Asia

World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) president Craig Reedie has called on Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to step up the country’s financial contribution to the fight against doping ahead of Tokyo’s staging of the 2020 summer Olympic and Paralympic Games.

The PGA Tour golf organisation has partnered with global lifestyle company the CJ Corporation to launch a new event in South Korea.

Uefa president Aleksander Ceferin has revealed that football’s European governing body would be open to the possibility of staging the Champions League final outside the continent.

The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has awarded hosting rights for its 2019 World Championships to the Thai city of Pattaya.

The World Rowing Federation (FISA) has hit out at proposals to change the venue for rowing competitions at the 2020 summer Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, saying the current site is the only one that meets proper standards.

Pakistan Super League (PSL) chairman Najam Sethi has said the final of the second edition of the Twenty20 competition will be staged in Lahore as part of ongoing efforts to return top-level cricket to the country.

International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach has suggested that some events at the 2020 summer Olympic Games should be staged in the north-eastern region of Japan that was devastated by the 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster.

The International Weightlifting Federation has reallocated the 2017 World Weightlifting Championships to Anaheim near Los Angeles in the US after Penang in Malaysia gave up its hosting rights for the event.

Hong Kong’s Mega Events Fund, which provides financial support to a number of leading sports events in the Asian territory, is set to be discontinued next year.

International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach and Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike have agreed to establish a four-party working group in an effort to address increasing concerns over rising costs for the Japanese capital’s staging of the 2020 summer Olympic Games, as reports indicated that South Korea could potentially step in amid a dispute over the venue for rowing and canoeing.

The adjudicatory chamber of Fifa’s Ethics Committee has today (Tuesday) issued a five-year ban to former Executive Committee member Worawi Makudi on charges of forgery and falsification.

The World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) has penned an agreement with Japanese drug manufacturer Astellas Pharma.

World Rugby, the global governing body of rugby union, has declared itself satisfied with preparations for Japan’s staging of its 2019 World Cup.

North American basketball league the NBA has launched a new development initiative comprising a network of elite training centres that will initially focus on the Chinese market.

Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike has said proposals to change three venues for the 2020 summer Olympic and Paralympic Games represent the “last chance” to cut costs for the event, as local organisers continued to rail against plans to relocate rowing and canoeing some 250 miles north of the capital.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has said Beijing 2022 is off to a “fast start” in its preparations for the 2022 winter Olympic Games, adding that it is confident that China will provide access to an uncensored internet during the event.