Asia

Fina, the global governing body of aquatic sports, has underlined its “particularly robust approach” to anti-doping procedures in relation to Russia after allegations emerged of systemic doping in the country.

The Malaysia FA Cup (Piala FA Malaysia) is a national knock–out football competition organised by the Football Malaysia Limited Liability Partnership with supervisional help from the Football Association of Malaysia.

American football league the NFL is exploring the possibility of staging a regular-season game in China as early as 2018 and Germany in 2017, according to multiple reports.

The World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) has announced that the Indonesian island of Bali will host its first-ever World Beach Championships later this year.

Chinese conglomerate the Wanda Group has said its top-tier commercial partnership with world football’s governing body Fifa will leave it “better placed” to help decide where future editions of major events such as the World Cup take place.

Chinese President Xi Jinping has today (Friday) insisted that the country must host a winter Olympics that is as “clean as the snow” in 2022.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has said PyeongChang is on course to deliver a successful 2018 winter Olympic Games, but has maintained a lot of work remains in the remaining two years before the event.

The Philippines has retained its co-hosting rights to the Asean Football Federation’s 2016 AFF Championship after resolving a dispute over its choice of stadia for the national team competition.

Tokyo 2020 organisers have said Fukushima could stage the opening rounds of the baseball and softball tournaments at the Olympic Games, while organising committee president Yoshiro Mori has criticised the part played by Sports Minister Hiroshi Hase in the latest setback to hit plans for the centrepiece of the event.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) was today (Wednesday) forced into the late switch of the World Twenty20 group match between host nation India and Pakistan from Dharamsala to Kolkata owing to security concerns in the former city.

The International Cycling Union (UCI) has confirmed that Hong Kong will host its Track Cycling World Championships next year, while president Brian Cookson said he remains confident that the velodrome for this summer’s Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro will be completed in time.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has approved the merger of the Korean Olympic Committee (KOC) and Korea Council of Sport for All (KOCOSA), calling the move a “major and historic step” for the development of sport in South Korea.

Chinese investment in sport has accelerated over the past year. Sportbusiness International looks at the reasons behind this growing trend.

Anurag Thakur, secretary for the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), has criticised Himachal Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh for stating his concerns over security just weeks before the World Twenty20 game between India and Pakistan is due to take place in Dharamsala.

The International Federation of Poker’s (IFP) Match Poker form of the game has been handed a major boost in China through a new partnership between the Alibaba Sports division of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group and the Oceans Sports & Entertainment agency.

The Chinese Football Association (CFA) has formally separated from the control of the country’s government in a bid to give the national governing body of the sport more independence.