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Video roundtable – Why speed and tone of voice are critical to FIVB’s crisis communications
Fabio Azevedo, general director of the global governing body for volleyball, FIVB, and Jon Tibbs, chairman of sports communications company JTA, discuss the role of effective communications in maintaining …
Typhoon Kammuri forces cancellation, reschedule of SEA Games events
A powerful typhoon coming in from the Pacific Ocean has forced organisers to cancel or reschedule some Southeast Asian Games events, shortly before Filipino President Rodrigo Duterte and boxing star Manny…
SEA Games apologises for early logistical issues
The organising committee of the 2019 Southeast Asian Games in the Philippines issued an apology yesterday after logistical problems led to arriving athletes being stranded for hours at the airport and…
Philippines Senator slams “extravagant” SEA Games spending, $1m cauldron under spotlight
A ₱50m ($1m) cauldron commissioned for the Southeast Asian Games, which will be held in the Philippines next week, has sparked controversy over its cost.
Philippines police announce security measures for SEA Games
A week before the Philippines hosts the 30th Southeast Asian Games, National Police (PNP) officer-in-charge Lt. Gen
Tokyo 2020 unveils Aquatics Centre and Ariake Arena
The organisers of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games unveiled two major venues to the media yesterday, with both nearing completion eight months ahead of the Games.
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China criminalises doping-related activities
China's Supreme People's Court this week introduced criminal punishments for a range of sports doping-related activities, to take effect from January 1, 2020
Building work complete on Tokyo 2020 stadium
The Japan Sports Council has said work on Tokyo's National Stadium, set to be the centrepiece venue of the 2020 Summer Olympics, was completed last Thursday, with just final quality and safety checks to…
FISU elects Matytsin and Shen Zhen as chairman and vice-chairman
The International University Sports Federation re-elected Russia's Oleg Matytsin as president and elected China's Shen Zhen as vice-chairman, at its general assembly in Turin, Italy on Saturday
Indonesia gets China’s backing for 2032 Olympics bid
Indonesia's National Olympic Committee chief Raja Spata Oktohari said on Saturday that China will support an Indonesian bid to host the 2032 Olympics
Philippine Olympic Committee to host SEA NOC summit on women in sport
The Southeast Asian National Olympic Committees Women in Sports summit will be hosted by the Philippine Olympic Committee on November 27 and 28, right before the start of the Southeast Asian Games, which…
Dentsu reports further slide in Q3 growth, with APAC showing “no green shoots of recovery”
Global marketing services group Dentsu, the parent of Dentsu Aegis Network, reported a decline in organic growth of 1
CGF “cautiously optimistic” over talks with IOA on Birmingham boycott
Commonwealth Games Federation president Louise Martin will meet with his Indian Olympic Association counterpart Narinder Batra this week, and the CGF is "cautiously optimistic" that a boycott of the 2022…
Masa Takaya on Tokyo 2020’s messages of resilience, recovery and hope
In the first of a trio of interviews with the Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, Kevin McCullagh speaks to Masa Takaya, spokesperson and communications team leader, about what Tokyo 2020 wants to say to the world and how his team is delivering the message.
Over 1m Tokyo 2020 tickets on sale in final domestic lottery
The Tokyo 2020 Olympics organising committee has announced its second, and last, lottery to sell tickets to Japanese residents, amid reports of high demand.
Hosting the SEA Games: is the juice still worth the squeeze?
The Southeast Asian Games has grown to be unrecognisable from its first edition in Bangkok in 1959. Is it still relevant for the region, or has it been supplanted by its bigger brother, the Asian Games?
OCA regional forums in Bangkok to focus on Tokyo 2020
The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) will be holding two regional forums in Bangkok in November, focusing on next year's Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo