Hong Kong

Multiple Sports
Media

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam has stressed that the government would not rule out the possibility of bidding for the broadcast rights to more major sporting events after it picked up rights to the Tokyo …
Rugby Union
Events

The Hong Kong Rugby Union has cancelled its flagship rugby sevens tournament for the second year in a row due to the ongoing complications of Covid-19 and subsequent global travel restrictions
Football
Media

Lega Serie A has accepted offers for rights to Italian football’s Coppa Italia and Supercoppa from 2021-22 to 2023-24 in four European countries, along with Australia, Hong Kong, Mongolia, Vietnam and s…
Football
Media

Pay-television broadcaster beIN Media Group has followed up its recent Uefa club competitions renewal in the Middle East and North Africa with a seven-territory deal across Southeast Asia, including Thailand
Football
Media

Media company the Nordic Entertainment Group (Nent Group) has secured exclusive media rights to broadcast the 2021 and 2024 editions of the Copa América in multiple countries through its Viaplay subscription …
Football
Media

Television coverage of Uefa club competitions in Hong Kong in the next rights cycle will be carried by pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports and telco PCCW
Equestrian
Media

Pay-television broadcaster beIN Media Group has acquired rights to broadcast a monthly polo series in a deal with the United States Polo Association
Cycling
Events

Hong Kong is welcoming its first major international sporting event in more than a year this week as its hosts the 2021 Tissot Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) Track Cycling Nations Cup
Multi-sport
Media

The Hong Kong government has acquired the broadcast rights to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games and will allow five local broadcasters to air the rescheduled Games
Football
Events

The pandemic continues to disrupt Asian national team and club football schedules, as North Korea pulled out of 2022 Fifa World Cup qualifying and AFC Cup East Zone matches were postponed by several weeks
Events

Hong Kong Rugby Union chief executive Robbie McRobbie is confident that the 2021 edition of the Hong Kong Sevens rugby tournament will go ahead with full-capacity crowds, despite uncertainty around the…
Football
Media

The Team Marketing agency has initiated the sales processes in China for broadcast rights to Uefa club competitions from 2021-22 to 2023-24
Cricket
Events

International cricket is set to return to Hong Kong in 2022 with FairBreak’s Invitational Women’s Twenty20 event.
Equestrian
Media

Pay-television broadcaster beIN Media Group has acquired rights to broadcast highlights of the 2021 Polo Rider Cup, a polo event to be held in Chantilly on the outskirts of Paris
Cycling
Events

The Hong Kong Cycling Association is pushing ahead with plans to host May’s UCI-sanctioned Nations Cup in the city, although lengthy quarantine measures could yet disrupt the competition.
American Football
Business

Chinese short-form video platform Kuaishou saw its shares almost triple in its Hong Kong stock market debut after a $5.4bn (€4.5bn) initial public offering.
Rugby Union
Events

The Hong Kong Rugby Union and World Rugby have rescheduled the 2021 Cathay Pacific HSBC Hong Kong Sevens from April 2-4 to November 5-7
Football
Media

The Premier League has launched the second phase of its anti-piracy fight in Hong Kong and Malaysia