South-East Asia

The Professional Squash Association has reached an agreement with the Sportspin Event & Athlete Management organisation that will see its PSA Women’s World Championship take place in Kuala Lumpur this April.

Andrew Demetriou, one-time chief executive of the Australian Football League (AFL) Aussie rules competition, has joined forces with the former Football Federation Australia (FFA) chief executive Ben Buckley to launch a new sports technology business.

The MP & Silva agency has made its first move into the eSports sector by agreeing a global marketing rights partnership with Garena, Southeast Asia’s largest internet and mobile platform company.

The International Basketball Federation (Fiba) has awarded hosting rights to Italy, Serbia and the Philippines for its three Olympic men’s qualifying tournaments, while France will stage the women’s event.

Japan’s Aichi Prefecture has said it will bid to host the 2026 Asian Games, as Jakarta’s Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama has raised question marks over the Indonesian capital’s status as the main hub of the 2018 edition of the multi-sport event.

The Professional Squash Association (PSA) has called off its 2015 Women’s World Championship, which was due to commence in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur later this week.

International Premier Tennis League (IPTL) franchise the Singapore Slammers has unveiled Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan as its new co-owner.

The World Squash governing body has insisted that the upcoming 2015 World Men’s Squash Team Championships will go ahead as planned in Cairo, Egypt despite the withdrawal of several of the competition’s leading nations due to security fears.

After the damage of superstorm Yolanda last year, the Philippines is hoping to use basketball as a vehicle to get the country back up on its feet.

Indonesia is closing in on a return to the MotoGP calendar after further talks were held regarding the country’s inclusion in the motorcycling series from the 2017 season.

Former Fifa Executive Committee member Worawi Makudi, the current president of the Football Association of Thailand (FAT), has become the latest official to be handed a suspension by the adjudicatory chamber of the Ethics Committee of world football’s governing body.

The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has confirmed that six cities from three continents have lodged bids to host the 2018 edition of its World Championships.

Two of Singapore’s leading horse races have been discontinued after the Singapore Turf Club said they have served their purpose.

Golf’s Asian Tour has confirmed that Singapore will this year host a new event after organisers of the Indonesia Open requested their tournament be postponed.

Six countries will host Hockey World League Round 2 events in early 2017, the International Hockey Federation (FIH) has announced.

V8 Supercars has confirmed the start of an international expansion process with the addition of a new race in Kuala Lumpur for the 2016 season of the Australian-based motor racing series.