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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.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has said it will form a working group to study the impact of the Supreme Court verdict into the 2013 Indian Premier League (IPL) corruption scandal, stating there is an “urgent need” to address the issue in order to “uphold the paramountcy” of the sport in the country.

World Rugby has called for urgent talks with the local organising committee for the 2019 Rugby World Cup after Japan’s Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, today (Friday) announced that the main venue for the tournament will not be completed in time.

Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has today (Friday) ordered a complete review of plans for Tokyo’s National Stadium project in a major about-turn on the development which is set to see it shelved as the main venue for the 2019 Rugby World Cup.

A senior Chinese sports official was today (Thursday) fired from his government position amid a corruption investigation, with little over a fortnight remaining before the International Olympic Committee (IOC) decides whether Beijing will host the 2022 winter Olympics.

The wrangling over the controversial design of the new stadium that will act as the centrepiece of Tokyo’s 2020 Olympic Games continued today (Thursday) as the architect who oversaw the selection of plans for the venue was forced to defend the vision behind it.

A panel established by India’s Supreme Court has today (Tuesday) recommended the suspension of leading Indian Premier League (IPL) franchises Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals for a period of two years, in the wake of the spot-fixing scandal that hit the 2013 edition of the Twenty20 cricket competition.