Indian Subcontinent
Round-Up: PGA Tour measures, Asian Beach Games ploughs on, UK govt training guidelines, and more
Details have been reported of a 37-page memo from golf's PGA Tour to its players, outlining the Covid-19 measures that will be taken when the series resumes next month
Sri Lanka Cricket media rights remain on market
Sri Lanka Cricket's global media rights remain unsold nearly three months after a tender for the package closed
IPL cancellation ‘could cost BCCI $530m’
Board of Control for Cricket in India treasurer Arun Dhumal has said the organisation could lose Rs40bn ($530m/€489m) if this year's Indian Premier League is cancelled.
Sportsfever360 seeks to refresh cricket coverage in Pakistan in Stats Perform deal
Sports data and AI technology company Stats Perform has reached an agreement with Sportsfever360, a sports management organisation in Pakistan, to deliver Opta cricket data through Sportsfever360’s technologies a…
PCB tenders for media rights consultant
The Pakistan Cricket Board is searching for a consultant to help it with its media rights sales for home international matches in the 2020-23 period
APAC Round-Up: IOC-athletics talks, FA budget slashed, Abu Dhabi T10 go-ahead, and more
World Athletics president Sebastian Coe told the Financial Times that the organisation is in talks with the International Olympic Committee about how much of athletics' planned share of this year's Olympic…
Silver Lake follows Facebook with Jio Platforms investment
Indian conglomerate Reliance Industries has secured the second major funding injection in the space of a month for its digital arm, with US private equity firm Silver Lake investing INR56.56bn (€683.5m/$747.7
India to ‘step up’ 2032 Olympics bid after Covid-19
Indian Olympic Association president Narinder Batra has said the country will step up its efforts to host the 2032 Olympic Games and other international events when the Covid-19 pandemic eases
India to pay $500,000 penalty as New Delhi stripped of World Boxing Championships
The International Boxing Association (Aiba) has reassigned hosting rights for its 2021 men’s World Championships to the Serbian capital of Belgrade after New Delhi did not fulfil its obligations to pay t…
Facebook invests $5.7bn in Jio stake, launches gaming app
Social media giant Facebook has invested $5.7bn (€5.24bn) in Jio in a move that makes it the largest minority shareholder in the Indian digital platform.
The investment of a 9.9
South Africa cricket tour of Sri Lanka postponed
South Africa's cricket tour of Sri Lanka in June has been postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The teams were due to play three one-day internationals and three Twenty20 matches
India’s tennis body plans domestic tour
The All India Tennis Association is creating a domestic tour to help the country's players stay match fit and to support them financially during the Covid-19 pandemic
Turkmenistan football league restarts, other Asian events join cancelled list
Turkmenistan on Sunday joined the small handful of countries around the world to continue hosting sports events amid the Covid-19 pandemic, as its domestic football season restarted
PCB media-rights revenue hit by lack of India matches
The Pakistan Cricket Board lost out on between $80m (€74m) and $90m in media-rights revenue during its last five-year rights cycle because it was unable to schedule home matches against India, according t…
Sri Lanka offers to host suspended IPL
Sri Lanka Cricket has offered to host the Indian Premier League, after this year's tournament was officially suspended by the Board of Control for Cricket in India
Pakistan and UAE eye joint ICC bids amid T20 revenue loss concerns
The Pakistan Cricket Board is preparing a joint bid for five to six International Cricket Council events in conjunction with the Emirates Cricket Board
Indian Premier League ‘postponed indefinitely’
The Board of Control for Cricket in India has postponed the Indian Premier League Twenty20 tournament "indefinitely", the Press Trust of India has reported
PCB receives apology for betting streaming controversy
India-based agency ITW has apologised to the Pakistan Cricket Board for a mix-up that saw Pakistan Super League cricket matches streamed on UK betting website Bet365 against the board's wishes