South-East Asia

Thailand’s Asset Examination Committee which ordered the former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra’s domestic assets to be frozen has now said the money he used to acquire English Premier League club Manchester City may have been hidden from the government.

Stubhub is to launch a brand new sports channel -‘Football Channel’ - dedicated to 24-hour Premier League programming. ‘Football Channel’ will be made available to all StarHub Digital Cable’s Sports Group customers when the Premier League season kicks off in August.

The Bali Asian Beach Games Organising Committee (BABGOC) is preparing to play host to 45 countries in the first Asian Beach Games from October 18 to October 26, 2008.

Eurosport, the pan-European sports channel agreed a contract with Astro to offer its 24-hour subscription to more than 1.9 million viewers in Malaysia.

Malaysia won the right to continue hosting Formula One grand prix until 2015, according to reports.

An announcement on Singapore hosting a future Formula One race could be made with the next two weeks, it has been claimed.

European soccer pressure group the G-14 has endorsed a new international youth tournament to take place in Malaysia later this year.

The Singapore Government said it would financially support a bid to bring a Formula One race to Singapore's streets next year.

Media Partners & Silva and Dentsu announced the assignment of Italian Serie A media rights for the seasons 2007-2010 in Hong Kong, China P.R. Macau, Vietnam and South Korea.

ESPN STAR Sports and Malaysia’s Ministry of Youth and Sport (KBS) announced the launch of the Malaysian version of SportsCenter, the popular US sports show, from April 2007.

Singapore’s Football Association signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Clube dos 13 which comprises the top football clubs in Brazil which could see Brazilian teams play in Singapore for exhibition matches.

IEC in Sports has been appointed to handle international TV rights for The Royal Trophy – a Ryder Cup-style contest between teams from Europe and Asia.

Vietnamese top-flight team Hoang Anh Gia Lai (HAGL) will play friendly matches against three Premier League clubs in December.

RS Plc, Thailand's second-largest entertainment group agreed a deal for the broadcast rights to the next two World Cup tournaments.

Golf’s 2006 Thailand has been postponed because of the introduction of a new law banning the advertising of alcoholic drinks in the country.

Global sports TV agency IEC in Sports has won a major new deal to distribute the right to a top International Badminton Federation (IBF) event.