Kevin McCullagh | Crunch time for AFC overhaul
SportBusiness Asia's Kevin McCullagh looks at Football Marketing Asia's mandate to commercialise the Asian Football Confederation's rights, and its aims for long-term success.
Kevin McCullagh | The Australian business is a contact sport
There was a distinctively Australian headline in the Sydney Morning Herald’s sports business coverage recently: “Peter V’Landys is becoming as pleasant as a nasal swab for AFL”.
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Sky PerfecTV deal marks Bundesliga’s first Asian rights agreement of new cycle
Japanese pay-television broadcaster Sky PerfecTV has acquired rights for the German Bundesliga covering the five seasons from 2020-21 to 2024-25, SportBusiness can reveal
PCB receives apology for betting streaming controversy
India-based agency ITW has apologised to the Pakistan Cricket Board for a mix-up that saw Pakistan Super League cricket matches streamed on UK betting website Bet365 against the board's wishes
B.League helps basketball bounce back in Japan
Kevin McCullagh looks at the growth of the B. League, Japan's domestic basketball league, and considers whether it might be the country's biggest sports expansion of the Reiwa era.
Hong Kong tweet will cost NBA ‘hundreds of millions’, says Silver
NBA commissioner Adam Silver said the league will lose "several hundred million dollars" due to the controversy in China over Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey's tweet about Hong Kong in October
AFC, Sportradar claim 21% drop in match-fixing in Asia
The Asian Football Confederation and sports data firm Sportradar have claimed their partnership since 2013 has resulted in a 21-per-cent drop in football match fixing in Asia
BCCI chief Rahul Johri ‘has resigned’
Indian media outlets are reporting that Rahul Johri, the chief executive of the Board of Control for Cricket in India, has resigned.
Neither Johri nor the BCCI have officially confirmed the news
i-Cable retains J.League rights in Hong Kong
Pay-television broadcaster i-Cable has acquired the exclusive media rights in Hong Kong for Japanese football's J.League.
i-Cable has purchased the rights in a three-season deal covering 2020 to 2022
Kakao VX raises money for virtual golf business
Korean virtual and augmented reality experiences company Kakao VX has raised KRW20bn ($17m) to expand its golf business