Fox Sports (formerly ESPN Star Sports) was a pan-Asian

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network broadcasting in Asia, operated by

Fox Networks Group Asia Pacific Disney Networks Group Asia Pacific Limited, (formerly Satellite Television Asian Region Limited (from 2001 trading as Star TV, stylised as STAR TV, and then as Star until 2009), subsequently Fox International Channels Asia Pacific Limited and Fo ...

, a subsidiary of

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(Southeast Asia) Pte. Ltd. It also oversaw a version of Star Sports available in Mainland China and South Korea. Originally launched in early 1990s as Star Sports (earlier

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) and

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by Satellite Television Asian Region (Star TV) and

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respectively, both parties agreed to combine their operations in Asia in October 1996.

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took the full control of the venture in 2012, and relaunched the channels in two phases in January 2013 and August 2014, respectively.

History

Early years

Star Sports

Star Sports was first launched on 21 August 1991 as

(). It was an

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multi-sport television channel broadcasting in English and Chinese.

STAR TV Star TV may refer to: * E! (Canadian TV channel) (formerly Star!), a Canadian entertainment news channel * Las Estrellas (Spanish for The Stars), the Mexican television network * Estrella TV (Spanish for Star TV), the American Spanish-language net ...

, based in

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, operated the channel in partnership with TCI in the United States, which owned Prime-branded regional sports channels there. The channel was broadcast across the continent of Asia, reaching from the

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to the

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, as with

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's footprint. STAR TV have since regionalised the channel to serve its huge viewerships.

ESPN

was originally a part of the so-called "Gang of Five", which was a consortium that was set up to compete against STAR TV in the region. (The others in the group were

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satellite, but were later also added to Apstar satellite.

Operations combined as ESPN Star Sports

ESPN and Star Sports were competing with each other across Asia, but their businesses were making loss. In October 1996, both channels agreed to combine their operations in the region. The resulting joint venture, later named ESPN Star Sports, was to be headquartered in Singapore (where ESPN's operations in Asia had been based). On 16 January 1998, a version of Fox Sports was launched in the Middle East, as carried by Star Select. This apparently replaced ESPN STAR Sports in the region, but the pan-Asian version was available via the

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and

satellites.

Relaunch as Fox Sports

On 6 June 2012, it was announced that

would buy

's share in ESPN Star Sports. Later,

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took over ESPN Star Sports' businesses in India, and relaunched all of its sports channels under the Star Sports brand on 6 November 2013. In October 2012, Fox Football Channel was launched in

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. The channel ceased transmission in 2015. On 28 January 2013, ESPN and ESPN HD was relaunched as Fox Sports and Fox Sports Plus HD in Hong Kong,

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and Southeast Asia. The regional version of ESPNews was relaunched as Fox Sports News, and ''SportsCenter Asia'' was relaunched as ''

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''. On 15 August 2014, Star Sports was rebranded as Fox Sports 2, and Fox Sports Plus HD was renamed Fox Sports 3 (or Fox Sports HD in

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). The corresponding HD and SD versions of all three channels were also launched. The relaunch of ESPN Star Sports as Fox Sports did not affect much of East Asia, as a version of Star Sports broadcast to Mainland China and South Korea kept the brand, and instead, the version of ESPN for

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was renamed as Star Sports 2 on 10 January 2014. ESPN International has since refocused on its

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business building out online properties for

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(ESPNFC),

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(

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(ESPNF1), and Australian

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(ESPNscrum), and established partnership with

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in India (

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TV channel until 31 March 2020),

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in the Philippines (

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programming division until 13 October 2021),

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in Mainland China (a dedicated ESPN section at qq.com), and

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in Singapore (local ad sales only for the ESPN website through its Partner Network division). On 31 March 2020, the website of Fox Sports Asia merged into and redirected to global version of ESPN website, remained unaffected for Fox Sports Asia socials. On March 8, 2021, Fox Sports partnered with

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Vidio Vidio is an Indonesia-based over-the-top video streaming service established on 15 October 2014. Originally owned by Kreatif Media Karya, it is now owned by Surya Citra Media, both of which is a subsidiary of Elang Mahkota Teknologi (Emtek). The ...

to make the networks available for Indonesian viewers.

