South-East Asia

Yao Ming, the Houston Rockets' Chinese basketball star, has signed his first individual sponsorship deal as an NBA player.

Singapore has withdrawn its bid to host the 2010 Commonwealth Games.

IEC in Sports has signed a deal to represent the TV rights to badminton's IBF World Grand Prix event, the China Open.

Istanbul has been awarded a Formula One race in 2005 according to Turkey's motor sports federation.

The NBA has confirmed it has renewed a string of international television agreements with a number of long-time partners.

Ex-world champion Jahangir Khan has been elected president of the World Squash Federation (WSF).

Italian Serie A team AC Parma says visits to its official website have more than trebled since management of the site was taken over by MP Web - the new media arm of marketing company Media Partners.

Bahrain is set to join China as a new venue for Formula One in 2004 after it was confirmed it has joined forces with Malaysia to build a new motorsport circuit.

World Wrestling Entertainment has extended its TV representation partnership with Total Sports Asia Ltd (TSA) to include consumer product licensing, home video/DVD, publications and sponsorships across Asia.

The Singapore golf Open tournament, which has been staged every year since 1961, has been cancelled because its organisers have failed to raise enough money from sponsors.

Formula One and football have been temporarily exempted from the Malaysian government's ban on tobacco advertising and sponsorship.

Sponsorship consultancy Redmandarin has recruited Visa executive Adrian New to head up its new Asian office.

The FIFA Executive Committee has two new members for the 2002-2004 period, following the confederation congresses in Oceania and Asia.

Members of the Baseball Union meet in Chicago for further last ditch talks to try to avoid strike action, the Asian Football Confederation Congress takes place in Kuala Lumpur and the Barclaycard Premiership soccer season kicks off in the UK.

Members of the Baseball Union meet in Chicago for further last ditch talks to try to avoid strike action, the Asian Football Confederation Congress takes place in Kuala Lumpur and the Barclaycard Premiership soccer season kicks off in the UK.

Research into World Cup 2002 viewing figures has revealed that more soccer fans watched the World Cup finals on TV in Thailand than co-host nation South Korea.