Asia

Singapore has retained its co-hosting rights to the Asean Football Federation’s 2014 AFF Championship national team tournament after concerned organisers were placated regarding fears over the standard of the pitch at the new National Stadium.

Jerome Valcke, secretary general of football’s global governing body Fifa, has responded to the furore surrounding the use of artificial surfaces for the 2015 Women’s World Cup by stating the men’s edition could be played on such pitches “sooner rather than later,” while France and Korea have submitted bid documents for the 2019 edition of the women’s showpiece.

The Seven46 campaign and content agency has moved to strengthen its position in the Japanese market by opening a new office in Tokyo.

PyeongChang 2018 has said all six of its new competition venues for the winter Olympic Games are on course to stage test events on schedule after construction began on the final facility.

Will the already-maligned world of football transfers turn even murkier when FIFA scraps the official football agent’s licence next spring?

Antonio Zea, director for global football innovation at adidas, writes exclusively for SportBusiness International about being at the forefront of football’s technological revolution.

The long-awaited International Premier Tennis League, the latest franchise-based sports competition inspired by the successes of cricket’s Indian Premier League, begins this month. Star players are signed up, but with radio silence from its organisers, a similar competition launching at the same time and tickets still not on sale in one of the host countries, could it be doomed for failure?

The Japanese government has unveiled plans to create a new ministerial post dedicated to overseeing preparations for the Tokyo 2020 summer Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Cycling’s WorldTour will no longer end in Beijing, but Brian Cookson believes a presence in China will continue regardless. Elisha Chauhan reports.

India cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has agreed a deal to become a co-owner of the new Ranchi franchise in the Hockey India League.

Japan is set to host Super Rugby’s 18th team when the pan-regional club competition expands in 2016 after organiser Sanzar confirmed today (Friday) that the Japan Rugby Football Union (JRFU) had edged out a rival bid from Singapore.

Golf’s European Tour has announced that its 2015 schedule will include a new event in Shenzhen that has been designed to promote the Chinese city to a global audience.

Tokyo 2020 president Yoshiro Mori has expressed his concern that delays in the demolition of the city’s National Stadium will affect preparations for the Olympic Games, along with Japan’s hosting of the 2019 Rugby World Cup.

The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has asked for the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to enter into talks after the latter threatened legal action in the wake of West Indies’ withdrawal from its series in India.

Indonesia has been named as the host for the 2018 Asian Para Games by the Asian Paralympic Committee (APC).

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has suspended bilateral tours to the West Indies following the collapse of the series between the two teams last week.