ESPN STAR Sports

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Type	Television Network
Branding	ESPN STAR
Country	Singapore
First air date	1 January 1994
Availability	Asia
Founded	1 January 1994
Headquarters	Singapore
Owner	ESPN International News Corporation (STAR TV and Fox International Channels Asia)
Key people	Carl Johnson, Manu Sawhney
Launch date	1 January 1994
Official website	Official website

ESPN STAR Sports (or ESS and stylized as ESPN STAR Sports) is a joint venture between ESPN Inc. (through ESPN International, which it directly owns) and News Corporation (through STAR TV and Fox International Channels, which it directly owns). The venture has its base in Singapore and operates 17 ESPN and STAR Sports branded networks throughout Asia, transmitting in 5 languages (English, Cantonese, Hindi, Korean and Mandarin). The networks broadcast various local and international sporting events, and also local editions of SportsCenter for China, Hong Kong, India, Taiwan, and Southeast Asia. ESPN Star Sports also operates a 24-hour Cricket channel, STAR Cricket. STAR Sports launched STAR Sports Thailand on Monday 4 August 2008 exclusively for Thai viewers. ESPN STAR Sports is currently in the process of down-linking of their new channel: "ESPNews India" to India and planned will be launched on middle of 2012.

ESPN STAR Sports also has Asia's leading Events Management team that has been successfully staging large-scale sporting events across Asia. The event management team is a completely integrated events group that manages concept creation, sponsorship, marketing, PR, TV broadcast, operations, and logistics for clients. Events currently in their portfolio include the X Games Asia, 9 Ball Tour, KL World 5's Futsal, Cartier Polo, Formula Drift Singapore, Nations Cup Netball, Indian Hockey League, and the World Pool Championship. In 2012, ESPN STAR Sports will be broadcasting 2012 Summer Olympics.

History[link]

One of the biggest successes for the Event Management team was the creation of the Premier Hockey League (PHL) in India. PHL is a professional league competition for field Hockey clubs in the top division of the Indian hockey system, though there has always been strong foreign representation among the players. PHL is a joint venture between ESPN Star Sports and the erstwhile Indian Hockey Federation (IHF) but with the suspension of the IHF on 28 April 2008, the future of PHL remains uncertain. ESPN Star Sports was launched the same day with Disney Channel Asia.

ESPN STAR was also famed for their being Asia's largest broadcaster of the English FA Premier League, during the 2000s, with commentators like John Dykes and a host of former Premier league players as guests and pundits on the shows.^[1]

ESPN STAR Sports (ESS) via its STAR Cricket channel was the official broadcaster of the 2011 Cricket World Cup Final experienced all-time high viewership (67.6 million only on Cable and satellite) and TRPs, and had raised ad rates for 10 second slots during the finals to 24 lakh (US$47,900), prior to the finals.^[2][3][4]

Operating channels[link]

• ESPN Asia
• ESPN India
• ESPN Pakistan
• ESPN Indonesia
• ESPN Hong Kong
• ESPN China
• ESPN Malaysia
• ESPN Philippines
• ESPN Singapore
• ESPN Taiwan
• SBS ESPN South Korea
• STAR Sports Asia
• STAR Sports India
• STAR Sports Indonesia
• STAR Sports Hong Kong

• STAR Sports China
• STAR Sports Malaysia
• STAR Sports Singapore
• STAR Sports Southeast Asia
• STAR Sports Taiwan
• STAR Sports Thailand
• STAR Sports Fiji
• STAR Cricket
• STAR Cricket HD
• ESPNews Asia
• ESPNews India
• ESPN HD Asia
• ESPN HD Malaysia
• ESPN HD Taiwan
• ESPN HD India
• ESPN Player (available in Singapore, Hong Kong, and Malaysia)

Programs broadcast by ESPN STAR Sports[link]

It is important to note that broadcast rights for various sports properties contain territorial limitations and in a lot of instances, the rights indicated below may not pertain to all territories in which ESPN STAR Sports operates.

