John Duerden

As more star play­ers ar­rive, coun­try an­nounces launch of in­vest­ment and pri­vati­sa­tion project in bid to grow sport.

The na­tion­al team are dream­ing big and want their un­ex­pect­ed suc­cess to in­spire oth­er Iran­ian sports­women.

Ronal­do ends his first sea­son in Sau­di foot­ball emp­ty-hand­ed but his move to Al Nassr had im­pacts on and off the pitch.

Pres­i­dent Xi wants Chi­na to be­come a top Asian foot­balling pow­er by 2030, but the Chi­nese game is in the dol­drums.

The new­ly launched Women’s Pre­mier League is aim­ing to be­come the lead­ing com­pe­ti­tion in women’s crick­et.

As Ronal­do gets set to make his Sau­di de­but, his sign­ing could have a ma­jor ef­fect on and off the pitch.

The con­se­quences of the war are rip­pling through the sports world, as ath­letes and fans ex­press sol­i­dar­i­ty with Ukraine.

A new, lu­cra­tive In­di­an foot­ball league is in town but how ben­e­fi­cial are these leagues to the con­ti­nent’s rise?

The coun­try’s omis­sion from the 2014 cal­en­dar did not come as sur­prise af­ter four years of strug­gle.

There were high ex­pec­ta­tions but the exit from the 2014 World Cup for all four Asian teams was swift.