Closure

On September 18, 2020, Disney announced that it would shut down Fox Sports operations in Taiwan at end of 2020. It was later revealed that operations in Taiwan would end on January 1, 2021, following years on losing money in the region. On April 27, 2021, Disney announced that the Fox Sports network, along with the rest of Fox channels, would close down for good on October 1 after 30 years of broadcasting, folding the former Prime Sports/Star Sports Asia and ESPN Asia channel spaces, as they shift their focus to the latter streaming platform

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(or

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for Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand along with yet-to-be launched Vietnam). The last event covered by the channel was the Formula One

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and UFC 266: Volkanovski vs. Ortega. Prior to the shutdown, Korean sports network

SPOTV SPOTV is a South Korean pay television network, which features sports programming and some sports-related talk shows. Founded in 2010, the network is the fourth non-'free-to-air' broadcaster in South Korea alongside KBS N Sports, MBC Sports+ an ...

brought the licensee to cover up the remaining

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, taking over the Fox Sports network once their transmission goes offline, resuming the remaining MotoGP races. Hong Kong pay TV provider

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picked up the coverage of 2021 US Open along with the remaining races of the

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and future

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fights, prior to the closure of the Fox Sports network. The remaining coverage of both Formula One and UFC was aired on Malaysia

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for

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5, which has been launched post-closure; Philippines

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from the

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network, which also replaced Fox Sports post-closure; Singapore

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and

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, for Hub Sports & Mio Sports respectively and even Thailand

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. Mola streamed the remaining UFC fights in Indonesia while also carrying the sub-license to both Singapore & Malaysia for future Live fights with the inclusion of

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that hadn't been aired when Fox Sports mainly aired the UFC main events, meanwhile the

group aired the remaining Formula One races for their Champions TV network along with their

which previously carried the Fox Sports network to the service. Formula One was also aired on FTA terrestrial TV via O Channel (now mOji). Awhile

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, under the

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, still kept MotoGP races aired for terrestrial TV until 2026 after agreeing a four-year contract extension. In addition, they have also secured the FTA rights of the

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starting in 2022, which in fact SPOTV acquired the pay TV & digital media rights for both MotoGP and World Superbike respectively. As reported exclusively from SportBusiness, the Formula One coverage in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia (excluding Vietnam) has been transferred over to

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starting from 2023, which also carried both

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and

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tennis rights. Meanwhile, SPOTV will broadcast

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and the US Open with additional broadcast available through SPOTV NOW. Awhile the extension for UFC coverage in Southeast Asia was yet to be finalized as their contracts set to be expired by end of 2022. Meanwhile in Vietnam, K+, under the joint venture of

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and

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, has aired Formula One, some of the

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s and even UFC events post-closure via their in-house K+ Sport channels, which has been distributed across Vietnamese pay TV providers. Their renewal for 2023 season were currently on negotiations. The

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Show was announced to be resumed on

in Malaysia, Indonesia & Thailand, then yet-to-be announced for other

territories including Singapore and Hong Kong as

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Originals. A few days after its closure, Disney relaunched the ESPN brand in Asia but as a digital media portal through its official YouTube channel and social media pages.

Channels

* Fox Sports (formerly

) * Fox Sports 2 (formerly

and Star Sports) * Fox Sports 3 (formerly

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and Fox Sports Plus HD) * (formerly

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): The channel was first launched as ESPNews in November 2009 in Singapore on

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Mio TV Singtel TV (formerly known as Singtel IPTV and mio TV) is a pay television service provided by Singtel in Singapore. It is transmitted through Singtel's broadband network via an IPTV platform which uses Ericsson Mediaroom (originally develop ...

