Singapore

Football
Media

Sports data company Genius Sports says a new data partnership with the Football Association of Singapore will underpin a "digital transformation drive" at the sports body
Mixed Martial Arts
Other

China has forfeited its away Davis Cup tennis match against Romania next month as its team cannot travel due to the coronavirus epidemic. The match was scheduled for March 6-7
Cricket
Media

Pay-television broadcaster beIN has agreed a one-season deal to broadcast cricket’s Pakistan Super League in Australia and across various Asia countries and territories.
Football
Finance & Law

Singapore technology firm Sea, formerly known as Garena, has bought Singapore Premier League club Home United
Rugby Union
Events

SportAccord on Thursday confirmed that this year’s World Sport & Business Summit will not take place in Beijing due to the Novel Coronavirus outbreak in China, while Tokyo 2020 has reiterated that this s…
Tennis
Media

Singapore telecoms operator StarHub has bolstered its tennis offering by reaching an agreement to launch the beIN Sports 2 channel via its StarHub Entertainment service
Golf
Sponsorship & Marketing

Korean finance firm Hana Financial Group is title sponsoring a new women’s golf tournament in Singapore this year, as part of an ambitious wider plan to create an Asian women’s series and ranking.
Football
Events

The organisers of the new Asean Club Championship football tournament are preparing to launch this year without the participation of Malaysian clubs
Football
Media

Pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports has finalised a deal for media rights for Major League Soccer in 11 markets in the Asia-Pacific region
Esports
Esports

Games publisher Riot Games and agency Redd+E have agreed a deal to distribute media rights for the inaugural 2020 Pacific Championship Series in Southeast Asia, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau.
Esports
Esports

The Global Esports Federation (GEF), a new world federation for esports backed by Chinese technology company Tencent, was launched yesterday in Singapore
Industry Moves

The Singapore Hub Private Limited, the consortium that manages the Singapore Sports Hub stadium and sports facility, has appointed former Singapore Tourism Board head Lionel Yeo as chief executive
Football
Business

The Bundesliga’s head of APAC Kevin Sim is deep in talks with potential media-rights partners for the cycle from 2020-21. Kevin McCullagh talks to him about his expectations for the market.
Sponsorship & Marketing

Sport climbing’s 22 Asian federations are waiting for the big bucks to roll in after the sport gained Olympic recognition with a spot at the upcoming 2020 Tokyo Olympics. SportBusiness takes a closer look at sport climbing’s sponsorship situation.
Football
Media

Football’s English Premier League has claimed a win against the piracy of its content after an electronics retailer in Singapore was convicted of selling illegal streaming devices (ISDs).
Basketball
Media

Singapore telco Starhub has acquired rights to broadcast seven regular-season National Basketball Association games per week in a multi-year deal starting with the 2019-20 season, which tips off October…
Events

Lu Yiwen, the deputy director of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region's (GZAR) sports bureau, said on Wednesday that Guangxi plans for more joint sports events with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations…
Football
Events

Thailand will lead a joint bid with four other Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) countries for the 2034 Fifa World Cup, it has reportedly been agreed