[edit] Multi-sport event

• X Games (X-Games, Winter X Games, X Games Asia, X Games Brazil and Winter X Games Europe)
• Winter Olympic Games (except for Philippines)
• 2012 Summer Olympics (coming soon in July 2012, also except for Philippines)

[edit] Cricket (Star Cricket)

• ICC events from 2007–2015
• Cricket World Cup
• ICC World Twenty20
• Twenty20 Champions League
• International Cricket In Australia
• KFC Twenty20 Big Bash in Australia
• Ryobi One Day Cup in Australia
• Sheffield Shield in Australia
• International Cricket In England
• Liverpool Victoria County Championship In England
• Friends Provident t20 In England
• Clydesdale Bank 40 In England
• International Cricket In India
• Caribbean Twenty20 in West Indies
• Bangladesh Premier League in Bangladesh
• 2012 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier and ICC Development Tournaments consisting of Associate/Affiliate members

[edit] Motorsports

• Formula One (except for China)
• Superleague Formula (except for Malaysia)
• GP2 Series
• GP3 Series
• IndyCar Series
• Red Bull Air Race World Championship
• Red Bull X Fighters World Tour
• FIM Motocross World Championship (except for Malaysia)
• Superbike World Championship (except for Malaysia)
• FIA World Touring Car Championship (only for highlights)
• FIM S1 Supermoto World Championship (except for Malaysia)
• MotoGP
• GP2 Asia Series
• V8 Supercars
• Asian Festival of Speed
• Rolex Sports Car Series
• Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (only for India)

Baseball[link]

• Major League Baseball

Basketball[link]

• NBA (except for China, India and Hong Kong)
• Super Basketball League (only for Taiwan)
• William Jones Cup
• Asean Basketball League (except for China, Hong Kong, India & Taiwan)
• WNBA (except for China, Philippines, India and Hong Kong)

[edit] Extreme sports

• X Games
• X Game Asia

[edit] Football (soccer)

• FIFA World Cup (only for Indian sub-continent)
• FIFA Confederations Cup (only for Indian sub-continent)
• Premier League (except for Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand, & Vietnam)
• FA Cup (except for Thailand and Indian sub-continent)
• FA Community Shield (except for Thailand and Indian sub-continent)
• England International matches (except for Thailand and Indian sub-continent)
• Spanish La Liga ^[5]
• UEFA Champions League (only for China and Malaysia and Singapore,From Sep 2012)
• AFC Champions League
• UEFA Europa League (only For China)
• Asian Cup
• Bundesliga (only for china)
• AFF Cup
• Ligue 1
• Serie A
• Indonesian Premier League (Only In Indonesia)
• Malaysian Super League (Only In Malaysia)
• S-League (Only Highlights)

Tennis[link]

• ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (only for India)
• Wimbledon
• French Open (only for India)
• Australian Open
• Swiss Indoor Open
• Tournament of Champions.

[edit] Professional wrestling

• Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (only for India)

Golf[link]

• PGA EuroPro Tour
• Masters Tournament
• U.S. Open Championship
• The Open Championship
• PGA Grand Slam of Golf
• Asian Tour (only for India)
• OneAsia Tour
• Ladies European Tour (only for Highlights)
• U.S. Women's Open
• LPGA Tour (only for Taiwan)
• PGA Championship (only for Taiwan)
• Ryder Cup (only for Taiwan)
• HSBC Champions (only for Southeast Asia & Taiwan)

News[link]

• SportsCenter Asia
• SportsCenter India
• SportsCenter Hong Kong
• SportsCenter Malaysia
• SportsCenter Taiwan
• Football Crazy
• Engine Block
• Score Tonight

See also[link]

• ESPN
• ESPN International
• ESPN Asia
• ESPN Philippines
• STAR Sports
• STAR Cricket
• Espnstar.com

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official site of ESPN STAR Sports
• ESPN STAR China
• ESPN STAR Hong Kong
• ESPN STAR Taiwan
• ESPN STAR Malaysia
• Official site of SBS ESPN(Korean)(for South Korea)

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STAR Sports (was formerly known as Prime Sports) is a cable sports network owned by STAR TV and Fox International Channels in partnership with ESPN International through ESPN STAR Sports. It shows sports programs. They are the official Asian station of the Barclays Premier League. It is available in Philippines, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Thailand, Pakistan, India, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam and other Asian territories.

On 16 January 2008, the logo was changed at 12:00 midnight, its design similar to those of STAR World (until 2010, except India) and STAR Movies (until 2011 in selected Asian countries who was be rebranded to Fox Movies Premium).

