Afghanistan

Football
Media

Central Asia is the next region in which Premier League and FA Cup rights have been sold together, with the Saran Media Group picking up the contract to 2027-28
Cricket
Sponsorship & Marketing

Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation, known through its brand name Amul, has secured two kit sponsorship agreements for the upcoming 2023 Cricket World Cup, SportBusiness can exclusively reveal
Football
Media

Pay-television operator Sony Pictures Networks India has extended its exclusive rights across the Indian subcontinent to the German Bundesliga for three more seasons
Cricket
Governance

Cricket Australia has announced the withdrawal of its men’s team from an upcoming one-day international (ODI) series against Afghanistan due to the Taliban further limiting women’s rights in the country.
Olympic Games
Governance

The International Olympic Committee has announced that it will lift the suspension of North Korea's National Olympic Committee (NOC) at the end of the year, while it has expressed “serious concern” ove…
Cricket
Events

The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) and Emirates Cricket Board (ECB) have entered into a five-year mutual cooperation agreement that will see Afghanistan host its home fixtures in the United Arab Emirates…
Athletics
Media

Pay-television broadcaster Sony Pictures Network India has acquired exclusive media rights across the Indian subcontinent to the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Oregon
Cricket
Events

The Asia Cup will return later this year after a four-year absence, the Asian Cricket Council has announced. The tournament will be staged in Sri Lanka from August 27 to September 11
Cricket
Media

Indian online streaming platform FanCode has acquired exclusive streaming rights in India to Afghanistan’s white-ball tour of Bangladesh, which starts today (Wednesday).
Cricket
Governance

The Taliban, the new rulers of Afghanistan, have given the go-ahead for an upcoming visit to Australia by the Afghan men's national cricket team
Football
Media

The Saran Media Group has extended a deal for rights to football’s English Premier League in 11 Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) countries for a further three years.
Multi-sport
Events

The Badminton World Federation announced the calendar for the first half of 2021, together with procedures for reopening the BWF World Rankings and information related to qualification and seedings for…
Football
Media

Pan-regional broadcaster Setanta Sports has extended its rights deal with Bundesliga International, the league’s international commercial rights arm, in Central Asia, from 2021-22, also adding Ukraine t…
Events

World Athletics said Olympic qualification for marathon and race walk events will restart from September 1, three months earlier than previously announced - Reuters/CNA
Athletics
Events

Fifa has welcomed a life ban on former Afghanistan Football Federation president Keramuudin Karim imposed by the Court of Arbitration for Sport for sexually abusing female players - CNA/Reuters
Multi-sport
Events

National Olympic Committees from Central Asia met in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan at the weekend and agreed to revive a regional games in 2021
Cricket
Governance

The Afghanistan Cricket Board has postponed the start of the second season of its Afghanistan Premier League T20 cricket competition due to missing payments from the league’s commercial partner, Snixer S…
Cricket
Business

The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) has launched a new Twenty20 competition with the goal of making it one of the world’s leading leagues.