India

The National Basketball Association (NBA) will stage its first-ever event in India with Basketball without Borders, the league’s global basketball development and community outreach programme.
Media

Indian sports channel Neo Sports Plus acquired the TV rights for the US PGA Tour in a two-year deal covering 2008 and 2009 with the Professional Golf Association.
Business

The Board of Control for Cricket in India invited tenders for the title sponsorship rights for the Indian Premier League's inaugural tournament in April.
Media

Australian Commercial broadcaster Ten and Pay-TV group Foxtel acquired the Australian TV rights for the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India.
Media

World Sport Group and Sony acquired the global TV rights for the Indian Premier League (IPL) in a 10-year deal worth $1.026 billion.
Media

Bidding for the TV rights for cricket's inaugural Indian Premier League will close at noon today with four bidders set to fight it out for the rights.
Media

Asian broadcaster ESPN STAR Sports has acquired the mobile rights for India's ongoing tour to Australia from Cricket Australia.
Business

LG Electronics said it is considering a return to cricket sponsorship after having pulled out of the sport earlier this year.
Media

Neo Sports, India's first cricket only TV Channel, plans to launch in Europe and the US next year.
Media

The Zee Group sold the international TV rights for its Indian Cricket League (ICL) to three international broadcasters in deals worth a reported $10 million.
Media

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) fixed a minimum price for the TV rights for its new Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket tournament of $59 million.
Business

Satyam Computer Services signed up as FIFA World Cup Sponsor and Official Information Technology (IT) Services Provider to the FIFA World Cup.
Media

ESPN, Nimbus and Sony have all expressed interest in acquiring the rights for Indian cricket’s Twenty20 Indian Premier League.
Events

London mayor Ken Livingstone said the UK will support India's bid for the 2020 Olympic Games.

Vijay Mallya, the billionaire owner of the Force India F1 team and the major influence behind India’s bid to host a Formula One Grand Prix, will give a presentation during the opening session of the 2007 Motor Sport Business Forum.
Media

Nimbus was forced to sell its rights as official ‘revenue-management company’ (RMC) for cricket’s India-Pakistan series, including both one-days and the Test matches, to Indian public-service broadcaster Doordarshan.
Media

Ten Sports acquired the rights for all international cricket matches played in South Africa and Zimbabwe for markets in Asia, including India and Pakistan, and the Middle East.
Media

Percept Talent Management (PTM), the recently launched Indian talent agency part-owned by Lachlan Murdoch, has signed up Australian cricket all-rounder, Michael Clarke as its first non-Indian star.