Round-Up: Beijing 2022 test event, Football Australia to launch media rights tender, Sun Yang hearing date set, and more
A Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics test event trialled having media conduct interviews with athletes in a 'mixed zone' in which they were in separate rooms and connected via video link - China News
Round-Up: Women’s World Cup host cities revealed, KBO allows fans in stadiums, WTA encourages vaccinations, and more
Fifa announced the nine host cities for the 2023 Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. Eden Park in Auckland will host the opening game and Sydney's Stadium Australia will host the final
Round-Up: Fiji rugby seeks investors and sponsors, Brown: at least 20 F1 races this year, IPL sponsorship deals, and more
McLaren Formula One chief Zak Brown expects the motor racing series to pull off at least 20 of its planned 23 races this year
Round-Up: Asian Qualifiers restart, Tokyo torch relay starts, Thai govt plans World Cup bid, Tencent reports $19.5bn profit, and more
Asian qualifiers for the 2022 Fifa World Cup and the 2023 AFC Asian Cup resume today after a delay of more than a year due to the pandemic
Round-Up: Sina goes private, Lions to tour in South Africa, Vietnam marathon to go ahead, and more
Chinese media company Sina, majority owner of the Weibo social media platform and owner of the Sina Sports media platform, among other assets, has went private and ceased to be a publicly-traded company…
Round-Up: NFL agrees media rights deals ‘worth more than $100bn’, World Cup qualifier disruption expected, and more
The NFL has agreed new domestic media-rights agreements worth more than $100bn over ten years, according to media reports - CNBC, Variety, The Guardian, MarketWatch
BKT Tires agrees deals with seven IPL teams
Indian tyre brand BKT Tires has agreed sponsorship deals with seven Indian Premier League teams for the upcoming season
Round-Up: China ‘asks Alibaba to divest media assets’, Tokyo torch relay to start without fans, and more
The Chinese government has asked internet giant Alibaba to divest its assets in the media sector due to concern about the company's public influence
Round-Up: “Difficult” for family to join Tokyo athletes, IPL’s Royals target 40-per-cent increase in sponsorship, and more
It will be "difficult" to have athletes' families come to Japan to watch them at the Tokyo Olympics, organising committee president Seiko Hashimoto said - AFP
Round-Up: CCTV fails to show NBA All-Star game, more teams for women’s Cricket World Cups, women join pro snooker tour, and more
Chinese state broadcaster CCTV did not show live coverage of this year's NBA All-Star Game, as it had been previously expected to do as part of a thaw in Chinese relations with the American basketball le…