Tsingtao and Yanjing were named the official beers of the 2022 Beijing Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games on Monday, according to XINHUA. China's two leading beer companies "are the first official partners that Beijing 2022 has signed" since it opened invitations for tier-two sponsors in August. Both Tsingtao and Yanjing were also official beer partners of Beijing 2008. The two companies will share marketing rights for Beijing 2022 in a "similar arrangement." Beijing 2022's eight official tier-one partners are Bank of China, Air China, Yili Group (dairy products), Anta (sports apparel), China Unicom (telecom), Shougang Group (urban regeneration services), CNPC (oil & gas) and Sinopec Group (oil & gas) (XINHUA, 12/17).
VALUE REVEALED: INSIDE SPORT's Kunal Dhyani reported Tokyo 2020's recently-announced partnership with Aggreko is "worth around" $200M (INSIDE SPORT, 12/15). KYODO reported the Int'l Surfing Association announced Sunday that the World Surfing Games "will return to Japan next year and serve as the first direct qualifier" for Tokyo 2020, where the sport will make its Olympic debut. The top eligible man and woman from Europe, Africa, Asia and Oceania at the Sept. 7-15, 2019, event at Miyazaki Prefecture's Kisakihama Beach in southeastern Kyushu will automatically qualify for Tokyo 2020 (KYODO, 12/17).
