South-East Asia

Asian pay-TV platform ESPN STAR Sports (ESS) has signed up Toshiba and Carlsberg Asia as broadcast sponsors for coverage of English Premier League soccer.

Samsung, the Korean technology company, has renewed it sponsorship of the screenings of TWI's in-flight screenings of Trans World Sport for the next three years for an undisclosed sum.

The manhood of Australia's world champion rugby league players has been questioned by fans after the Kangaroos pulled out of a tour of Britain because of security fears over the military strikes against Afghanistan.

World Wrestling Federation Entertainment has signed a series of agreements delivering more than 2,200 hours of WWFE programming across three continents.

Thailand’s United Broadcasting Corporation Plc (UBC) has struck a three-year deal with ESPN Star, for coverage of the UK soccer Premier League.

The world's tallest buildings will play host to at least 40 daredevil skydivers from the United States, Europe and the Middle East in the first international base jumping tournament, Malaysian organisers said on Monday

Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) allegedly stopped its only competitor from full coverage of a Manchester United soccer event it had sponsored.

FIFA President Sepp Blatter has stated that the fallout from the collapse of ISL, FIFA's marketing partner for more than 20 years, was not as bad as was perceived. Speaking at a news conference during a visit to Vietnam on Sunday, Blatter stated that there were no dangers to the staging of the 2002 World Cup finals in Japan and South Korea.

Singapore’s S-League football club Woodlands Wellington, without a sponsor at the beginning of this season, has secured its second sponsor in two months.

Asian sports broadcasting network ESPN Star Sports has renewed a deal for carriage of its channels on pay-TV operator Singapore Cable Vision (SCV) for a further five years.

The usually plentiful stocks of counterfeit shirts of English soccer club Manchester United are running low in Thailand, where thousands of fans are eagerly awaiting the English champions' arrival on Friday.

The organisers of the 21st South East Asia Games received a $4 million boost on Thursday when four major sponsors signed on.

Organisers of Silverstone’s Formula One British Grand Prix today promised to sweep away the muddy car parks and produce a world-class circuit by 2003.

Singapore is struggling to keep prestigious sporting events because sponsors say the island cannot give them a good return on their investment.

The Malaysian Hockey Federation (MHF) has appointed Total Sports Asia as the exclusive marketing agent for the upcoming World Cup of Hockey 2002 in Malaysia.

Malaysia has ruled out the idea of a night Grand Prix at its Sepang circuit, deeming it too dangerous.