, and later expanded to other areas, including Hong Kong, where it was launched in August 2011 on

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. The channel was renamed as Fox Sports News on 28 January 2013. The channel was gradually discontinued in 2017: It ceased broadcasting on 1 April 2017 in most areas, but continued until 24 April in Hong Kong, 3 May in Malaysia, and 31 May in Taiwan. * : The channel was launched in October 2012 in Malaysia. Its programming was mainly consisted of association football matches and shows. It ceased broadcasting in 2015.

Regions

The individual regional variations of Fox Sports channels include: * Hong Kong: Additionally, a schedule variant is offered to

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customers due to

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issues. This variant which was transmitted by Fox Networks Group Hong Kong and produced from the studios in Hong Kong. The headquarter closed on October 1, 2021. * Indonesia: This variant which was transmitted by Fox Networks Group Indonesia and produced from the studios in Indonesia. The headquarter closed on November 12, 2021. * Malaysia and Brunei: This variant does not provide coverage of

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events. This variant which was transmitted by Fox Networks Group Malaysia and produced from the studios in Malaysia. The headquarter closed on November 12, 2021. * Philippines: This variant which was transmitted by Fox Networks Group Philippines and produced from the studios in Philippines. The headquarter closed on October 1, 2021. * Singapore: This variant which was transmitted by Fox Networks Group Singapore and produced from the studios in Singapore. The headquarter closed on November 12, 2021. * Vietnam: This variant which was transmitted by Fox Networks Group Vietnam and produced from the studios in Vietnam. The headquarter closed on October 1, 2021, in

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and November 12, 2021, in

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. * Taiwan: This variant which was transmitted by Fox Networks Group Taiwan and produced from the studios in Taipei. The headquarter will be closed on January __ 2024. It also overseed a version of Star Sports broadcast to Mainland China and South Korea, and Star Sports 2 (formerly known as ESPN until 31 December 2014) broadcast to Mainland China. In South Korea, Fox Sports was partnered with

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until 11 March 2020, which operated JTBC3 Fox Sports (now known as JTBC Golf&Sports). As ESPN Star Sports, it has previously partnered with MBC (MBC ESPN (now known as

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)) from 2001 until July 2010, and SBS (SBS ESPN (now known as SBS Sports)) from Late 2010 until 2014.

Final programming

Broadcast rights for various sports properties contain territorial limitations and in a lot of instances, the rights indicated below may not pertain to all Asian territories in which Fox Sports operated.

Australian Rules Football

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(except Philippines)

Boxing

* World Boxing Matches

Cricket

* ICC **

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(all matches available on official website and Fox+, highlights on television) **

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(all matches available on Fox+, highlights and live coverage of final on television) **

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(all matches only available on Fox+, highlights on television) *

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. *

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T20 matches

Football

* AFC (only for Brunei, Malaysia, and Singapore through 2024) *

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(only for Brunei, Indonesia and Malaysia; Indonesian broadcast was later moved to

RCTI RCTI (''Rajawali Citra Televisi Indonesia'') is a West Jakarta-based Indonesian free-to-air television network. It is best known for its soap operas, celebrity bulletins, news, and sports programmes. It was first launched in 1989, origina ...

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and Soccer Channel) * Danish Super League (one match per week, 2019–2021 (originally from June 2020 with the remaining matches in 2019–20)) **

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(first week of the month) **

Brøndby IF Brøndbyernes Idrætsforening (, usually abbreviated to Brøndby IF (), is a professional association football club based in Brøndbyvester, Capital Region of Denmark. The club was founded in 1964 as a merger between two local clubs and was p ...

(second week of the month) **

FC Midtjylland FC Midtjylland (, "Central Jutland") is a Danish professional football club based in Herning and Ikast in the western part of Jutland. The club is the result of a merger between Ikast FS and Herning Fremad. Midtjylland competes in the Danish Su ...

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Aarhus GF Aarhus Gymnastikforening (; commonly known as AGF ), is a professional sports club based in Aarhus, Jutland, Denmark. Founded in 1880, it is one of the oldest clubs in the country and gymnastics and fencing are featured as its main sports. Howeve ...

