South-East Asia
THAI SOCCER SQUAD GIVEN CASH INCENTIVE FOR WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS
Players in Thailand's national soccer team will earn $44,000 (?50,000) between them for each away game they win during the second phase of Asia's World Cup qualifying tournament.
BRUNEI UNDER SPOTLIGHT AS SEA GAMES HOST
The 20th Southeast Asian games begin on Saturday with attention focused as much on the tiny sultanate of Brunei as the actual competition itself.
CAMBODIA APPROVES STADIUM BUILD
A new downtown stadium renovation scheme is underway in an unlikely location - Cambodia?s capital city, Phnom Penh.
ASIAN FINANCIAL CRISIS HITS S’PORE LEAGUE
Asia's economic crisis has begun to bite into Singapore's professional soccer league, with players being forced to take a pay cut, a source close to the island state's national team has said.
BMCMEDIA SIGN SOCCERNET WEB MARKETING DEAL
BMCMedia has been appointed by the Walt Disney Internet Group to represent football web site Soccernet, in all major markets in the Asia Pacific region, including Australia, Singapore, Japan, Hong Kong, Peoples Republic of China, India, Malaysia, Taiwan, Indonesia and New Zealand.
MALAYSIA WANTS 2006 ASIAN GAMES
Malaysia, despite an economic crisis back home, wants tothe 2006 Asian Games and have appealed to other nations not to bid, saying itwould be a waste of money.
MAHATHIR HITS OUT AT UNFRIENDLY INTERNATIONAL SPORTS MEDIA
Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has hit out on at
MALAYSIA CONFIRMS BID FOR 2008 GAMES, SAYS IOC
Malaysia has confirmed it will be bidding to host the 2008 Olympic Games.
GOLF-WORLD CUP FUTURE STATUS UNCLEAR
Two years after announcing that the World Cup of golf would become the fourth World Championships event in 2000, U.S. PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem admitted recently that it was unlikely to happen.
TYSON SETS UP KUALA LUMPUR SHOWDOWN
Former world heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson has verbally agreed to fight Nigerian David Izon in Kuala Lumpur in June, according to fight promoters.
ASIA CHIEFS URGE RE-THINK ON INDIA TOUR OF PAKISTAN
Cricket chiefs of three Asian nations have sought a meeting with the Indian government to request reversing its decision to cancel a tour of Pakistan.
TEN CITIES MOVE TO HOST 2008 OLYMPICS
All ten cities hoping to stage the 2008 summer Olympics met yesterday?s deadline for replying to an international Olympic Committee questionnaire.
FIFA CONGRESS MOST IMPORTANT FOR 24 YEARS
A bruising three-month battle for the FIFA presidency reaches a climax on Monday when Sepp Blatter and Lennart Johansson contest the biggest job in soccer.
ESPN APPOINTS THREE NEW EXECUTIVES
ESPN Star Sports has made three new appointments to its team.
SINGAPORE SET FOR SPORT MARKET EXPLOSION SAYS REPORT
Singapore's multi-million dollar sports industry can double its market value to S$1.4 billion by 2010 according to a recent report.
ESPN STAR SPORTS APPOINTS NEW TOP MAN
EPSN Star Sports has appointed Mike Kerr to the newly created position of senior manager, integrated sales.
BANGKOK TO DECIDE ON MUANG THONG THANI COMPLEX
The Bangkok Asian Games Organising Committee will decide tomorrow whether it will use the Muang Thong Thani sports complex of Bangkok Land Plc as a venue for the 13th Asian Games this December.
ASIAN GAMES TURNS BLIND EYE TO BEER BAN CALL
Asian Games officials have turned a blind eye to a reported call by Thai police for alcohol to be banned at sports venues after fans threw bottles onto the pitch during a preliminary soccer match.