Asia

The bid teams from Almaty and Beijing have made their final cases for selection as the destination for the 2022 winter Olympic Games, as the rocky road towards the assignment of the host city rights comes to an end tomorrow (Friday).

Tokyo 2020 president Yoshiro Mori has formally apologised to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for the saga surrounding the development of the city’s new National Stadium.

Euroleague Basketball has announced its latest batch of games to take place in the United States and China as part of its World Tour.

The architect behind the scrapped design for Tokyo’s National Stadium has hit back at criticism of its plans, claiming it warned organisers that an uncompetitive selection of contractors would lead to an increase in construction costs.

Spanish Liga football team Real Madrid has agreed a partnership with e-commerce giant the Alibaba Group in a bid to further its presence in the Chinese market.

Key stakeholders behind Tokyo’s staging of the 2020 summer Olympics today (Friday) pledged to deliver a successful Games as the five-year countdown to the start of the event was celebrated amid a troubling period for organisers.

Golf’s LPGA Tour has postponed its 2015 Reignwood Pine Valley Classic in China, citing a date conflict, but has agreed on an extension to the hosting contract for the tournament.

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on the International Olympic Committee to fully respect human rights commitments in preparing for and hosting the 2022 winter Olympic Games, adding the forthcoming decision over whether Almaty or Beijing will stage the event will provide an “extreme test” of the IOC’s new Agenda 2020 measures.

Football Association of Thailand (FAT) president and former Fifa Executive Committee member, Worawi Makudi, has said he will appeal after being found guilty of forgery during his 2013 re-election campaign for his leadership position in Thai football.

A Chinese team is in discussions over the possibility of entering the 2017 America’s Cup, organisers of the sailing showpiece have revealed.

Kolkata’s iconic Eden Gardens venue will stage the final of the World Twenty20 when the biennial national team cricket tournament takes place in India next year.

The Japanese government today (Tuesday) outlined a new timeline for the development of Tokyo’s National Stadium as Yoichi Masuzoe, Governor of the capital city, hit out at the role of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s cabinet in the original failed project.

Vietnam is set to feature in the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race for the first time after event organisers struck a deal for the country to stage an event during the 2015-16 edition of the sailing series.

South Korean tycoon Chung Mong-joon has admitted he is considering running for the presidency of Fifa and has slammed football’s governing body for allowing Sepp Blatter to remain at the helm until next February.

Cho Yang-ho, the head of the organising committee for the 2018 winter Olympics in PyeongChang (POCOG), has pledged to host the “most effective and economic” Games, to reduce any burden on the South Korean taxpayer.

Lamine Diack, the president of the International Association of Athletics Federations, has urged organisers of the global governing body’s 2015 World Championships in Beijing, China to ramp up efforts to sell tickets for the event.