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DBU Pokalen The Danish Cup ( da, Landspokalturneringen; often referred to as Pokalen) is the official "knockout" cup competition in Danish football, run by the Danish Football Association. The cup has been contested annually since 1955. The winner will quali ...

A-League A-League Men (known as the Isuzu UTE A-League for sponsorship reasons) is the highest-level professional men's soccer league in Australia and New Zealand. At the top of the Australian league system, it is the country's premier men's competiti ...

(only for Guam, Mongolia, Northern Marianas and Palau)

Field Hockey

Men's FIH Pro League The Men's FIH Pro League is an international men's field hockey competition organised by the International Hockey Federation (FIH), which replaces the Men's FIH Hockey World League. The competition also serves as a qualifier for the Hockey World ...

(except Brunei, Malaysia, and Singapore) *

Women's FIH Pro League The Women's FIH Pro League is an international women's field hockey competition organised by the International Hockey Federation (FIH), which replaces the Women's FIH Hockey World League. The competition also serves as a qualifier for the Hocke ...

(except Brunei, Malaysia, and Singapore)

Golf

The Masters Tournament The Masters Tournament (usually referred to as simply The Masters, or the U.S. Masters outside North America) is one of the four major championships in professional golf. Scheduled for the first full week of April, the Masters is the first maj ...

* U.S. Open Championship *

The Open Championship The Open Championship, often referred to as The Open or the British Open, is the oldest golf tournament in the world, and one of the most prestigious. Founded in 1860, it was originally held annually at Prestwick Golf Club in Scotland. Later th ...

PGA Championship The PGA Championship (often referred to as the US PGA Championship or USPGA outside the United States) is an annual golf tournament conducted by the Professional Golfers' Association of America. It is one of the four men's major championships ...

ANA Inspiration The Chevron Championship is a professional women's golf tournament. An event on the LPGA Tour, it is one of the tour's five major championships, and has traditionally been the first of the season since its elevation to major status in 1983. Fou ...

United States Women's Open Championship (golf) The U.S. Women's Open, one of 15 national golf championships conducted by the United States Golf Association (USGA), is the oldest of the LPGA Tour's five major championships, which includes the Chevron Championship, Women's PGA Championship, W ...

Women's PGA Championship The Women's PGA Championship (branded as the KPMG Women's PGA Championship for sponsorship reasons) is a women's professional golf tournament. First held in 1955, it is one of five majors on the LPGA Tour. It is not recognized as a major by the ...

Ricoh Women's British Open The Women's Open (originally known as the Women's British Open, and still widely referred to by that name outside the UK) is a major championship in women's professional golf. It is recognised by both the LPGA Tour and the Ladies European Tour ...

The Evian Championship The Evian Championship, currently known for sponsorship reasons as The Amundi Evian Championship, is a women's professional golf tournament in France, played at the Evian Resort Golf Club in Évian-les-Bains. It was originally held in June, move ...

Kickboxing

Kunlun Fight Kunlun Fight (KLF) (Chinese: 昆仑决; pinyin: Kūnlún Jué), is a kickboxing promotion headquartered in Beijing, China. It debuted in 2014 and is regarded as one of the top kickboxing promotions in the world. Events are broadcast on Jiangsu Te ...

Mixed Martial Arts

Ultimate Fighting Championship The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is an American mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion company based in Las Vegas, Nevada. It is owned and operated by Zuffa, a wholly owned subsidiary of Endeavor Group Holdings. It is the largest MMA ...

(The rest of the 2021 season fights has been aired on other broadcasters)

Motorsports

Formula One Formula One (also known as Formula 1 or F1) is the highest class of international racing for open-wheel single-seater formula racing cars sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). The World Drivers' Championship, ...

(The rest of the 2021 Championships has been aired on other broadcasters including Indonesia Champions TV/ O Channel, Malaysia

and Singapore

Starhub TV StarHub TV is a pay television service provided by StarHub in Singapore. It has been a subsidiary of StarHub Limited since StarHub acquired Singapore Cable Vision (SCV) in 2001, and was the sole pay-TV operator in the country until 2007 when mi ...

