Indian Subcontinent

Esports
Events

Details of the top eight teams of India’s first-ever franchise-based esports league were revealed yesterday (Monday) as the inaugural Esports Premier League (ESPL) launched.
Cricket
Media

Indian media group Viacom 18 has secured the broadcast rights to the next edition of the Abu Dhabi T10 Cricket League, scheduled to begin on November 19, in a deal covering the Indian subcontinent
Multiple Sports
Finance & Law

Sports media and technology firm Dream Sports has established a $250m (€213m) corporate venture fund as it bids to become a sports technology conglomerate.
Cricket
Host Broadcast & Production

Whisper, the live sports production company, will help Indian pay-television broadcaster Sony Pictures Networks India maximise its live coverage of the Test series between England and India, the second…
Para Sport
Media

Discovery-owned Eurosport India has acquired pay-television rights in the Indian subcontinent to broadcast the Tokyo 2020 Summer Paralympics
Events

The Vivo Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) is set to return for its eighth season in December after a gap of two years due to Covid-19 disruption
Wrestling
Media

Sports broadcaster Eurosport India has acquired the broadcast rights to the All Elite Wrestling (AEW) promotion
Cricket
Media

The first match of an Australian cricket tour of Bangladesh took place yesterday without live television or streaming coverage in Australia, something that has happened only once or twice in recent decades
Multi-sport
Fan Engagement

India has posted the biggest digital engagement figures of the Tokyo Olympic Games, higher than hosts Japan, according to Yiannis Exarchos, chief executive of Olympic Broadcasting Services, the host broadcast…
Cricket
Events

An England cricket tour of Bangladesh scheduled for September and October has been postponed, while a South Africa tour of Sri Lanka in September has been confirmed, as boards continue to work their way…
Cricket
Events

The Board of Control for Cricket in India has written to the sport's global governing body International Cricket Council urging them not to recognise the Pakistan domestic Twenty20 tournament, the Kashmir…
Cricket
Finance & Law

Royals Sports Group, the ownership group of cricket's Rajasthan Royals, has further strengthened the Indian Premier League’s ties with fellow Twenty20 cricket competition the Caribbean Premier League b…
Football
Media

Approximately 61 million viewers tuned in to Indian broadcaster Sony Pictures Network to watch its coverage of the Uefa Euro 2020 competition, the network has said
Cricket
Industry Moves

Indian Premier League cricket team Rajasthan Royals chief executive Mike Fordham has been appointed to head up the franchise’s holding company, Royals Sports Group.
Industry Moves

Indian broadcaster Sony Pictures Networks has announced a flurry of senior management changes, which sees chief revenue officer for distribution and sports Rajesh Kaul’s role expanded into international s…
Football
Media

Indian online streaming platform FanCode has acquired rights to six pre-season football friendlies featuring German Bundesliga champion Bayern Munich and Spanish LaLiga club Barcelona
Cricket
Events

The suspended 2021 season of the Indian Premier League will restart in the United Arab Emirates on September 19, the Board of Control for Cricket in India has said
Cricket
Events

The Pakistan Cricket Board has agreed on an earlier calendar slot of January-February for the 2022 Pakistan Super League, along with discussing what will be a new commercial rights cycle for the Twenty20…