Hong Kong

The Hong Kong Jockey Club, which runs the territory's popular horseracing and lotteries, has blamed illegal and offshore gambling for this season's lower turnover.

The English Premier League is on the verge of completing a deal with Hong Kong-based telecom company Hutchinson 3G, which will allow subscribers to view video clips of soccer matches, reports the Financial Times newspaper.

The English Premier League has confirmed that it has signed a deal with Hong Kong-based telecom company Hutchinson3G for the rights to provide Premiership soccer content to mobile phones and wireless devices. Sport and Wireless: A new report from SportBusiness Group:

Tom.com, the media and advertising company controlled by Hong Kong businessman Li Ka-Shing, has won the broadcast and advertising rights to China’s national basketball league, adding to its portfolio of Chinese volleyball, table tennis, rowing and college soccer rights.

Asian broadcaster ESPN Star Sports and HK pay-TV operator Cable TV have reached an agreement for non-exclusive distribution of ESPN and Star Sports channels in Hong Kong.

China is considering rival bids by three of its largest cities - Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou - to host the 2008 Olympic Games, state media said on Monday.

Tom.com, the media and advertising company controlled by Hong Kong businessman Li Ka-Shing, has won the broadcast and advertising rights to China?s national basketball league, adding to its portfolio of Chinese volleyball, table tennis, rowing and college soccer rights.

China has sentenced an activist to two years in a labour camp for urging the International Olympic Committee to use Beijing's bid for the 2008 Games to press Chinese authorities to free jailed democracy activists.

Some 28 Chinese democracy activists have urged the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to press Beijing, which is bidding to host the 2008 Olympic Games, to free jailed dissidents.

Invest Hong Kong, the inward investment governement agency, is to sponsor one of the yachts in the BT Global Challenge.

India's federal cabinet has approved the staging of the 2006 Asian Games in New Delhi if the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) bid is successful.

Illegal gambling is siphoning an alarming amount of cash from Hong Kong horse racing, weakening the Jockey Club's grip on the sport, the club's chief executive has warned.

International rugby union officials have decided to expand the Pacific Rim championship from four to seven teams.

English soccer club Manchester United is on the brink of taking legal action against a Hong Kong restaurant that is using the club?s name without a licence.

China's banned Zhong Gong meditation group issued an appeal on Monday to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to press Beijing to release its jailed leaders, a Hong Kong`-based human rights group said.

Soccer-related sponsorship and merchandising revenues could generate up to $500m in Asia over the next five years, according to a Singapore-based sports marketing executive.