) *

FIA Formula 2 Championship The FIA Formula 2 Championship is a second-tier single-seater championship organised by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). Held on racing circuits, the championship was introduced in 2017, following the rebranding of the lo ...

FIA Formula 3 Championship The FIA Formula 3 Championship is a third-tier international single-seater racing championship and organised by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). The championship launched in 2019 as a feeder series for the FIA Formula 1 W ...

MotoGP Grand Prix motorcycle racing is the premier class of motorcycle road racing events held on road circuits sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM). Independent motorcycle racing events have been held since the start ...

(The rest of the 2021 Championships has been aired on

along with some other broadcasters including Indonesia

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Moto2 Grand Prix motorcycle racing is the premier class of motorcycle road racing events held on road circuits sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM). Independent motorcycle racing events have been held since the start of ...

Moto3 Grand Prix motorcycle racing is the premier class of motorcycle road racing events held on road circuits sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM). Independent motorcycle racing events have been held since the start of ...

* MotoE *

IndyCar Series The IndyCar Series, currently known as the NTT IndyCar Series under sponsorship, is the highest class of regional North American open-wheel single-seater formula racing cars in the United States, which has been conducted under the auspices of ...

(general broadcast in CANAL+ Vietnam) *

WeatherTech SportsCar Championship The IMSA SportsCar Championship, currently known as the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship under sponsorship, is a sports car racing series based in the United States and Canada and organized by the International Motor Sports Association (IMS ...

Extreme E Extreme E is an FIA-sanctioned international off-road racing series that uses spec silhouette electric SUVs to race in remote parts of the world, such as the Saudi Arabian desert or the Arctic. All racing locations are chosen to raise awareness ...

FIM Motocross World Championship FIM Motocross World Championship is the premier championship of motocross racing, organized by the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM), divided into two distinct classes: MXGP and MX2. Race duration is 30 minutes plus two laps per ...

Supercars Championship The Supercars Championship is a touring car racing category in Australia, running as an International Series under Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) regulations, governing the sport. Supercars events take place in all Australian ...

Australian Superbike Championship The Australian Superbike Championship (ASBK) is a national motorcycle racing championship in Australia, organized by Motorcycling Australia. History The story of the Australian Superbike Championship begins in 1980, at a time in motorcycle spor ...

* Australian Motocross Championship *

World Touring Car Cup The FIA World Touring Car Cup (abbreviated to WTCR, referring to the use of TCR regulations) was an international touring car championship promoted by Eurosport Events and sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). It ...

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FIA World Endurance Championship The FIA World Endurance Championship is an auto racing world championship organized by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO) and sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). The series supersedes the ACO's former Intercont ...

(only for highlights) *

MotoAmerica MotoAmerica is the organization that promotes the AMA Superbike Series since 2015. Sanctioned by the American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) and the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM), it features six classes of road racing: S ...

(2020–2021)

Rugby

Union

Global Rapid Rugby Global Rapid Rugby was an international rugby union competition that launched a showcase series for six professional teams in 2019, played in locations across the Asia-Pacific region. Rapid Rugby matches are slightly shorter than the tradition ...

League

National Rugby League The National Rugby League (NRL) is an Australasian rugby league club competition which contains clubs from New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, the Australian Capital Territory and New Zealand. The NRL formed in 1998 as a joint partnership ...

(only for Brunei, Malaysia, and Singapore)

Tennis

(The broadcast has been aired on other broadcasters) *

French Open The French Open (french: Internationaux de France de tennis), also known as Roland-Garros (), is a major tennis tournament held over two weeks at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France, beginning in late May each year. The tournament and ven ...

(The broadcast has been aired on other broadcasters) *

(The broadcast has been aired on other broadcasters) * U.S. Open (The broadcast has been aired on other broadcasters) *

ATP Cup The ATP Cup was an international outdoor hard court men's tennis team tournament, which ran from 2020 to 2022.The tournament was played across one or three Australian cities over ten days in the lead up to the Australian Open, and featured teams ...

