Asia

Football

The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has entered into a two-year alliance with the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) in a move designed to increase cooperation between the two governing bodies.

Weightlifting
Events

North Korea has returned to the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) bidding circle after being confirmed as one of five candidates for the hosting rights to its 2018 Junior World Championships.
Business

Senior officials who led Tokyo’s successful bid for the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games have today (Friday) stated that bid committee payments that are currently under scrutiny were legitimate consultant’s fees and were checked by auditors.

Le Sports, which is operated by Chinese internet company LeEco, has established an online sports ticketing company after agreeing a partnership with the YL Entertainment & Sports firm.

Multi-sport
Business

The French financial prosecutor’s office has today (Thursday) confirmed that it is investigating allegations of “corruption and money laundering” relating to payments of SGD$2.8m (€1.8m/$2.1m) tied to Tokyo’s victorious bid for the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Winter Sports
Business

Lee Hee-beom today (Thursday) moved to defend his lack of experience in sports administration after being formally elected as the new president of the PyeongChang Organising Committee for the 2018 Olympic and Paralympic winter Games (POCOG).

Multi-sport
Events

Japan’s chief cabinet secretary Yoshihide Suga has insisted that Tokyo’s successful bid for the 2020 summer Olympic and Paralympic Games was “clean” after a report claimed that the bidding team transferred money to a bank account linked to an individual at the centre of allegations of corruption in athletics.

Cycling
Events

Japan is in contention to host the opening stages of the 2018 Giro d’Italia in a move that would see the cycling ‘Grand Tour’ commence outside Europe for the first time in its history, according to La Stampa.

Cricket
Business

Shashank Manohar has today (Tuesday) resigned as president of the powerful Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in a bid to retain power as chairman of the sport’s global governing body, the International Cricket Council (ICC).

Football
Business

Chinese online retailer and internet company JD.com has entered into a partnership with English Premier League football club Liverpool.

Motorsport
Events

IndyCar chief executive Mark Miles has confirmed that the North American motor-racing series is in talks to stage a non-championship event in Beijing in October.

Cricket
Events

Pakistan Super League (PSL) chairman Najam Sethi has said talks are taking place with the Twenty20 cricket competition’s franchises to bring forward expansion plans.

Cricket
Business

Najam Sethi, chairman of the Pakistan Super League (PSL), has hailed the $2.6m (€2.3m) profit generated during the inaugural edition of the Twenty20 tournament as a “great achievement” for the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB).

Mixed Martial Arts
Business

The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) has extended its partnership with the International Mixed Martial Arts Federation (IMMAF), while Asian MMA promotion the One Championship has confirmed the addition of three senior members to its executive leadership team.
Sponsorship & Marketing

A detailed look at South Korean sports marketing as part of the SportBusiness International South Korea Focus
Media

A detailed look at South Korean sports media as part of the SportBusiness International South Korea Focus

Golf
Events

Golf’s European and Asian Tours have agreed a co-sanctioning deal for the King’s Cup event, which will this year be held at Phoenix Gold Golf Club in Pattaya, Thailand.
Events

A detailed look at South Korean sports events as part of the SportBusiness International South Korea Focus