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New pan-regional club basketball competition the East Asia Super League will run a five-day competition in Japan next March as it prepares for its first full season in 2023-24

Formula 1 has today (Friday) announced that its Chinese Grand Prix will be missing from the race calendar for the fourth consecutive season

The Spanish Basketball Clubs Association (ACB) has agreed rights deals in China with online streaming platforms PP Sports and Bilibili for Liga ACB, the top tier of Spanish club basketball

The Royal Belgian Football Association (RBFA) has added Chinese bedding brand DeRucci International as a regional sponsor. The deal, which covers the China region, was brokered by the Sportfive agency

French Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain has signed a sponsorship deal with Chinese dairy brand Mengniu Group. The deal names Mengniu as an official regional partner of PSG in China

Chinese state broadcaster CCTV appears to have cut some images of fans not wearing masks from its television coverage of the Fifa World Cup, according to various reports

The long-awaited return of Formula 1 motor racing to China next year is set to be cancelled due to the country's ongoing Covid policies, the BBC has reported

Chinese manufacturer Yadea was announced as a regional supporter of the 2022 Fifa World Cup on the eve of the tournament's kick-off. Yadea makes electric vehicles including e-bikes and scooters

The Asian Football Confederation has announced a media rights agreement in China with Beijing Shinai Sports Media Technology (Shinai) following the termination of its deal with Super Sports Media

Football star Cristiano Ronaldo and the Chinese and Japanese football leagues announced new stages in digital collectibles projects this week amid growing uncertainty over the once-booming sector

The football federations of Belgium and Spain have agreed content partnerships with Chinese social media platform Xiaohongshu ahead of their appearances at the Fifa World Cup

Bangkok will host the Badminton World Tour Finals on December 7-11 after the season-ending event was moved from the Chinese city of Guangzhou

Dairy group Yili has been unveiled as a sponsor of the Chinese Volleyball Super League (CVL)

The Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) has signed Saudi Arabian energy company Aramco in a two-year sponsorship deal

The Asian Football Confederation has served notice to its media rights partner in China, Super Sports Media, that it intends to terminate their deal for the 2021-24 cycle due to unpaid fees

World Athletics has announced that its 2023 World Athletics Relays in Guangzhou will be postponed to 2025, the third major event it has had to reschedule this year due to the Covid-19 situation in China

China’s national sports agency, the General Administration of Sport (GAS), has announced ambitions to bid to host the Fifa Women’s World Cup in 2031, as part of a broader drive to develop the women’s game. C

Migu has announced an agreement with automated highlights company WSC Sports that will see the Israel-based company create content for the Chinese streaming platform and its social media channels