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Round-Up: Olympics ‘to go ahead amid pandemic’, Tencent pushes for games streaming merger, PKL teams ‘reject Star offer’, and more
Next year's Tokyo Olympics will take place even if the Covid-19 pandemic is still underway, said Toshiro Muto, chief executive of the Games' organising committee
Vivo pulls out of Indian Premier League title sponsorship
Chinese mobile phone maker Vivo has withdrawn as title sponsor of this year's Indian Premier League, amid political tensions between China and India.
Vivo's deal is reported to be worth Rs4
Caribbean Premier League signs up Fun88 as sponsor
Cricket franchise tournament the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) has added gambling platform Fun88 to its sponsorship portfolio.
The long-term deal will begin with the forthcoming 2020 CPL season
Round-Up: WTA Tour restarts, IPL sponsor backlash, Chinese NBL to restart, and more
The restart of the Italian Serie A football season has been moved back a week to September 19 - Reuters/CNA
The WTA Tour restarted yesterday with the Palermo Ladies Open in Sicily, Italy - Reuters/ec/CNA
BCCI launches kit tender as Nike balks at repeat price
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has invited bids for the kit sponsor and official merchandising partner rights to the Indian national cricket team
Cricket Australia ‘rejects’ McDonald’s A$10m naming rights approach
Cricket Australia is reported to have snubbed a sponsorship approach from fast food giant McDonald’s, worth upwards of A$10m (€6.05m/$7.12m) per year.
IPL confirms 2020 schedule and Vivo sponsorship
The Indian Premier League's governing council has confirmed it plans to run its 2020 tournament from September 19 to November 10 in three venues in the UAE - Dubai, Sharjah and Abu Dhabi
Round-Up: Fifa rejects Infantino investigation, Thai and Malaysian MotoGPs off, NBA reviews China training programmes, and more
Fifa said there is "no reason" for the Swiss criminal investigation into president Gianni Infantino, and he will continue in his role as normal
Warwickshire CCC adds five more years to expanded Scrivens Opticians deal
English county cricket club Warwickshire has signed a renewal with its long-standing sponsor Scrivens Opticians & Hearing Care
Round-Up: Ballon d’Or cancelled, Japanese athlete abuse report, slimmed-down SEA Games, and more
Football's Ballon d'Or award for the world's best player, run by French magazine France Football, will not take place this year due to Covid-19
Round-Up: Chinese basketball CEO steps down, T20 World Cup decision, BWF’s gender commitment, and more
The Chinese Basketball Association’s first chief executive officer Wang Dawei has left his post after just 14 months in the job citing “personal reasons”. The
Sri Lanka Cricket extends with main sponsor Dialog Axiata in reduced-value contract
Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has extended its association with main sponsor, telecommunications brand Dialog Axiata
Round-Up: IOC to discuss “frugal” Olympics, Pressure mounts on Thai broadcaster, Pakistan cricket’s sponsorship deal, and more
The International Olympic Committee will meet today to discuss ways of pushing ahead with plans for a "frugal" Tokyo Games next year
PCB ends search for new main sponsor with Pepsi renewal
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has extended its contract with main sponsor, multinational soft drink brand Pepsi
Round-Up: Longest ever Big Bash, HKFA slammed, India’s Olympic dream, and more
Cricket Australia confirmed it will stage the longest ever Big Bash League in 2020-21, despite some players calling for a reduced version of the domestic Twenty20 tournament – Reuters
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Round-Up: ISU events to go ahead in China, CSL reveals schedule, Japanese Olympic funding slashed, and more
Three International Skating Union figure skating events in China in November and December will go ahead as planned, as exceptions to the ruling last week by the country's General Administration of Sports…
Round-Up: True threatens FAT, ITTF worlds postponed again, WTA ‘hopeful’ on China tournaments, and more
Thai pay-television broadcaster TrueVisions is threatening not to show the end of the extended Thai League 1 football season, and is demanding a reduction in its rights fees for the competition
When It All Began – Sanitarium & Cricket Australia
For the 2019-20 Big Bash League and WBBL, Sanitarium cereal brand Weet-Bix set out to celebrate the moments when its ‘Weet-Bix Kids’ player ambassadors first fell in love with cricket.