Asia

The Billiards and Snooker Federation of India (BSFI) has unveiled an eight-team tournament based on the successful franchise model established in the country by cricket’s Indian Premier League (IPL).

The PyeongChang 2018 Organising Committee (POCOG) has moved to address concerns over the scheduling of test events for the winter Olympic Games by forming an organisation dedicated solely to this task.

The Chinese government has today (Monday) unveiled a 10-year plan to overhaul football in the country which includes spinning off the Chinese Football Association (CFA) as a separate entity from the state sports regulator.

North American ice hockey league the NHL has denied a claim by an official from Chinese state broadcaster CCTV that it has pledged to send its players to the 2022 winter Olympics if Beijing is successful in its bid to host the Games.

Bokwang Phoenix Park has been confirmed as the host venue for the snowboarding and freestyle skiing competitions at the 2018 winter Olympic Games in PyeongChang, South Korea.

Spanish Liga football club Barcelona has entered into a strategic relationship with IMG for the agency to exclusively represent its commercial interests in mainland China.

The English Premier League has announced its biennial pre-season football tournament, the Asia Trophy, will take place in Singapore for the first time later this year.

The International Boxing Federation (IBF) has pledged to bring professional boxing to mainland China for the first time later this month.

Organisers of the International Champions Cup have announced that this year’s edition of the pre-season football tournament will expand into China, having confirmed in November that the 2015 competition will also include an event in Australia.

Cho Yang-ho, the head of the organising committee for the 2018 PyeongChang winter Olympic Games, has rubbished suggestions that hosting duties could be shared with another city in South Korea or abroad.

The Indonesian National Sports Committee (KONI) has been ordered to drop the use of the Olympic rings in its logo, amid a dispute that called into question the country’s hosting rights to the 2018 Asian Games multi-sport event.

Construction of a new stadium that will serve as the centrepiece of Tokyo’s staging of the 2020 summer Olympic Games will begin in October, after the venue’s management group confirmed that demolition of the existing facility on the site will be completed by September.

Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa is set to retain his position as the head of Asian football after the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) today (Wednesday) confirmed he will stand unopposed for re-election as president of the continental governing body.

World Rally Championship organiser WRC Promoter has targeted a return to China and Japan as a priority for the motor racing series.

City Football Group, the global football organisation which operates current English Premier League champion Manchester City has formally launched operations in Japan.

The Japanese Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Ministry is reportedly considering a bid to stage the 2020 World Mind Sports Games (WMSG) alongside the summer Olympic and Paralympic Games of the same year.