnam and local bank HDBank to run national futsal tournaments. The partnerships cover three years, 2020 to 2022
Football
Media

The Football Association of Thailand yesterday re-elected Somyot Poompanmuang as its president and said its global media rights for the 2021-28 period had been awarded, although did not reveal the winners
Football
Governance

Indonesia's National Police is to work with the country's Military Police to tackle match fixing and to ensure transparency during the national team's recruitment process for the upcoming U20 Fifa World…
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

The Malaysia Super League football competition has signed up Malaysian bank CIMB as title sponsor of its Super League competition
Rugby Union
Stadia

Rugby has a surprisingly large cachet in Malaysia, but the sport’s commercial potential has always been limited by the lack of a home. John Duerden investigates how that could change with the construction of the country’s first rugby-specific stadium.
Events

The Formula One racetrack in Vietnam has been named Hanoi, for the nation's capital, and its nine grandstands named after popular tourist destinations around the country
Tennis
Media

Singapore telecoms operator StarHub has bolstered its tennis offering by reaching an agreement to launch the beIN Sports 2 channel via its StarHub Entertainment service
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

Korean conglomerate LS Holdings has agreed a deal to title sponsor Vietnam's top two football league divisions this season. The leagues will be named LS V.League 1 and LS V.League 2
Fan Engagement

Indonesian club Persib Bandung has been ranked 22nd in the world among football clubs for its following on social media, in a report by digital marketing agency Result
Fan Engagement

Malaysia Super League champions Johor Darul Ta'zim have won the Asian Football Confederation Cup Club of the Decade award
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

Telekom Malaysia (TM)’s association with the Malaysia Football League (MFL) has been revived in a new sponsorship and broadcast rights contract.
Motorsport
Media

The Extreme E off-road racing series has agreed a three-season rights deal with Malaysian public-service broadcaster RTM
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

Vietnamese airline Bamboo Airways has been announced as the main sponsor of this year’s edition of the National Football Cup domestic club competition.
Football
Events

The Asian Football Confederation has postponed 12 Champions League matches involving Chinese clubs, following a meeting in Kuala Lumpur yesterday to discuss the impact of the coronavirus outbreak
Golf
Sponsorship & Marketing

Korean finance firm Hana Financial Group is title sponsoring a new women’s golf tournament in Singapore this year, as part of an ambitious wider plan to create an Asian women’s series and ranking.
Football
Governance

Malaysia’s football clubs are to be formally privatised this year, but the journey from state support to self-sufficiency looks fraught, with questions over the future of broadcasting and sponsorship revenues. John Duerden takes a closer look.
Football
Governance

Former Football Association of Thailand president Worawi Makudi has said he will appeal the organisation's decision to disqualify him from running in its upcoming presidential election