Asia

Tennis

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?

Para Sport
Events

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
Events

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

Hockey

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.

Rugby Union

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
Events

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.

Rugby Union

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.

Cricket

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.

Para Sport
Events

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

Cricket

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.

Golf
Events

Golf’s European Tour has confirmed a co-sanctioned event with the Asian Tour in Thailand as one of the new tournaments on its 2015 international schedule.
Business

The Chinese government has unveiled plans to develop the country’s sports industry and increase the sector’s annual output to 5tn yuan (€648bn/$813bn) by the year 2025, according to state news agency Xinhua.

Golf
Events

Golf’s Asian Tour is set to add a third new tournament to its calendar for 2015 with an event in Thailand co-sanctioned by the European Tour slated for February.

Basketball

The National Basketball Association (NBA) has signed a groundbreaking multi-year partnership with the Ministry of Education of China to further aid the development of the sport in the country.

Cricket

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is considering pursuing damages worth in the region of $65m (€51.6m) from the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) after a dispute between the latter governing body and the West Indies team forced a premature end to its international series in India.

Cricket

The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has denied that it is to cancel the remainder of its ongoing tour in India due to a pay dispute between the national body and the West Indies Players Association (WIPA).
Events

New Delhi in India will host the 2015 Para Open Games, a major new multi-sport Paralympic event.
Events

Engineering design firm AECOM has been appointed as advisor to the Tokyo Metropolitan Government and the Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games for the development of venues and infrastructure for the 2020 event.