China esports market value to hit $1.9bn in 2019: report
The Chinese domestic esports audience is tipped to hit 350 million, and revenues to reach $1.9bn, this year, according to a report by Tencent’s Penguin Intelligence.
IOC votes to add breakdancing and skateboarding to 2024 Summer Olympics programme
The International Olympic Committee voted on Tuesday in support of adding breaking, popularly known as breakdancing, sport climbing, skateboarding and surfing to the Paris 2024 Olympic programme
Chinese liquor giant Kweichow Moutai keen on River Plate shirt sponsorship
Chinese liquor company Kweichow Moutai is considering a sponsorship deal with Argentinian football team River Plate.
According to a report in Ole.
Dentsu to launch mobile football game based on “Captain Tsubasa” cartoon
Media group Dentsu is launching a football-themed mobile game, based on Japanese football-themed children’s cartoon Captain Tsubasa and featuring the likenesses of 10,000 real-world players including L…
India threatens Commonwealth Games pull-out over shooting, archery exclusions
Indian Olympic Association secretary-general Rajeev Mehta has warned that the exclusion of shooting and recurve archery from the Commonwealth Games 2022 programme could lead to India pulling out of the…
T20 cricket at Asian Games 2022: Hangzhou organisers search for suitable venue
Cricket is expected to be included in the 40-sport roster for the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China. It was left out of the last edition of the games, in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia
UFC opens world’s largest MMA training facility in Shanghai
The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), the mixed martial arts promoter, opened a 93,000-square-foot "Performance Institute" for Asian athletes in Jing'An, Shanghai on Thursday
China’s two biggest dairy companies fight over 2022 Winter Olympics sponsorship
Chinese dairy products company Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Group has threatened to pull out of sponsoring the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing due to a dispute with rival firm China Mengniu Dairy
BeIN cuts almost 20 per cent of staff in Qatar, but no cuts expected in SEA
Pay-television broadcaster BeIN Sports has laid off almost 300 employees in Qatar, or about 18 per cent of its local staff
Hainan aims to become esports hub with RMB1bn development fund
Chinese city Hainan is setting up a special development fund worth over RMB1bn ($145m) to attract esports events and businesses.
According to Sina