Asia

The International Cycling Union (UCI) has announced that it is scrapping the Tour of Beijing event from its WorldTour road racing calendar, with the fourth and final edition to take place next month.

Australia has stated its interest in competing in future editions of the Asian Games after the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) agreed to allow Oceania nations to join its multi-sport events.

Consumer electronics company Micromax has been unveiled as the owner of India’s International Premier Tennis League (IPTL) franchise.

Asian Games stakeholders have rejected fears that Indonesia will not have enough time to prepare for the next edition of the multi-sport event in 2018, after the country was confirmed as the new host on Saturday.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC), the Korean government and the PyeongChang winter Olympics organising committee will work together more closely to ensure the success of the 2018 Games, according to the global governing body.

Jakarta in Indonesia is set to be named as the host of the next edition of the Asian Games in 2018 after Hanoi in Vietnam withdrew from the race to host the multi-sport event due to financial concerns.

The International Boxing Association (Aiba) has recognised a newly-elected national association in India.

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations Football Federation’s (AFF) proposed Asean Super League club competition could launch in 2016 if new proposals for the troubled project outlined at the Football Association of Singapore’s (FAS) annual general meeting get the go-ahead.

The DoIt Sports Management company has acquired the Hockey India League’s (HIL) Mumbai franchise ahead of the third season of the competition.

The International Basketball Federation (Fiba) has set a deadline of the end of October for Japan to resolve the dispute between its two competing basketball leagues, but insists the national team’s place at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games is not under threat.

The Women’s Tennis Association has appointed sports marketing agency Fast Track to help drive interest in its season-ending event in Singapore, following the WTA Finals’ move from the Turkish city of Istanbul.

The Professional Squash Association (PSA) has introduced a new tournament tier to its calendar, while it has been announced that India will stage its first professional squash circuit next month.

Golf’s European Tour has announced a revamp of the season finale to its second tier Challenge Tour, rebranding it as the ‘Final Swing’.

Sports management company Nimbus Sport has extended its partnership with the Indian Golf Union (IGU) to manage and promote the Indian Open from 2015 to 2017, ahead of the tournament’s debut on the European Tour calendar.

China has become the first country to formally announce its contribution to a government equivalent fund in support of a joint anti-doping research initiative by the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) and the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).

The Philippines will bid to host the 2019 edition of the Fiba Basketball World Cup, according to Manny Pangilinan, president of the sport’s governing body in the country.