Asia

The Chinese Ministry of Education has sealed a deal with Adidas that will enable the German sportswear giant to develop a programme to support grassroots football in the country.

International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach has praised PyeongChang’s progress in its preparations for the 2018 Olympics and played down security concerns surrounding the next edition of the winter Games.

The International Association of Athletics Federations has defended its decision to introduce a new anti-doping system for the upcoming World Championships in Beijing, as European Athletics president Svein Arne Hansen called on the new leader of the IAAF to focus his efforts on the fight against doping.

The International Hockey Federation (FIH) has confirmed that the Indian city of Raipur will host the final of its 2015 men’s Hockey World League national team competition.

The Chinese Football Association (CFA) will enjoy full autonomy from the government and operate without state funding under major reforms relating to the operation of football in the Asian country.

The Chinese city of Hangzhou has submitted an official bid to host the 2022 Asian Games, according to the Chinese Olympic Committee.

South Korean businessman and politician Chung Mong-joon has formally launched his bid for the Fifa presidency, stating that he will only seek a single term in the belief he can reform football’s global governing body in this time.

The Japanese government today (Friday) approved guidelines for Tokyo’s new National Stadium for the 2020 Olympic Games, pledging to develop an athlete-friendly venue as cost-effectively as possible ahead of a targeted completion date of March 2020.

Thai businessman Bee Taechaubol, who recently struck a deal to acquire a significant shareholding in Italian Serie A football club AC Milan, has now invested in Sport Events International, the holding company of a series of sports event properties.

Shinzo Abe, the Prime Minister of Japan, has apologised to the public after admitting that a decision to go back to the drawing board with plans for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Stadium has been costly.

The TSE Consulting sports management consultancy has unveiled plans to establish a permanent base in China after helping the country secure the hosting rights to the International Basketball Federation’s (Fiba) 2019 World Cup.

The International Basketball Federation (Fiba) has provided updates in the governance disputes it has held with the national governing bodies of Brazil, Japan and Russia, while assigning staging rights for its 2016 U17 World Championships for Men and Women to Spain under a new hosting model.

Chinese conglomerate Dalian Wanda is said to have entered into exclusive talks to acquire World Triathlon Corp, parent company of the Ironman Triathlon series.

The International Basketball Federation (Fiba) has today (Friday) announced that its 2019 World Cup will be hosted by China.

LeTV Sports, a digital platform operated by Chinese IPTV operator LeTV, has announced a strategic partnership with the sports governing body of Heilongjiang Province.

World Rugby has given itself a one-month window to reschedule matches at its 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan after Tokyo’s new National Stadium project was taken back to the drawing board.