SportBusiness staff, Asia

Indian retailer Future Group has pulled out of its sponsorship of the Indian Premier League. The company is suffering financial problems linked to Covid-19

A survey of 13,000 Japanese companies has found that more than half want next year's Tokyo Olympics to be either cancelled or postponed again - Kyodo News

Fifa president Gianni Infantino has been cleared by the organisation's ethics committee of any breach of its code in relation to his meetings with Swiss attorney-general Michael Lauber

Fifa has created a new international match window in 2022, from January 24 to February 1, to ease fixture congestion caused by the Covid-19 pandemic - Japan Today

Japan is to extend its 5,000-person limit on attendees at sports events and concerts beyond the initial planned period that ran until the end of August

Lars Graff has been appointed co-tournament director of the China Open tennis tournament

The Korean KBO basketball league yesterday increased the number of fans allowed into games from 10 per cent of stadium capacity to 25 per cent - Naver

Germany will not allow fans into football stadiums until at least the end of October - Reuters/CNA Portimao in Portugal will host the final race of the 2020 MotoGP season - Reuters/CNA

The mass participation element of the London Marathon has been cancelled due to Covid-19, but the elite race will take place - BBC