South Korea

Basketball
Attendance

There were contrasting fortunes in the last 24 hours for the reopening of two major Asia-Pacific sports markets, with Australia reported to be expecting the world's biggest crowd since the pandemic began…
Winter Sports
Events

South Korea has made its first formal proposal to North Korea to co-host the 2024 winter Youth Olympic Games
Football
Attendance

The Beijing 2022 Organizing Committee is actively trying to involve more disabled people in benefiting from the upcoming Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games – China.o
Golf
Sponsorship & Marketing

The upcoming KLPGA Hana Financial Group Championship in South Korea will also act as the inaugural tournament of the new Ladies Asian Tour series organised by the Asian Golf Leaders Forum
Basketball
Events

Two torches that will be used in the Olympic and Paralympic torch relays at the postponed Tokyo Games next summer have started an eight-month tour of Tokyo
Martial Arts
Governance

World Taekwondo, the sport’s international federation, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with city authorities to relocate its headquarters to South Korea’s Goyang City.
Golf
Sponsorship & Marketing

South Korean consumer electronics company LG has agreed a three-year tournament deal with the Korea Professional Golfers Association
Athletics
Events

The Australian Institute of Sport is to provide funding of more than A$115m ($82.1m/€69.7
Governance

Lee Kun-hee, the chairman of electronics giant Samsung and an honorary International Olympic Committee member, has died at the age of 78
Events

US and UK authorities have accused Russia of conducting the “most disruptive and destructive” series of computer attacks ever attributed to a single group in wide-ranging charges that include the 2018 and…
Baseball
Fan Engagement

The South Korean government is permitting a limited number of fans back into baseball and football stadiums after social distancing restrictions in the country were lifted
Sailing
Media

A raft of broadcast rights contracts signed for sailing’s 36th America’s Cup include deals with both public-service and pay-television broadcasters in Italy and the UK, as a priority is placed on maximum exp…
Football
Media

Bundesliga International, the league’s international commercial rights arm, has signed off on new broadcast deals in Singapore, South Korea and Thailand ahead of the start of the 2020-21 season on Friday.
Cricket
Events

Chinese streaming platform PP Sports is going to sue the English Premier League over the termination of their media-rights contract for the 2019-20 to 2021-22 cycle, according to Chinese news service Beijing…
Volleyball
Sponsorship & Marketing

Global sportswear brand Fila has signed an agreement to sponsor the Korea Volleyball Federation
Multi-sport
Governance

South Korea’s government is committing KRW1.74tn ($1.47bn/€1.22bn) to next year’s budget to help the sports sector recover from the Covid-19 pandemic. T
Basketball
Events

The Korean Basketball League has been forced to postpone its planned 2019-20 season decider due to a second Covid-19 outbreak, with the October start of the 2020-21 season also under threat
Basketball
Events

The former US ambassador to Singapore Kirk Wagar has resigned from the board of Axington, a firm linked to Bellagraph Nova Group, the company claiming to be bidding for English football club Newcastle…