South-East Asia

New South Wales-based businessman Shaun Martyn has revealed plans to stage a franchise-based women’s Twenty20 cricket competition in Singapore within the next nine months.

Organisers of the Race of Champions have abandoned plans to reschedule the 2013 edition of the motorsport event after they were unable to find an alternate date.

The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) has allocated forthcoming editions of two of its leading events to Thailand and Dubai.

Sports marketing agency Fast Track is to open a new office in Singapore as part of an effort to strengthen and expand its presence in the Asian market.

Organisers of the International Premier Tennis League (IPTL) have moved the inaugural competition’s opening leg from Bangkok to Manila due to ongoing concerns regarding the volatile political situation in Thailand.

Promoters of the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) Beach Volleyball Open in Phuket have cancelled the event on safety and security grounds.

Association of Southeast Asian Nations Football Federation (AFF) general secretary Azzuddin Ahmad believes the launch of its Super League club competition could be delayed until 2016 due to “administrative issues”.

Floorball has been confirmed as one of the 36 sports for the 2015 Southeast Asian Games in Singapore, but karate, weightlifting and wrestling have not been named on the list.

Officials from Indonesia and Chinese Taipei are discussing whether to assume the hosting rights to the 2019 Asian Games vacated by Vietnam, but Singapore has discounted making a bid.

Vietnam’s Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has announced that the country is to withdraw from hosting the 2019 Asian Games, citing a lack of preparedness and concerns that the multi-sport event would not be financially viable.

Organisers of The Championship tournament have announced that the 2014 event is to take place at the Laguna National Golf and Country Club in Singapore, rather than its initial venue in Korea.

International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach has announced the composition of the IOC commissions for 2014, with Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games figurehead Tsunekazu Takeda set to lead the high-profile marketing commission.

The Malaysian government has committed to hosting the next two editions of the EurAsia Cup in 2016 and 2018, following the conclusion of the inaugural biennial golf tournament which took place in the country from March 27-29.

Legacy is one of the first words mentioned when any new major sporting facility is built. Elisha Chauhan finds out what Sport Singapore’s plans are to ensure the Sports Hub will have a lasting positive effect for the city-state and its people.

Who will be using the Sports Hub and what type of major events will be held there? Elisha Chauhan spoke to the venue’s operators to find out.

Singapore Sports Council (SSC) is to be rebranded as Sport Singapore from April 1.