Asia

The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) have started talks over combining their FIFA World Cup qualifying slots to improve representation at the tournament.

The Japan Sport Council (JSC) has agreed to scale back the floor space of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Stadium by a quarter to 220,000 square metres.

The Korea Football Association (KFA) plans to reform its domestic game by creating a multiple-division system, as the organisation celebrates its 80th anniversary.

The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has partnered with Sportsradar to monitor betting practices on their tournaments to help prevent match-fixing.

The International Rugby Board (IRB) has welcomed the Persatuan Rugby Union Indonesia (PRUI) as a full-member union.

The ATP (Association of Tennis Professionals) board of directors have approved the relocation of the ATP World Tour 250 tournament from Bangkok to Shenzhen in China from next year onwards.

Newly-elected International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach has revealed that softball and baseball still have a chance of being included on the Olympic programme at the 2020 Tokyo Games.

The International Hockey Federation (FIH) has named both England and India as hosts of the Hockey World Cups in 2018.

The project director for the $3 billion Tokyo 2020 Olympic Stadium has warned critics of the danger of downscaling the venue to reduce costs.

The Chinese Olympic Committee (COC) has revealed that Beijing and northern Chinese city Zhangjiakou will launch a joint bid to host the 2022 winter Olympics.

Spanish La Liga giant Real Madrid has signed an agreement with the Chinese Ministry of Education to implement a project that seeks to introduce football classes in the country’s state schools.

Rakel Liew, a key figure in Singapore’s recent rise as a world sport events city has been appointed as major events manager at Auckland Tourism, Events and Economic Development (ATEED).

FIFA rights-holder Match Hospitality has appointed Venture Sports and Events as the exclusive sales agent in Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia for the sale of the official 2014 Brazil World Cup hospitality programme.

The PGA (Professional Golfers’ Association) Tour has launched a new tournament in China with 12 stops around the country beginning from next year.

Super Aguri has become the sixth team to enter the new FIA (International Motor Sport Federation) Formula E Championship.

World Snooker has revealed that the qualifying rounds of the 2014 China Open will be staged at the Capital Venue in Gloucester on February 17 -18.