Thailand

Macau Cable TV has concluded a deal to carry ESPN and STAR Sports.

Indonesia have been awarded the right to hold the 2002 Tiger Cup by the Asian Football Federation four years after civil unrest forced the nation to relinquish hosting the event.

Peter Velappan, the general secretary of the Asian Football Confederation, has attacked the decision by Saudi Arabian club Al Ahli to withdraw from the semifinals of this year's Asian Cup Winners' Cup.

Manchester United, the world's first billionaire soccer club, is making a business play into Asia to lure supporters and further drive its share price, chief executive Martin Edwards has said.

China has launched Beijing's bid for the 2008 Summer Games under the slogan "New Beijing, Great Olympics."

The 10 cities hoping to host the 2008 Summer Games left International Olympic Committee headquarters this week confident they would all clear the first hurdle in the bidding process.

The IOC has confirmed that ten cities have submitted preliminary bids for the 2008 Summer Games.

The Southeast Asian Games, currently being hosted by Malaysia, is set to take place less frequently as organisers try and recapture its attraction to both the public and sponsors.

The Thailand Football Association has written to FIFA to request a change of venue for their Asian World Cup qualifying match scheduled for Baghdad on Friday, a Thai official said on Tuesday.

The ASEAN Football Federation has announced that Singapore and Indonesia will share the hosting rights for next year's Tiger Cup.