Asia

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.

Almaty and Beijing today (Tuesday) submitted their candidature files for the hosting rights to the 2022 winter Olympic Games, with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) stating work will continue to reflect the reforms implemented by ‘Agenda 2020’ in their respective masterplans.

Organisers of the 2018 winter Olympic Games in PyeongChang have rejected suggestions by the Governor of Gangwon province, Choi Moon-soon, that the South Korean resort could co-host certain events with neighbouring North Korea.

International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) president Rene Fasel has stated Beijing is the favourite to win the race for the 2022 winter Olympic Games.

The Korean Grand Prix has been dropped from the calendar for Formula One’s 2015 season, but intrigue remains around the campaign’s final make-up with motorsport’s global governing body, the FIA, stating that the calendar will retain a record 21 races.

A little over 12 months ago, a new short-form video platform was launched in China in an attempt to change how the country’s sports fans use social media. Owen Evans looks at what happened next.

The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) has appointed Ken Berger as its new executive vice-president and general manager of Asia as part of a move to drive the mixed martial arts (MMA) organisation’s development in the region.

Asian Tour chief executive Mike Kerr believes golf on the continent is experiencing an upward swing after the first half of his organisation’s 2015 calendar confirmed new tournaments in Thailand, Mauritius and Malaysia.

The International Sailing Federation (ISAF) has completed its event line-up for the 2015 Sailing World Cup after renewing Qingdao, China as a host venue for two more years.

PyeongChang 2018 organisers have signed off on an 85.9bn won (€62.9m/$78.1m) plan to address one of the key venue concerns for South Korea’s staging of the winter Olympic Games, while another senior political figure has rejected the idea of the country sharing hosting rights to the event.

Organisers of golf’s Royal Trophy have “postponed” the 2014 edition of the Europe versus Asia team event, just days before it was scheduled to tee off in China.

South Korean President Park Geun-hye has slammed suggestions that PyeongChang should seek to share its hosting rights for the 2018 winter Olympics, stating such talk is “meaningless”.

The list of applicant venues seeking to be part of Japan’s staging of the 2019 Rugby World Cup has increased to 15, with Yokohama added to the list despite missing the initial bid deadline.

The PyeongChang organising committee for the 2018 winter Olympics (Pocog) has played down speculation that Games competitions could be moved out of the South Korean city.

The Hong Kong Cycling Association (HKCA) has called for commercial support in its efforts to land a round of the Track Cycling World Cup, adding that it is the only city to have so far expressed an interest in the 2015-16 series.