Asia

Basketball
Media

The National Basketball Association (NBA) is exploring the possibility of scheduling games in the early morning to hit primetime TV audiences in China.

Boxing
Business

The International Boxing Association (AIBA) has curtailed its official relationship with the Indian Amateur Boxing Federation and announced that it keen to find the “right people” to lead a new national governing body.

Hockey
Business

The Indian government has officially recognised Hockey India (HI) as the sole body responsible for the promotion of the sport in the country – a move that looks set to end years of instability in the governance of hockey in one of its key markets.

Football
Business

IMG-Reliance, commercial and marketing partner of the All India Football Federation (AIFF), has launched a tender process for acquisition of franchises for the delayed Indian Super League (ISL) project.

The Infront Sports & Media agency has appointed Winston Zheng as the new managing director of its Infront China arm.

Cricket

The Sri Lanka Premier League (SLPL) has been shelved for the second consecutive year after the Twenty20 cricket tournament failed to attract sufficient commercial interest.

Rugby Union
Events

International Rugby Board (IRB) chief executive Brett Gosper has called for greater promotion of rugby union in Japan as the country prepares to host the 2019 World Cup.

Rugby Union

Singapore Sports Hub has unveiled a host of local and international sporting events ahead of its grand opening in April, with a new club rugby union competition set to inaugurate the facility’s National Stadium.

Tennis
Events

The Progressive Sports and Entertainment Marketing agency has won a competitive pitch to deliver a consumer engagement activity for the Women’s Tennis Association.

PyeongChang 2018 has announced that the total cost of its staging of the winter Olympic Games is expected to be around $9bn (€6.6bn), expressing its hopes that the event will showcase a “truly developed” Korea 30 years on from Seoul’s hosting of the 1988 summer Games.
Events

Kevin Roberts (Editorial Director, SportBusiness Group) went to Ashgabat in Turkmenistan in November 2013 to find out why it is one of the new kids on the block.

Cricket

The first half of the Indian Premier League (IPL) Twenty20 cricket tournament will be staged outside India after the country’s government said that it cannot provide security for the event owing to a clash with the general election.

Cricket

Delhi Daredevils ownership group GMR Sports has warned Indian Premier League (IPL) franchises stand to lose around 40 per cent of their annual revenues if the Twenty20 cricket tournament is moved outside India, while Cricket South Africa has maintained it is yet to be contacted over potentially hosting the event.

Boxing

The International Boxing Association (AIBA) has appointed the Korean city of Jeju as the new host of the 2014 Women’s World Boxing Championships.

Baseball

The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) has announced that Chinese Taipei will host the inaugural U21 Baseball World Cup later this year.

Cricket

Indian Premier League (IPL) chairman Ranjib Biswal has admitted that the 2014 edition of the Twenty20 cricket competition could return to South Africa amid security concerns arising from a clash with the country’s general election.
Business

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has lifted its suspension of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) after the national body held elections for a new board on Sunday.

Cricket
Business

The Pakistan government has moved to dismiss the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and its chairman Zaka Ashraf, just weeks after he was reinstated to the position.