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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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Drogba, Anelka Could Leave Shenhua
The Oriental Sports Daily reported that an "escalated equity stake rift among" Shanghai Shenhua FC's major stakeholders could have caused Didier Drogba and Nicolas Anelka, "two of the biggest names in the Chinese Super League," to have played their last match with Shenhua over the weekend, according ...
Tags: International Football, China
Exec Shakes Up Japan's Honma Golf
Honma Golf exec and Chinese businessman LIU JIANGUO has "shaken up" the company, a "once-venerable Japanese golf club maker that is now emerging from the stigma of a mid-2000s bankruptcy under the wing" of Chinese-controlled Marlion Holdings, according to KYODO. Marlion Holdings rescued Honma Golf ...
Tags: People and Pop Culture, China
IPL Loses Title Sponsor After Five Years
India's largest realty firm DLF has decided to end its five-year association with cricket's Indian Premier League as the title sponsor "and did not renew its contract that was due by last month," according to the PTI. The company said that it will "promote other sports and is currently exploring" va ...
Tags: Marketing and Sponsorship, India
AFL Is Scheduled To Come to China
A group fronted by ESPN Analyst Ron Jaworski was in Beijing on Monday to announce that the Arena Football League is "working on building a bridgehead in China," according to Dusty Lane of the CHINA DAILY. Jaworski said, "They will pick up on football very quickly. I watched the Olympics and watched ...
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KBO Sees Increase In Ticket Sales
With 48,529 tickets sold for the Korea Baseball Organization's Sunday games, the number of visitors to baseball stadiums this year hit 6 million "and keeps shooting up with great force to crash last year’s record" of 6,810,028, according to Jung Min-ho of the KOREA TIMES. As of Monday, the KBO ...
Tags: Leagues and Governing Bodies, Asia
NBA To Run Basketball Clinics In Myanmar
The NBA and WNBA, in partnership with the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, sent Charlotte Bobcats GM Richard Cho, former WNBA player Allison Feaster, L.A. Lakers Assistant Coach Darvin Ham and former NBA player Marty Conlon to Rangoon, Myanmar (Burma) on Sunday ...
Tags: Leagues and Governing Bodies, Asia
JOC Mistake Costs Hammer Thrower
The IOC cautioned Japan's Olympic body during the London Games over a handbook that urged its athletes to vote for hammer thrower Koji Murafushi in his campaign to win a seat on the IOC's Athlete's Commission, according to KYODO. The Bronze Medal-winning hammer thrower received enough votes to win e ...
Yao Pushes For More School Sports
Former NBA player Yao Ming "would like to see a bigger push for sports in Chinese schools," according to Sun Xiaochen of the CHINA DAILY. The "first phase of his own efforts" came to an end Saturday as the inaugural Yao Foundation Hope Primary School Basketball Season concluded in Leshan Stadium. Th ...
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The Board of Cricket Control in India announced a cash prize of Rs 20 lakh ($36,000) each "for members of the Indian team that lifted its third U-19 World Cup title" in Townsville, Australia after defeating the defending Aussie champions ( TNN, 8/27 ). ... Rowing Federation of India President Rajl ...
Swansea City Pays Record Amount For Ki
South Korean footballer Ki Sung-yueng signed a three-year contract with Premier League club Swansea City "for a club-record fee" to become Korea’s tenth EPL player, according to Jung Min-ho of the KOREA TIMES. The 23-year-old cost Swansea a £6M ($9.5M) transfer fee, "which almost doubles ...
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