Asia

Almaty in Kazakhstan and Beijing in China have integrated their bids for the 2022 winter Olympic Games into long-term development strategies for their cities, according to International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach.

Japan’s Sports Minister Hakubun Shimomura has given assurances that Tokyo’s new National Stadium will be completed in time to serve as the centrepiece of the 2020 summer Olympic Games.

World Bowling, the unified international body for ninepin and tenpin bowling, has submitted an application for the sport to be considered for inclusion in the programme for the Tokyo 2020 summer Olympic Games.

Brunei has given up its hosting rights for the 30th South East Asian (SEA) Games multi-sport event in 2019.

Australian motor racing series V8 Supercars is set to return to the Asian market after signing a four-year heads of agreement to stage a championship round on the streets of Kuala Lumpur.

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has nominated former Test captain Zaheer Abbas to take on the vacant post as president of the International Cricket Council (ICC), the sport’s global governing body.

Beijing 2022 has reiterated its commitment to an anti-discrimination pledge it signed concerning its bid to host the winter Olympic Games, but has denied any knowledge of a crackdown on an anti-discrimination group in China.

Najam Sethi has said he will not take up the position of International Cricket Council (ICC) president in a bid to allow the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to nominate an ex-cricketer for the role.

Vero Communications has been appointed by the International Sailing Federation (ISAF) to advise and support the governing body’s campaign to include disabled sailing in the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo, Japan.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has released the report by its Evaluation Commission into the bid cities for the 2022 winter Olympic Games, with Almaty and Beijing’s main concerns flagged up as being financial issues and the provision of suitable snow levels, respectively.

The Diet, Japan's parliament, has enacted a bill to create a ministerial post for affairs related to the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo.

Tokyo Governor Yoichi Masuzoe has continued on the offensive over the Japanese government’s new financial plans for the city’s National Stadium project, stating the Y50bn (€359.4m/$407.9m) bill the metropolitan government is being asked to foot is “out of order”.

The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) has delayed a decision over whether cricket will feature as part of the 2018 Asian Games multi-sport event in Jakarta.

The contest to host the 2022 winter Olympic Games may be a two-horse race, but promises to be one of the most fascinating ever. Kevin Roberts explains why, examining the background to the bidding battle and detailing each candidate through the eyes of its bid leader.

The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) has launched a process to find a new host for the 2017 edition of its Asian Youth Games after withdrawing the event from Sri Lanka due to ongoing problems regarding preparations in the country.

Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) president Dmitry Chernyshenko has said the pan-European ice hockey competition is in talks to add a Shanghai team and is targeting hosting a 2015-16 regular season game in China.