| SportsCenter Asia | |
|---|---|
| Format | Sports |
| Starring | see Cast |
| Country of origin | Asia |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30 min |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | ESPN Star Sports |
| Original run | Unknown – Present |
| External links | |
| Website | |
SportsCenter Asia is a sports news television show similar in format to the U.S. version of the same name.
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SportsCenter Asia is a 30-minute sports news program, every weeknight on ESPN at 7:30 p.m., with repeats at 10 p.m. and 12:30 a.m. Hong Kong-time in Southeast Asia, (except in the Philippines delay telecast at 9:00 p.m. and 11:30 p.m) and at 8:30 p.m. and 10.30 p.m. across India, SportsCenter draws on the worldwide resources of ESPN to bring the latest highlights from the biggest global sports.
SportsCenter Asia was officially launched on May 27th, 2002, with Jason Dasey as its original anchor. It was recognised as the region's number one show of its kind by winning the 'Best Sports Program' category at the 2003 Asian Television Awards and received a commendation for 'Best News Program' at the 2005 Asian Television Awards. Other past anchors of the program include Uday Joshi, Bethan Evans, Cheryl Liew, David Basheer, Arnold Gay and Dave Roberts. Dez Corkhill was the original executive producer and sometimes appeared on the show as a football pundit. Former presenter Dave Roberts has recently returned to Singapore to take over as Senior Executive Producer for Spotscenter and all other news programs.
Starting from April 30, 2007, a Malaysia version was launched, initially in English. SportsCenter Malaysia aired immediately before SportsCenter Asia, from 7pm local-time. It promised to focus more on local sports in Malaysia but instead repeated most of the same content seen on SportsCenter Asia with only a brief domestic sports section to keep costs down. For a short time, SportsCenter Malaysia used to feature on all ESPN stations in south East Asia before being limited to only been shown on ESPN in Malaysia.
SportsCenter Malaysia had a Bahasa Malaysia version, which also repeated much of the same content shown on SportsCenter Asia. The Bahasa Malaysia program began on November 30, 2009 ahead of the launch of a Bahasa Malaysia competitor, Astro Arena, in March 2010. Former SportsCenter anchor/reporters Rashid Salleh and Edleen Ismail soon departed from ESPN to join Astro, along with many technical and production staff. On December 9, 2010, the Malaysia office was informed that the operation would be soon closing down because of a lack of funding. Senior managers Huw Bevan and Sharon Van Zwieten, visiting from Singapore, read off a prepared script to dismiss each staff member, one-by-one. The final broadcast was eight days later on December 17, 2010.
Originally a Hindi-language show, Sportscenter India first aired in English on October 6, 2003. It switched back to Hindi on July 18, 2005, before being relaunched in English on April 28, 2007. Sportscenter India features local Indian sporting news, such as the results of cricket matches and local football (I-League). Much of the content from SportsCenter Asia is also repeated in SportsCenter India.
Sportscenter Asia covers mostly football, but it also shows highlights of the NBA, tennis, baseball, Formula One, and golf.
SportsCenter Malaysia has some news of Malaysia sports.
SportsCenter India also focuses on football, but also devotes large amounts of time to cricket. This also covers league matches from European football and also some new from NBA. Other sports like Auto Racing, Multi-sporting event and all where India participates are covered in this news.