Indian Subcontinent

Cricket
Finance & Law

Singapore-based non-fungible token company Rario has completed a $120m (€110.4m) funding round.
Cricket
Events

The Pakistan Cricket Board has invited expressions of interest for various sponsorship and broadcast rights packages after outlining the details of its new franchise competition for 15-to-19-year-olds
Football
Events

Indian football fans will soon be allowed to attend I-League matches for the first time since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, organisers of the 13-team football competition have announced
Multiple Sports
Media

Indian broadcaster Viacom18 has launched a new sports pay-television channel, Sports18
Football
Media

India's top women's football competition, the Hero Indian Women's League, has returned after a two-year absence due to the pandemic. The competition began on April 15 and runs to May 26
Cricket
Governance

The International Cricket Council has rejected an audacious proposal by the Pakistan Cricket Board to stage an annual T20 series between Australia, England, India and Pakistan following a meeting of its…
Multiple Sports
Media

SportBusiness speaks to Sanjog Gupta, Head of Sports at Disney-owned Indian pay-television broadcaster Star, on the sidelines of the SportNXT conference in Melbourne
Cricket
Sponsorship & Marketing

Yorkshire County Cricket Club has finalised a wide-ranging sponsorship deal, including "significant" stadium sponsorship rights and shirt sponsorship, with Indian streaming platform Clean Slate Filmz
Cricket
Governance

The Pakistan Cricket Board is to present its audacious plan for an annual T20 series between Australia, England, India and Pakistan to the International Cricket Council later this week, according to reports
Cricket
Events

The number of spectators allowed to attend Indian Premier League matches will next week be doubled to 50 per cent of stadium capacity following the easing of Covid-19 restrictions in India, according to…
Basketball
Events

The International Basketball Federation (Fiba) has announced the creation of a pan-regional club competition in West Asia and the Middle East to be staged alongside the upcoming East Asia Super League
Multiple Sports
Finance & Law

Games24x7, the Mumbai-based company behind the My11Circle fantasy sports platform, has become India’s third online gaming unicorn after reportedly completing a $75m (€67.5m) funding round at a $2.5bn
Cricket
Media

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has launched a tender for rights to the Indian Premier League Twenty20 tournament for the next five-year cycle, with an e-auction to be held to determine…
Esports
Events

LaLiga is to stage an esports tournament in India next month, the Spanish football league has announced. The eLaLiga Trophy will be held virtually across India from April 9 to 26
Football
Fan Engagement

India’s I-League has agreed a deal with Funatix Club, under which the fantasy football game developer’s Real Manager platform will become the Official Fantasy Football partner of the football league.
Cricket
Sponsorship & Marketing

The Board of Control for Cricket in India has unveiled two more tournament sponsorship agreements ahead of the opening match from the latest edition of the Indian Premier League in Mumbai tomorrow (Saturday)
Cricket
Finance & Law

Indian non-fungible token (NFT) platform FanCraze has received backing from global investment firm B Capital and Manchester United footballer Cristiano Ronaldo as part of a $100m (€90.8m) funding round.
Archery
Media

Pay-television broadcaster Sony Pictures Networks has extended its World Archery media rights deal covering the Indian subcontinent and spanning the 2022 and 2023 seasons