Asia

Association of Southeast Asian Nations Football Federation (AFF) general secretary Azzuddin Ahmad believes the launch of its Super League club competition could be delayed until 2016 due to “administrative issues”.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has said PyeongChang 2018 is on the “right track” in its preparations for the winter Olympic Games, adding that a breakthrough is expected in the troublesome field of domestic sponsorship.

Floorball has been confirmed as one of the 36 sports for the 2015 Southeast Asian Games in Singapore, but karate, weightlifting and wrestling have not been named on the list.

Officials from Indonesia and Chinese Taipei are discussing whether to assume the hosting rights to the 2019 Asian Games vacated by Vietnam, but Singapore has discounted making a bid.

The PyeongChang Organising Committee for the 2018 winter Olympic and Paralympic Games (POCOG) has appointed three vice-presidents as part of an organisational restructuring for its management of the event.

Vietnam’s Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has announced that the country is to withdraw from hosting the 2019 Asian Games, citing a lack of preparedness and concerns that the multi-sport event would not be financially viable.

The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has ratified plans to expand its flagship Asian Cup national team competition from 16 to 24 teams at its executive committee meeting in Kuala Lumpur.

India’s Supreme Court has rejected N. Srinivasan’s request for reinstatement as president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), revealing that the influential figure is one of 13 individuals named in a secret envelope submitted to it by the Justice Mudgal committee investigating alleged corruption in the Indian Premier League (IPL).

The much-hyped Indian Super League (ISL) took another major step towards its launch on Sunday as the likes of Spanish Liga club Atletico Madrid, cricket legends Sachin Tendulkar (pictured) and Sourav Ganguly and Bollywood stars were confirmed as owners of the eight teams that will compete in the new football competition.

Organisers of The Championship tournament have announced that the 2014 event is to take place at the Laguna National Golf and Country Club in Singapore, rather than its initial venue in Korea.

Generations For Peace volunteers in 15 countries led activities to demonstrate how sport can be used as a tool to bridge gender, religious and ethnic divides in their communities as part of Sunday’s first-ever International Day of Sport for Development and Peace (IDSDP).

John Coates, chairman of the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) Coordination Commission, has praised Tokyo’s early preparations for the 2020 summer Olympic Games.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has confirmed that the 2014 season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) will return to India on May 2, following the opening exchanges of the Twenty20 tournament in the United Arab Emirates.

International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach has announced the composition of the IOC commissions for 2014, with Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games figurehead Tsunekazu Takeda set to lead the high-profile marketing commission.

The OCA (Olympic Council of Asia) has stripped Sri Lanka of its right to host the 2017 Asian Youth Games, according to two senior officials.

The Malaysian government has committed to hosting the next two editions of the EurAsia Cup in 2016 and 2018, following the conclusion of the inaugural biennial golf tournament which took place in the country from March 27-29.