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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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Aussi Rugby Team, Hong Kong Rugby Partner
A new agreement between Australian Waratahs Rugby and the Hong Kong Rugby Football Union will see both parties benefit from a long-term joint venture. The agreement was made possible by the involvement of British financial service company HSBC, a major partner to both organisations, and is aimed at ...
Tags: Leagues and Governing Bodies, Asia, China
China To Host Several European Clubs
Bundesliga football clubs Bayern Munich and Wolfsburg will play summer friendlies in Guangzhou, China, according to Tang Zhe of the CHINA DAILY. The German teams will play in the 2012 Audi Football Summit at Guangzhou Olympic Sports Center on July 26 and three other games with Chinese Super League c ...
Tags: International Football, China
Games Tourism Packages Selling In Asia
Less than one month until the London Games kick off, and "luxury tourism packages to the U.K. have attracted interest from wealthy Chinese and corporate clients," according to Wang Zhuoqiong of the CHINA DAILY. Caissa Touristic Group AG VP Zhang Rui said that sales in the sector have reached more th ...
Tags: Olympics, China, United Kingdom, Japan
Chinese Team Blames Meat-Free Diet
The Chinese women's national volleyball team is "blaming a string of humiliating defeats on a paralysing mistrust of provincial food," according to Leo Lewis of the LONDON TIMES. Head coach Yu Juemin said that the team had been playing games around the country and while on the road the players "flat ...
Chinese Football Lures Another Foreigner
China's "growing popularity as the preferred destination for aging former English Premier League players shows no sign of slowing" after the Chinese Super League confirmed striker Frederic Kanoute's move to Beijing Guoan, according to the SUNDAY TIMES. The club gave no details of the contract, but K ...
Tags: International Football, China
Top Chinese Tennis Player Slams Federation
China's top tennis player Li Na "slammed her tennis federation after being blindsided by their decision to enter her into the Olympic doubles tournament," according to REUTERS. The 2011 French Open champion was named in the women's singles and doubles in an entry list released by the Int'l Tennis Fe ...
Tags: Olympics, China, United Kingdom
No Replacement For IndyCar China Race
IndyCar bosses "will not add a replacement fixture" for a cancelled race planned for China, according to the AFP. The sport's officials had "explored replacement talks" with several tracks after announcing that it would not stage a planned race in China this August. IndyCar CEO Randy Bernard said, " ...
Yao Ming, More Than A Basketball Player
Chinese native and former NBA Houston Rockets player Yao Ming has reportedly amassed a more than $150M fortune in salary and endorsement deals and is "reinventing himself in China as a venture capitalist, philanthropist, vintner and student," according to JP Mangalindan of FORTUNE MAGAZINE. Thus far ...
Tags: People and Pop Culture, China
How China Got Drogba On Their Side
Chinese Super League Shanghai Shenhua FC owner Zhu Jun is featured in "The Interview" with the FINANCIAL TIMES' Patti Waldmeir, who writes he persuaded Ivorian footballer Didier Drogba "to join a team that most have never heard of, in a country not usually associated with football." Last week, after ...
Tags: People and Pop Culture, China
Evergrande FC Owner Under Scrutiny
Shares in Evergrande, which owns Chinese Super League Guangzho Evergrande FC and is "one of China's largest property developers," tumbled on Thursday according to Robert Cookson of the FINANCIAL TIMES. The drop comes after a U.S. shortseller accused the company of "fraud, bribery and reckless spendi ...
Tags: International Football, China
