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TVB Wins Hong Kong Broadcasting Rights For 2014 Brazil World Cup05 / 23 / 13TVB "has won the Hong Kong broadcasting rights for the 2014 World Cup," according to Benjamin Li of CAMPAIGN ASIA-PACIFIC. The deal "covers TVB's free-to-air TV stations, radio, internet and mobile platforms." TVB Deputy Controller S.T. Tso said that "the agreement with FIFA does not allow... |
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Hockey India Secretary Barred From IOC
Indian Hockey Federation Patron & Chief Advisor K.P.S. Gill on Saturday applauded Indian Olympic Association acting Chief V.K. Malhotra's decision "not to include Hockey India Secretary General Narinder Batra in the four-member delegation" for a meeting with the IOC in Lausanne, Switzerland ...
Sheikh Salman Is AFC President
Sheikh Salman bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa of Bahrain has been elected the new president of Asian Football Federation "after receiving a two-third majority in the first round of voting," according to Ahmed Rizvi of THE NATIONAL. Sheikh Salman received 33 of the 46 votes, "two more than th ...
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Thai Brands Vie For Cambodia Kit
The Cambodian team for the Southeast Asian Games will don clothing and competitive gear custom made "by one of the two reputed brands from Thailand," Grandsport and Football Thailand, according to H.S. Manjunath of the PHNOM PENH POST. The Thai sports merchandise companies, which consider Cambodia " ...
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The Badminton World Federation announced that the Indonesia Open "will be the first Superseries tournament to embrace an instant review system to allow players to contest line calls." The system "will be tested at next month's Sudirman Cup in Kuala Lumpur and fully initiated at the Indonesian Open" ...
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AFC Candidate Withdraws From Race
Saudi Arabia's Hafez Ibrahim Al Medlej made a late withdrawal from the Asian Football Confederation presidential election on Wednesday, "leaving three candidates in the running," according to the AFP. No reason was given for the pull-out in an AFC statement issued late on Wednesday, less than 24 hou ...
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Election Day Dawns For Asian Football
The Asian Football Confederation presidential election Thursday arrives with little "hope for reform at the crisis-hit body" due to question marks over the candidates and only a two-year term for the winner, according to Patrick Johnston of REUTERS. UAE FA President Yousuf Al Serkal, Saudi Arabian H ...
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Tokyo Governor Apologizes For Remarks
Tokyo Governor Naoki Inose, who heads the city's bid for the 2020 Olympics, "apologized on Tuesday for 'inappropriate' comments he made about rival candidate Istanbul and Islamic countries," according to Antoni Slodkowski of REUTERS. The remarks, made in a recent N.Y. Times interview , prompted the ...
SingTel Plays Risky Game With Pay-TV
SingTel said that it might not seek to be the first pay-TV company to secure the broadcasting rights for the World Cup after its “harrowing” experience with its EPL contract, according to David Bottomley of TODAY ONLINE. SingTel Digital Life CEO Allen Lew said, "I’ve got more impor ...
Cui Predicts Strong MMA Growth
One Fighting Championship Founder & CEO Victor Cui, a "velvet-voiced Canadian of Filipino and Chinese descent," is the would-be king of mixed martial arts in Asia, according to Christopher Clarey of the N.Y. TIMES. He is also "the would-be king of Asian sport." Cui: "I'll mak ...
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SEA Sports Complex Hosts Regular Events
South Sumatra "has developed a series of events to keep Jakabaring Sport City alive in response to years of criticism over the prolonged usefulness of the massive complex, first used for the Southeast Asian Games in 2011," according to Ami Afriatni of the JAKARTA GLOBE. The South Sumatran government ...
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