Fed Cup The Billie Jean King Cup (or the BJK Cup) is the premier international team competition in women's tennis, launched as the Federation Cup in 1963 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the International Tennis Federation (ITF). The name was cha ...

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Laver Cup The Laver Cup is an international indoor hard court men's team tennis tournament between Team Europe and Team World, the latter of which is composed of players from all other continents except Europe. Usually held annually since 2017, the tourna ...

News

* ''

SportsCenter Asia ''SportsCenter Asia'' (formerly ''Fox Sports Central'') is the flagship Sports journalism, sports newscast broadcast on Fox Sports (Southeast Asian TV network), Fox Sports in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia. As ESPN Star Sports ''SportsCenter'' ...

'' * ''

ESPN FC ESPN FC (formerly ESPN SoccerNet) is a website and a U.S. television studio program covering soccer that is broadcast daily over the streaming service ESPN+. ESPN FC's origin was a website owned by ESPN Inc. Originally established in 1995 as Soc ...

Other

* ''The G.O.A.T.'' (only for the Philippines) * ''Full Throttle'' (only for the Philippines) * ''76 Rider'' (only for Indonesia) *

Special Force 2 Pro League ''Special Force'' (named ''Soldier Front'' in North America) is an online free-to-play first-person shooter developed by the South Korean game developer Dragonfly. Dragonfly continues to expand the game around the world and plans to expand into ...

* ''Fox Sports Live'' (pre/post match/game/race shows) * ''2 Wheels'' * ''Chequered Flag'' * ''The John Dykes Show'' * ''Sport Confidential'' * ''International Motorsports News'' * ''Gilette World of Sports'' * ''Football Asia''

Personalities

Colette Wong Colette Wong (born 21 May 1974) is a Singaporean sports reporter, TV host, and sports anchor for Fox Sports Asia and Fox Sports News Asia. She was formerly currently anchors ''Fox Sports Central Asia'' and a news correspondent for CNBC Asia. ...

Paula Malai Ali Paula Malai Ali Othman (born 3 March 1974, in Brunei) is a television personality from Brunei. Formerly a veejay for Channel V and presenter for Fox Sports Asia, she is now a Brunei reporter for TVS. A well-known media figure in Asia, Paula has w ...

Yvette King Yvette King (born 23 October 1983) is a Korean-Australian entertainment journalist who is best known as host of E! News Asia and anchor of Fox Sports News (Asia). Early life After graduating from The University of Sydney with a degree in journ ...

Jason de la Peña Jason Michael de la Peña (born 16 September 1972) is an English journalist and former professional cricketer who played 11 first-class and three List A matches in the 1990s.Edward Russell *

Alex Yoong Alexander Charles Yoong Loong (; born 20 July 1976), is a Malaysian professional racing driver of Chinese and English parentage. Yoong began his career in saloon cars before moving into the Proton one-make series. He later raced in single-sea ...

Matteo Guerinoni Matteo Guerinoni is an Italian-Indonesian former racer and restaurant owner. In 2015, he became a judge on ''MasterChef Indonesia'' on RCTI. He was formerly a commentator on ''MotoGP'' on Trans7 and Fox Sports Asia Fox Sports (formerly ESPN St ...

* Matthew Marsh *

Jazeman Jaafar Jazeman Firhan bin Jaafar (born 13 November 1992) is a Malaysian racing driver. Career Karting Jazeman started his career at a tender age of 6 in Shah Alam, Malaysia. A hobby which turned to a full time career, Jazeman has won a total Eleve ...

Marlon Stöckinger Marlon Alexander Stöckinger (born April 4, 1991) is a Filipino former racing driver, who raced for Status Grand Prix in the 2012 GP3 Series. He is the first Filipino to win a formula race in Europe. Stöckinger was the 2006 Asian Karting Cham ...

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