Operating Channels[link]

• STAR Sports Asia
• STAR Sports India
• STAR Sports Hong Kong
• STAR Sports Southeast Asia
• STAR Sports Taiwan
• STAR Sports Malaysia
• STAR Sports Thailand
• STAR Sports China
• STAR Sports Indonesia
• STAR Sports Fiji (in English and Bau Fijian; starting 6 May 2012)

Program Schedule[link]

• To view the actual TV schedules in all STAR Sports feeds see under references!^[1]

References[link]

See also[link]

• ESPN Asia
• ESPN Star Sports
• STAR Cricket

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Darryl O'Young
Darryl O'Young in October 2010.
Nationality	Hong Kong
Born	(1980-03-26) March 26, 1980 (age 32) Vancouver, British Columbia (Canada)
2012 World Touring Car Championship
Debut season	2010
Current team	Special Tuning Racing
Car no.	20
Former teams	Bamboo Engineering
Starts	20
Wins	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	14 in 2011
Previous series
2009	FIA GT Championship
Championship titles
2006 and 2008	Porsche Carrera Cup Asia
Last updated on: 24 October 2011.

Darryl O'Young Yeuk-Hay (Chinese: 歐陽若曦; pinyin: Ouyáng Ruoxi) is a Canadian-born^[1] Hong Kong racing driver.

Career[link]

Early career[link]

O'Young began racing in 1988 at the age of eight. Trained by his father he honed his driving skills in karting winning numerous championships. The highlight of his karting career was becoming Canadian National Champion and USA National Champion in the same year.

After Formula Ford 1600 and 2000 Darryl progressed into Fran Am Pro 1600 and 2000 in the United States.

Sportscars[link]

O'Young then 25-year old competed in the Porsche Infineon Carrera Cup Asia driving for Jebsen & Co, the Hong Kong Porsche dealer team.

Darry'l shares the Porsche 996 GT3-RSR with Matthew Marsh in Zhuhai.

Darryl was also invited to join the Hong Kong Le Mans Team setup by Matthew Marsh in 2005. The pair raced a Porsche 911 GT3 RSR in the Le Mans Endurance Series.

Darryl also took part in the 2005 FIA GT Championship - China Round race at the Zhuhai International Circuit, since the Hong Kong Le Mans Team entered the race as part of its 2005 programme. The pair finished fourth in the GT2 class.

In 2006 Darryl joined Renauer Motorsport for the Spa 24 Hours race, successfully finishing the race with the team.

He has raced for Team Jebsen since 2004 and on 22 October 2006 became series champion of the Porsche Carrera Cup Asia after winning both races at the Zhuhai International Circuit.

For 2007, O'Young joined Schnabl Engineering - LKM - Team Jebsen to take part in the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup. He was the first Hong Kong driver to take part in the series. [1]

In October and November, O'Young was back in Asia for Porsche Carrera Cup Asia, racing in Shanghai, Zhuhai and the Macau Grand Prix. He won the Macau race despite finishing second on the road, as his opponent, Danny Watts violated the rule by overtaking him under a yellow flag caution period and was given a 30-second penalty.

For 2008, Darryl is competing in both Porsche Supercup and Porsche Carrera Cup Asia. O'Young was crowned series champion after the final race at Bahrain International Circuit. He has 196 points and 4 wins in the season. He became the first-ever double Class A champion in the Porsche Carrera Cup Asia.^[2]

Darryl also competed in the Merdeka Millennium Endurance Race in Malaysia. Driving for Porsche Club Singapore, he won the race with Mok Wing Sun and Alexander Nicholas Davison. The trio completed 308 laps in 12 hours in their Porsche 997 RSR.^[3]

Darryl completed a motor racing hat-trick on 16 November 2008 when he took top honors at the Windsor Arch Macau GT Cup, driving a Porsche 997 GT3 Cup. He beats Danny Watts by more than two seconds. This was the third time he has won in a Porsche in Macau.^[4]

In 2009, Darryl announced that he would compete the entire 2009 FIA GT Championship season. He drove in the GT2 category in a Porsche GT3 RSR partnered with Porsche Junior Driver, Marco Holzer, with Belgium based,Prospeed Competition, the official Porsche factory supported team in the FIA GT championship. In doing so, the 29-year-old was the first Chinese race driver to compete a full championship in the FIA GT.^[5]

In 2009, Darryl also competed in the Porsche Carrera Cup Asia for Team Jebsen, his 6th and final season for the team, where he finished 3rd overall in the championship standings at the end of the year.

