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Television sales have soared in the last two days as the football World Cup 2022 began unlike previous events when demand would skyrocket a month before kickoff. Hoang Thinh, 32, who was leaving an electronics store on Nguyen Trai Street, Hanoi, on November…
South Korean convenience stores saw their sales more than double in some categories as tens of thousands of South Koreans took to the streets to cheer on their national football team in the first game of its World Cup campaign. BGF Retail Co, which operates…
Reliance Communications’ Global Cloud Xchange (GCX) subsidiary and Broadcast Media Communications (BMC UK) have teamed up to deliver end-to-end connectivity for the live broadcast of the FIFA World Cup 2018 to audiences around the world. The tournament kicked…
Sports betting is legal, but a betting operator has not been selected for premier football event. Football fans and punters in Vietnam cannot bet on World Cup matches this year, even though sports betting has been legalized. Only a few companies have shown…
In a sting to thwart criminal attempts to sell 2018 FIFA World Cup fakes, Hong Kong Customs’ Operation Goalkeeper has so far resulted in about $15.3 million worth of suspect merchandise being seized, plus five arrests. Aimed at preventing such items crossing…
Youku, the Alibaba Group-owned online video hub, is set to provide China’s most-comprehensive coverage of the FIFA 2018 World Cup with live streaming of all 64 games together with a number of programs produced exclusively to celebrate one the world’s…
After news of three local broadcasters bringing World Cup 2018 to Singapore, local organisations have also started revealing their plans to screen the matches with SAFRA and McDonald’s among those committing to do so. SAFRA, for instance, told Channel…
DHL announced that it is the official logistics partner and a worldwide partner of Rugby World Cup 2019. The partnership will see DHL again team up with one of the biggest international sporting events, which will take place in host country Japan from 20…
Thousands of riot police were deployed for a soccer showdown Thursday night that was more than the average grudge match. The World Cup qualifying game in Changsha pitted hosts China against South Korea. It also whipped up Chinese nationalist sentiment at a…
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