India

Formula One team Spyker will be renamed as the Force India Formula One team next season, new owner Vijay Mallya said.
Media

Sports management firm Nimbus is reportedly questioning the right of the Board of Control for Cricket in India [BBCI] to sell the broadcast inventory to its new Twenty20 competition on the open market.
Business

Indian retail giant, Future Group, has signed a three-year broadcast sponsorship contract with Neo Sports Broadcast, which runs the Neo Sports and Neo Sports Plus channels.
Media

Neo Sports, the Indian cricket channel owned by Nimbus Sports, has sold 65 per cent of its advertising inventory for the upcoming India-Australia series, starting September 29, buoyed by India’s success in the Twenty20 World Cup.
Events

Media firm Zee Telefilms’ controversial breakaway Indian Cricket League is set for major competition after the sport’s governing body in India confirmed it too was planning to launch a Twenty20 tournament.
Events

The Indian Hockey Federation has proposed the 2007 Champions Trophy be held in the city of Chennai, if the tournament is moved from Pakistan on security grounds.
Media

Singapore-based World Sports Group (WSG) has won the sponsorship rights to part of international cricket in India after bidding $42 million for the next three years.
Business

The controversial new Indian Cricket League (ICL) has won an important legal victory ahead of its launch.
Business

Hopes of a resolve in the row between golf’s governing bodies the Asian Tour and European Tour are edging closer.
Events

The commercial clout of the new Indian Cricket League has been boosted after it unveiled a host of big name stars committing to the controversial Twenty20 league.
Events

The race for Delhi to book its place on the Formula One calendar has a new deadline to work to.
Business

PepsiCo India is set to sign as one of four global sponsors for the International Cricket Council (ICC), according to press sources in India.
Events

ESPN Star Sports (ESS) is looking to bring the X Games to India.
Business

Brandscore, a sports marketing forum organised in India by ESPN-STAR Sports and media agency Mindshare, will be held in Mumbai, India this Friday.
Events

Some of cricket’s biggest names could play in the controversial new multi-million-dollar breakaway Twenty20 tournament.
Media

Indian broadcaster Neo Sports agreed a deal with The New Media Group for carriage of Neo Sports across Japan, Korea and Taiwan.
Media

ESPN Star Sports acquired the mobile rights for Wimbledon in India.
Events

Sony Ericsson WTA Tour said that Bangalore, India; Doha, Qatar; Istanbul, Turkey; and Monterrey, Mexico have been selected as the finalist bid cities to host the 2008 Sony Ericsson Championships.