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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.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has issued an ultimatum of legal action in its battle to win compensation from the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) following West Indies’ aborted tour of India last year.

The World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) and the World Confederation of Billiard Sports (WCBS) are targeting a place on the programme for the 2020 summer Olympic Games, the World Snooker governing body has announced.

The Japanese leg of the World Touring Car Championship (WTCC) is set to switch from Suzuka to Motegi after a new race deal was signed that will take effect from the forthcoming 2015 season.

Indian and world cricket supremo N Srinivasan will be forced to choose between his role at the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and his ownership of the Chennai Super Kings Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise after the country’s Supreme Court ruled on the controversy surrounding the 2013 edition of the Twenty20 competition.

Chinese conglomerate Dalian Wanda has completed its deal to acquire a 20 per cent stake in Atletico Madrid, with chairman Wang Jianlin stating the €45m ($55.8m) investment in the Spanish Liga champion bolsters the firm's efforts to build its presence in the entertainment sector.

The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) has announced new events in North Korea and Bulgaria for its 2015 World Tour, with a record prize fund of $3m (€2.4m) being supplied across the 23 dates.

Organisers of the PyeongChang 2018 winter Olympic Games have vowed to step up their preparations for the sporting spectacle after admitting to a number of “difficulties” posed by funding issues and construction delays.

Beijing’s bid committee for the 2022 winter Olympic Games has moved to allay fears that the Chinese capital’s competition venues will not have sufficient mountain snow levels to host the multi-sport event.

The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) has announced a partnership with Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) granting Japan co-hosting rights to its new Premier 12 national team competition.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has said the venue master plan for the PyeongChang 2018 Games has been finalised, putting an end to speculation that hosting rights to the next edition of the winter Olympics could be shared throughout South Korea, or even outside the country.

A panel has been established to determine possible additional sporting events to be added to the programme for the Tokyo 2020 winter Games.

Organisers of the 2018 winter Olympic Games in PyeongChang have hit out at fresh claims linking the South Korean resort to possible event-sharing with other cities in the country.

The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has confirmed the division of its south and central zone at its Extraordinary Congress in Melbourne, while the statute reserving a vice-president’s role exclusively for women has been scrapped.

World Karate Federation (WKF) president Antonio Espinos has met with organisers of Tokyo’s 2020 summer Olympic Games in order to make a case for the sport’s inclusion at the event.