Malaysia

Tobacco brand, British American Tobacco (BAT) has fallen foul of a number of top football stars after being accused of exploiting image rights illegally.

Tobacco brand, British American Tobacco (BAT) has fallen foul of a number of top football stars after being accused of exploiting image rights illegally.

English soccer club Manchester United has announced a marketing strategy to launch a chain of 90 branded cafes and restaurants in Asia.

Management company the World Famous Group has brokered the deal to take English Premier League soccer club Chelsea to China and Malaysia this summer, for a ten-day pre-season tour.

The World Wrestling Federation has hailed its first tour of Asia a big success after generating more than $2.6million (EUR2.95m) in ticket and merchandising revenues.

A consortium which has bought assets of the defunct Prost team will not be allowed to race at this Sunday's Malaysian Grand Prix or any Formula One race this year.

Asian soccer promoter ProEvents has signed a number of key deals as it looks to strengthen its position in the region.

Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone has told the purchaser of the failed Prost team's assets to forget about joining the championship soon.

Formula One could have 12 teams by April, following the sale of the failed Prost Grand Prix concern to mystery buyers backed by Arrows boss Tom Walkinshaw.

Applications to stage the 11th men's hockey World Cup have been received from six countries, International Hockey Federation (FIH) president Els van Breda Vriesman said yesterday

The 10th FIH Hockey World Cup takes place in Kuala Lumpur, the deadline looms for bids to host the 2005 IAAF World Championships and Euro 2008 and the US Formula One radio network launches ahead of the season opener at Melbourne on March 3rd.

India's state-owned Doordarshan television network has won exclusive rights to broadcast within the country the hockey World Cup starting in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday with a bid exceeding $1m.

Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad, owner of the Malaysian Grand Prix circuit, has confirmed that the country's state-owned oil corporation has dropped its plans to buy the circuit.

Organisers of the Malaysian Formula One Grand Prix are to aggressively promote the event to surrounding countries in a bid to boost the track-side attendance figures.

World Wrestling Federation Entertainment (WWFE) will be staging a series of international live event tours in Asia, Europe and Australia in 2002, starting with a three-city tour through Asia in March.

Malaysian state oil firm Petronas is in talks to buy Sepang Formula One circuit, the track owner has confirmed.