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Cricket set for shot at Olympic glory
AFP, Published on 10/10/2023
» LONDON - Cricket's long Olympic exile could finally come to an end this week when Games chiefs meet in Mumbai to finalise the programme for Los Angeles 2028.
Virus-hit Asian Tour to restart in September after six-month gap
AFP, Published on 07/06/2020
» HONG KONG: The Asian Tour announced on Sunday plans to restart its 2020 golf season with three tournaments in September as coronavirus travel restrictions begin to ease across the world's most populous continent.
La Liga pursues 'hardcore' fans in China after Ronaldo's exit
AFP, Published on 27/11/2018
» SHANGHAI - Spanish teams have generally reigned over English sides in European competition and now La Liga wants to harness that success to challenge the Premier League's supremacy in the lucrative China market.
More events on cards in near future
Sports, Published on 26/03/2017
» Asian Tour CEO Josh Burack explains his ambitious plan for expansion during a Q&A session.
Have-nots dreaming big in wake of Fifa ruling
Sports, Published on 15/01/2017
» While the soccer world was chewing over Fifa's controversial decision on Tuesday to increase the size of the World Cup finals to 48 teams from 32, Milutin Sredojevic was trying to block out the noise.
A year of big money deals in sports
AFP, Published on 20/12/2016
» PARIS - Money flooded into sport in 2016 faster than ever before and flooded out in the shape of fatter salaries for the stars who have become multi-million business brands.
Future looks pink for Pakistan's ball-makers
AFP, Published on 12/10/2016
» SIALKOT (PAKISTAN) - As cricket stages its second day-night Test this week, factory workers in Pakistan will be among the avid television viewers -- they might even have made the innovative pink balls being used by their heroes.
With Manchester City deal, 'Chinese dream' closer to reality
AFP, Published on 03/12/2015
» BEIJING - A state-backed Chinese company's $400 million stake in Premier League giants Manchester City underlines the nation's soaring ambitions in football -- and how its investors are seeking profits as well as prestige, analysts said.
Chinese football champs look to score, on pitch and in markets
AFP, Published on 20/11/2015
» SHANGHAI - China's most successful football team Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao are hot favourites to win the AFC Champions League on Saturday, but the club's business is far from a surefire bet.
It's a dog's life at Chonburi
Sports, Tor Chittinand, Published on 27/08/2015
» Dogs and other animals are not allowed on the pitch, the Thai Premier League said.