Covid-19
Seoul’s sports venues reopen to fans
Korean baseball, football and volleyball leagues are welcoming fans back to stadiums in Seoul this week as the government relaxes pandemic-related restrictions
Silver hopes for return to ‘normal’ for 2021-22 NBA season
Full arenas, high vaccination rate among players give commissioner reasons for optimism
Football match-fixing down in 2020 despite Covid risks, says Stats Perform report
Match fixing in professional football declined for the third consecutive year in 2020, despite the increased risks created by the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a new study carried out by Stats Perform…
F1 readies return to Australia, Canada, Japan and Singapore in record 23-race calendar
Formula 1 has spelled out plans to return to circuits it has been absent from for two years due to Covid-19 as part of a record 23-race calendar for 2022, but has confirmed that China will again be absent…
Australian Open, Hong Kong Open golf tournaments drop out
Professional golf in Asia-Pacific continues to be badly disrupted by the pandemic, with this week seeing the Australian Open cancelled and the Hong Kong Open postponed
China ‘not on 2022 Formula 1 calendar’
The Chinese Grand Prix will be absent from the Formula 1 calendar for the third year in a row in 2022, according to news agency Reuters
Asian Tour to make comeback with Thai tournaments
Golf’s Asian Tour has today (Tuesday) detailed plans to restart its 2020-21 schedule following an 18-month hiatus due to the Covid-19 pandemic with two tournaments in Thailand.
UAE stadiums at 70-per-cent capacity for T20 World Cup
This year's Men's T20 World Cup, which starts next week in Oman, will mostly take place in stadiums open to fans at around 70-per-cent capacity
Barcelona plots financial road to recovery
Spanish LaLiga club FC Barcelona has confirmed a loss of €481m ($558.6
NRL reduces crowd for Brisbane’s Grand Final, postponement a possibility
The National Rugby League has today (Thursday) been forced into scaling back capacity for Sunday’s Grand Final at Brisbane’s Suncorp Stadium by 25 per cent due to a Covid-19 outbreak in Queensland, and…
Only domestic spectators allowed to attend Beijing 2022
The Local Organising Committee for the 2022 winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in Beijing has declared that only domestic citizens will be permitted to attend the two events, while stricter rules will…
Ironman World Championship heads to Utah, expands for Hawaii return
The Ironman Group has announced that its showpiece World Championship will be held outside Hawaii for the first time in its 40-plus year history, with the event set to expand when it returns to the US…
NHL expects full arenas for 30 teams at 2021-22 season start
Only Montreal, Vancouver are outliers as league returns to more normal attendance
Vietnam given October deadline to make SEA Games decision
The Southeast Asian (SEA) Games Federation has given host Vietnam until October to decide on its plan for the postponed 2021 SEA Games, according to Philippine Olympic Committee president Abraham Tolentino
Juventus losses hit record level of €209.9m
Juventus has seen its losses more than double to a record high of €209.9m ($245.7m) for the year ending June 30, 2021, as the Italian Serie A club saw Covid-19 badly affect its business model.
NHL to begin 2021-22 season with nearly all players vaccinated
Continued encouragement, Canadian border protocols aid vaccination rate
NBA G League’s Mexico City franchise to play first season in US amid Covid restrictions
The Mexico City Capitanes will play their inaugural season in the National Basketball Association G League in the United States due to ongoing Covid-19 international travel restrictions.