In addition, in 2009, Darryl entered the 24 hours of Le Mans for the first time in his career driving a Porsche GT3 RSR. The Chinese driver spearheaded the driver line up made up of Phillip Hesnault of France and Plamen Kralev of Bulgaria. He drove for the first ever Hong Kong team entry, Endurance Asia Team which was managed by Thierry Perrier. The team was the first ever Hong Kong/Chinese team entry in the race's 77 year history. The car broke down after 16 hours and was unclassified.

At the end of 2009, Darryl was invited for his first ARCA Stock Car Test on the Daytona International Speedway. He completed a successful test for Starbeast Motorsport while sharing a car that day with ex-Formula 1 driver, Narain Karthikeyan.

In 2010, Darryl entered the 24 hours of Daytona for the first time in his career driving a Porsche GT3 Cup for Vancouver based, Bullet Racing managed by Steve Paquette. The driver line-up included Ross Bentley, Sean McIntosh, and ex-Porsche factory driver Kees Nierop. They ran as high as 3rd place in class and 14th overall near the 13th hour mark of the race, but an incident during the night after an off track excursion by one of the drivers ended all hopes of race victory for the team. They completed the race 20th overall and 13th in the GT class.

On 6 February 2011 O'Young drove for Audi Sport Team Joest in the 2011 Bathurst 12 Hour held at the Mount Panorama Circuit in Bathurst, Australia. Driving an Audi R8 LMS GT3, O'Young, along with Marc Basseng and Christopher Mies led home team mates Mark Eddy, Craig Lowndes and Warren Luff in a 1-2 finish. The winning margin only 0.7141 at the end of 12 hours or racing on the 6.213 km mountain circuit.

On 26 February 2012, O'Young drove a Phoenix Racing Audi R8 LMS to victory in the 2012 Armor All Bathurst 12 Hour held at the Mount Panorama Circuit in Bathurst, Australia.

2010 World Touring Car Championship[link]

Darryl O'Young's Chevrolet Lacetti in Macau.

In 2010, O'Young came across an opportunity to compete at the top level of touring cars, and is driving for Bamboo Engineering in the 2010 World Touring Car Championship season, as teammate to Harry Vaulkhard. His long time sponsors LKM and A-Ha Coffee have joined O'Young on his switch to touring cars, and additional support has come from Chevrolet Motorsport. He drives a 2008 spec, Chevrolet Lacetti in the Independents Championship of the WTCC. In doing so, he has also become the first Chinese full time driver in the FIA World Touring Car Championship. In race 10 at Portimao, Darryl scores his first win in the Independents Championship and also his first world championship point by finishing 10th overall. He arrived in Macau for the final round with a chance of winning the Independents Championship, but was hit by Tom Coronel from behind in race 1, thus failing to finish and ending his championship hope.

Intercontinental Le Mans Cup[link]

Darryl also entered the 2010 1000 km of Zhuhai, a race of the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup. He teamed up with Prospeed Competition and Richard Westbrook for the race but the car stopped after 119 laps.

Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters[link]

Darryl has been drafted into Audi's line-up for the 2010 DTM season finale in Shanghai to replace Alexandre Premat, who was dismissed by the manufacturer.^[6]

2011 World Touring Car Championship[link]

Darryl O'Young remains with Bamboo Engineering for the 2011 World Touring Car Championship season. He started from pole position in race 2 at Suzuka Circuit in Japan, but he made a slow start and was hit from the back by Gabriele Tarquini. He ran into the sand trap and retired from the race.^[7]

Bathurst 12 Hour[link]

He has raced two times at the Bathurst 12 Hour GT3 endurance event in 2011 and 2012 for the Factory backed Audi team winning both times driving a Audi R8 LMS GT3.

Racing record[link]

24 Hours of Le Mans results[link]

Year	Class	No	Tyres	Car	Team	Co-Drivers	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2009	GT2	75	D	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR Porsche 3.8L Flat-6	Endurance Asia Team Perspective Racing	Philippe Hesnault Plamen Kralev	186	NC	NC

Complete WTCC results[link]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)