Asia

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) will open a tender process for two new Indian Premier League (IPL) franchises after upholding the suspensions handed out to the Twenty20 competition’s Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals teams.

A Chinese consortium has emerged as the leading investor in a proposed $8.5bn (€7.48bn) takeover bid for the Formula One motor racing championship, according to Sky News.

Asian Football Confederation (AFC) president Sheikh Salman Bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa is seeking to stand for the top job in world football if he can gain enough support, according to multiple reports.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has appointed financial services company Deloitte to aid a major reform plan.

The International University Sports Federation (FISU) has staged a series of meetings designed to drive forward a proposal to stage the 2033 edition of its winter Universiade multi-sport event in Mongolia.

International Olympic Committee (IOC) vice-president John Coates has given Tokyo 2020 a vote of confidence following a testing recent period for Olympic Games organisers and has backed the selection of additional sports to be considered for inclusion at the event.

Thousands of people claiming to be skateboarders have signed an online petition against the proposed inclusion of the activity on the programme for the Olympic Games.

Former Fifa Executive Committee member Worawi Makudi, the current president of the Football Association of Thailand (FAT), has become the latest official to be handed a suspension by the adjudicatory chamber of the Ethics Committee of world football’s governing body.

Hong Kong is set to make a belated entrance to the Formula E electric auto racing championship after organisers said it would join the race calendar for season three.

The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) has named Fukushima as a host city for an event next year in a move that is designed to help raise awareness and support the local region's continuing recovery following the disaster that struck in 2011.

International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) president Sebastian Coe feels the sport would benefit from having a competition in place similar to that of cricket’s Indian Premier League (IPL).

Chung Mong-joon, the South Korean billionaire running for the Fifa presidency, today (Tuesday) claimed that the ethics committee of world football’s governing body will impose on him a lengthy ban for alleged offences concerning his home nation’s bid to host the 2022 World Cup.

Super Rugby organiser Sanzar, the umbrella body for the Australian, New Zealand and South African unions, has unveiled the competition’s new Japanese franchise, adding it is confident the rising interest in rugby union in the country can fuel its development.

Shashank Manohar has pledged to implement reforms to shore up the administration of Indian cricket after being returned to power as president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).

The International Aquatics Federation (Fina) has revealed that China, Japan and Qatar are the only three countries that remain in the running to stage its World Championships and World Masters Championships in 2021 and 2023.

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has launched an application process for sports to be included in the Beijing 2022 Paralympic winter Games.