South-East Asia

Media agency MP & Silva has announced a two-year deal with Spanish media and production company, MediaPro, for the broadcast rights of La Liga, Spain’s top-tier professional football league, in Indonesia.

Sports media agency MP & Silva has opened a new office in Vietnamese capital Hanoi.

The Russian bid to host the 2018 or 2022 football World Cup’s is sponsoring the networking café area at the Soccerex Asian Forum and the Soccerex Global Convention.

The Word Matchplay Championship will return to the professional golf calendar next year, taking place in Spain, after being cancelled this year due to a congested schedule.

IMG Sports Media, the production arm of the premier global sports and media company IMG Worldwide, announced yesterday that it will become the exclusive production partner for all SingTel mio TV’s Barclay’s Premier League coverage.

Football business event Soccerex has confirmed further three Asian football associations for its forum in Singapore, on July 28 and 29.

Asian sports broadcaster ESPN Star Sports (ESS) will broadcast daily updates from football business conference the Soccerex Asian Forum under a new partnership between the two entities.

Football industry conference organiser Soccerex has published the agenda for its 2010 Asian Forum, which takes place July 28 and 29 in Singapore.

The Philippine Football Federation will join the Asian Football Confederation and the Thailand Football Association as a partner for the Soccerex Asian Forum in Singapore, on July 28 and 29.

Gerard Houllier, technical director at the French Football Federation, and Albert Capellas, senior youth coordinator at FC Barcelona have joined the line-up of speakers at this year's Soccerex Asian Forum.

Professional football in Germany employs 110,000 workers and had a turnover of €5 billion in 2007-08, according to a report by consultancy McKinsey, produced in co-operation with the Deutsch Fussball-Liga (DFL).

The story of the foundation of the English Premier League will be told by David Dein, former vice chairman of Arsenal and the Football Association, and one of the architects of the league, at the Soccerex Asian Forum.

Singapore-based Asian broadcaster Nimbus Sport has acquired the worldwide rights for Asia Cup cricket events in a five-year deal with the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) from 2010 to 2014.

Online betting service SBOBET will title sponsor the first Soccerex Asian Forum under a new deal announced Friday.

England’s Football Association has agreed a licensing agreement with Telekom Malaysia (TM)that gives the telecoms provider exclusive use in Malaysia’s telecoms sector of the England crest and player image rights.

Some of the world’s top badminton players are backing a new charity aiming to raise funds within the sport’s community for small-scale projects for worthy causes around the globe.