South-East Asia

Basketball
Media

The National Basketball Association announced on Tuesday that selected 2019-20 regular-season games will be live streamed in the Philippines for free on social media platforms Facebook and Twitter.
Basketball
Media

The Philippines Basketball Association is set to announce a deal with the Hunan World Research Internet Co. Ltd (HWRICL) to air league games live and exclusively on television in China
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

Vietnam battery brand Pinaco has signed an agreement with the Philippine Southeast Asian Games Organising Commitee to take a platinum-level sponsorship for the upcoming SEA Games and Asean Para Games
Hockey
Events

The International Hockey Federation (FIH) has received new and amended bids for the next editions of its men’s and women’s World Cups after electing to reopen the process.
Motorsport
Events

The organisers of the upcoming Vietnam Grand Prix will spend $475m to join the F1 lineup in Southeast Asia, according to research by Formula Money. SportBusiness takes a closer look at the economics.
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…
Governance

The National Olympic Committee of Thailand, Sports Authority of Thailand, Qatar Olympic Committee and Aspire Academy signed a memorandum of understanding on Tuesday for joint work on sports initiatives
Motorsport
Sponsorship & Marketing

VinFast, Vietnam’s largest car manufacturer, has agreed a deal to title sponsor the country’s new race on the Formula One calendar.
Mixed Martial Arts
Events

Three Burmese businessmen and a former One Championship employee are trying to bring MMA's best-kept secret to the world, with a modernised twist. SportBusiness' Callum McCarthy finds out more.
Governance

The Malaysian federal government is allocating RM671m ($147m) for sports development in 2020, according to finance minister Lim Guan Eng
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
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

Spanish LaLiga club Barcelona has struck a three-year regional partnership with Sebang Global Battery, a Korean manufacturer of car batteries
Football
Governance

Fifa has fined the Hong Kong Football Federation $15,087 and the Football Association of Indonesia (PSSI) $45,000 (€41,000) after crowd incidents at recent 2022 World Cup qualifying home games.
Football
Media

The Thai football league is aiming to be “the centre of football in Southeast Asia”, Football Association of Thailand president Somyot Poompanmoung told SportBusiness yesterday, as the organisation pre…
Events

The upcoming Southeast Asian Games held in the Philippines will consist of 529 events in 56 sports, the most ever held for the biennial event
Motorsport
Events

Thailand is poised to extend their MotoGP agreement with a five-year deal with the series' commercial rights-holder, Dorna Sports
Football
Governance

The Asian Football Confederation has confirmed the switch of the upcoming 2022 Fifa World Cup qualifying game between Indonesia and Vietnam from Jakarta to Bali amid fears over crowd trouble