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Sport admin veteran appointed for Volvo Ocean Race Singapore

May 15, 2008

Organisers of the Volvo Ocean Race stopover in Singapore have appointed Rob Turnbull as its chief operating officer with the sports marketing veteran to be in charge of…

STANDARD & POOR RATING TO ASSIST TOKYO 2016 BID

April 2, 2008

Tokyo's bid top host the Summer Olympics and Paralympic Gamaes in 2016 have been strengthened following the announcement that Standard & Poor's Ratiing Services has assigned a 'AA'…

CORPORATE SCANDAL SEES STX MOVE AWAY FROM KOREAN SPONSORSHIP

November 28, 2007

Korean construction company STX has stepped away from major sponsorship negotiations of Korean professional baseball team, the Hyundai Unicorns.

CORPORATES KEEN TO ASSIST SINGAPORE YOUTH OLYMPIC BID

November 14, 2007

The Singapore Sports Council will find out on 19 November 2007 if it is on a short list of five cities to host the inaugural Youth Olympic Games…

INTERVIEW: SURGE IN SPORTS MARKETING SPEND EXPECTED IN ASIA

July 5, 2007

Sports marketing group Total Sports Asia (TSA) has predicted that expenditure on sports marketing in Asia will surge by 20% from US$15 billion this year to US$18 billion…

SPORT AND ART FUNDING FOR HONG KONG

December 4, 2006

Hong Kong will receive a $40 million injection into its Arts & Sport Development Fund and another $70 million in recurrent spending to support elite athletes, according to…