South-East Asia

Hockey

The International Hockey Federation (FIH) has received bids from six nations for the hosting rights to the next editions of the World Cup, its showpiece national team tournament
Para Sport

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has stripped Malaysia of the right to host the 2019 World Para Swimming Championships over the country’s stance towards Israeli athletes, while the governing b…
Football

Football’s English Premier League has today (Monday) opened its first international office in Singapore, with the new base set to aid the organisation’s fight against the growing threat posed by piracy of …
Tennis

The Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), the governing body of the men’s professional game, has today (Friday) announced the final shortlist of candidate cities bidding to host the season-ending A…
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

APAC contains biggest proportion of Arsenal’s global fanbase at 30 per cent. Since opening Singapore office, 85 per cent of all club’s sponsorships now come from outside Europe.
Motorsport
Events

Hanoi will host a Grand Prix in 2020 after first expressing interest in 2016
Tennis
Events

Singapore has submitted a bid to host the ATP Finals, the season-ending showpiece of the men’s tennis calendar, from 2021. The tournament has been held at the O2 in London since 2009.
Motorsport
Events

Vietnam’s capital city Hanoi will host a Formula One Grand Prix for the first time in April 2020, organisers have confirmed, becoming the first new destination on the motorsport series’ calendar since the…
Motorsport
Events

Vietnam will host a Formula One grand prix on the streets of Hanoi in 2020, according to government officials in the country
Events

IOC president Thomas Bach has said Indonesia has submitted a letter confirming it will bid for the 2032 Summer Olympics, reports Gamesbids.com.
Events

Jakarta and Palembang are finalising their infrastructure preparations for the 2018 Asian Games, which is set to get underway later this week in the Indonesian cities
Motorsport
Events

Malaysia’s Sepang International Circuit (SIC) will become a new part of the International Motorcycling Federation’s (FIM) Endurance World Championship (EWC) after the venue held a vote to determine whi…
Hockey
Events

The International Hockey Federation (FIH) has announced that France, Japan, Malaysia and Spain will host finals events next year for its new Hockey Series competition
Esports
Esports

Singapore-based telco Singtel has launched its own esports competition in a move designed to grow its gaming and digital content business in the Asia-Pacific region
Events

Hanoi will host the 2021 Southeast Asian Games after the Vietnamese government chose the capital city over a rival application from Ho Chi Minh City
Business

Malaysia is set to have a team in the premier class of motorcycling championship MotoGP in 2019 after an agreement was reached for the SIC Racing entity to take over Angel Nieto Racing Team (ANRT).
Events

North and South Korea will field joint teams in several sports at this year’s Asian Games in Indonesia, building on the collaboration at the Pyeongchang winter Olympic Games earlier this year.

Football
Events

Peter Velappan, the former secretary general of the Asian Football Confederation, has called on four Southeast Asian nations to join forces in a bid for the 2034 edition of the Fifa World Cup.