Asia

Manor Grand Prix Racing’s hopes of returning to the Formula One grid have been boosted by the news that its creditors have approved taking the company out of administration and transferring it back to directors.

Indian telecommunications group Reliance Communications has agreed a partnership with social networking platform Twitter for the on-going 2015 Cricket World Cup.

India Cements, owner of the Chennai Super Kings, has approved the transfer of ownership rights to the leading Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise to a newly formed subsidiary as Indian and world cricket supremo N Srinivasan continues to weigh up his involvement in the team.

Indonesian Olympic Committee (KOI) chairwoman Rita Subowo has warned the country faces being stripped of its right to host the 2018 Asian Games amid a dispute over a logo that includes the Olympic rings.

The International Surfing Association (ISA) has boosted the sport’s case for Olympic and Paralympic inclusion by introducing its first World Adaptive Championship.

Organisers of the PyeongChang 2018 winter Olympic Games have insisted that preparations for test events due to be staged next year are on track, despite International Ski Federation (FIS) president Gian-Franco Kasper having voiced his concerns over the current situation.

A combined European baseball team will be fielded for the first time to take on world No.1 Japan in a new competition formed by the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC).

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has said the decision on which new sports are to be added to the Tokyo 2020 programme will be delayed a year until August 2016 in the “interest of transparency.”

The Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) is to stage events in Japan and Belgium for the first time in a move that marks the latest stage of the organisation’s global expansion plans.

International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach has reiterated that the 2022 Fifa World Cup should not be moved to clash with the winter Olympic Games, stating such a decision would result in a “lose-lose situation.”

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has announced the addition of a further six sports to the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics programme, with taekwondo set to feature at the Games for the first time.

Japanese automotive giant Toyota is poised to return to the World Rally Championship (WRC) for the first time in over a decade after confirming it will enter the motorsport series in 2017 with a car developed and built entirely at its Cologne technical centre.

Ireland and Afghanistan have been grouped with the International Cricket Council’s full member countries, allowing them the opportunity to qualify directly for the 2019 Cricket World Cup one-day international (ODI) tournament.

The Singapore Open golf tournament will return to the calendar in 2016 following an absence of just over three years.

The Los Angeles Dodgers MLB baseball franchise has reportedly entered into discussions with South Korean investors over the potential sale of a minority ownership share in the team.

The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) has announced that Taipei City and Taichung will act as Taiwan’s host cities for the inaugural edition of the Premier 12 World Baseball Championship, which will be staged from November 8-21.