South-East Asia

Football
Events

Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) vice-president Tengku Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah has revealed talks are underway for a possible joint bid from the ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) countries for the 2034 FIFA World Cup.
Business

Ng Ser Miang is expected to announce his intention to run for International Olympic Committee (IOC) president on Thursday.
Events

Dentsu has agreed a deal that will see it seek to boost promotion of this year’s 27th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games, which takes place in Myanmar.
Events

The National Basketball Association (NBA) has furthered its drive to expand its global footprint by announcing that the cities of Bilbao, Manchester, Manila and Rio de Janeiro will host pre-season games for the first time under its 2013-14 ‘Global Games’ schedule.
Events

Thailand will host a night race on the streets of Bangkok on the 2015 Formula One calendar, according to the sport’s rights-holder Bernie Ecclestone.
Stadia

Billionaire Peter Lim has unveiled plans for a huge motorsports-themed development in the Malaysian state of Johor, an area that borders Singapore.
Events

Australia and Malaysia have been revealed as the major changes to the calendar make-up of the 2014-17 tournament cycle for the Badminton World Federation’s (BWF) World Superseries.
Events

The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) has selected Hanoi as the host city of the 2019 Asian Games, while Samsung has agreed a deal to become a major sponsor of the 2014 edition of the event in Incheon.
Business

The future of the tournament known as ‘Asia’s Major’, the Singapore Open, has been secured for another five years after the Singapore Golf Association (SGA) and tournament promoters World Sport Group (WSG) signed what they described as a “landmark agreement”.
Events

A new circuit in South Korea has been named as one of six destinations in four countries that will feature in the inaugural Asian Le Mans Series calendar in 2013, the promoters of the motor-racing series have announced.
Football

As the Premier League embarks on its international rights sales, SportBusiness Intelligence, the market intelligence and consultancy arm of the SportBusiness Group, looks at how top football properties…
Events

Thailand has become the latest country to make serious efforts to land a Formula One race, after government officials said an initial deal had been reached to stage an event in 2014.
Events

Formula One’s Singapore Grand Prix will remain on the sport’s calendar for the next five years after a deal was announced that will see the government bear responsibility for 60% of the S$150 million (US$122.61 million) cost of staging the race.
Business

MotoGP announced Maybank, Malaysia's largest financial services group, as its commercial banking partner for this year’s Malaysian grand prix.
Business

Real Madrid has signed a two-year deal that will see Yamaha Motor become the club’s official sponsor in Thailand.
Events

Singapore Grand Prix organisers have refuted reports that a new five-year deal has been agreed to continue hosting the country’s Formula One grand prix, while a Belgian politician has claimed Spa-Francorchamps will continue to host the Belgian race for the next three years.
Events

The World Tenpin Bowling Association (WTBA) has awarded the 2014 and 2016 WTBA World Youth Championships to Hong Kong and Lincoln, Nebraska respectively.
Business

Singapore Open organisers are seeking a new title sponsor after Barclays elected not to extend its association with the tournament billed as golf’s Asian major.