Indian Subcontinent

Snooker
Marketing

The World Snooker Tour revealed a new corporate identity and name at the start of this year as it marked ten years of ownership by Barry Hearn's Matchroom Sport. The rebrand is intended to see it towards another decade of international growth, with China, India and the Middle East on snooker's radar.
Archery
Governance

World Archery has lifted a suspension on the Archery Association of India that would have stopped Indian archers competing under their flag at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics
Cricket
Sponsorship & Marketing

New Zealand cricket has agreed deals with Indian companies Kent RO, Ebix and Hero MotoCorp to sponsor India's tour of the country, which starts today
Cricket
Sponsorship & Marketing

Indian Premier League franchise Rajasthan Royals has signed global event EXPO 2020 Dubai as its main sponsor for the 2020 season
Esports
Esports

UK-based esports organisation Fnatic has hired Nimish Raut to lead its work in India. The afkgaming
American Football
Media

Indian online sports platform FanCode has acquired streaming rights for the NFL in a multi-season deal with the American football league
Football
Finance & Law

The merger of Kolkata-based Indian football clubs ATK and Mohun Bagan to form a new team playing in the Indian Super League has been confirmed
Cricket
Events

The Bangladesh Cricket Board has agreed to a tour of Pakistan this year, including test matches, after its concerns over security were allayed
Football
Other

Two leading Indian football teams from Kolkata, the I-League's Mohun Bagan and the Indian Super League's ATK, are to merge and play in the Indian Super League, according to media reports
Cricket
Sponsorship & Marketing

Indian Premier League T20 cricket team Sunrisers Hyderabad have agreed a title sponsorship deal with JK Lakshmi Cement for the forthcoming season
Football
Media

Digital sports content platform FanCode has agreed a multi-year rights deal to Indian club football competition the I-League
Media

An Indian court has called on the government to intervene after today (Monday) opting to dispose of a public interest litigation lodged with regards to the freedom of public-service broadcaster Doordarshan…
Media

Indian television broadcasters have united to criticise new price caps on pay-television channels introduced by the country's media regulator, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)
Media

Indian sports media company Lex Sportel Vision is challenging in court its former partner Discovery's move last week to take full control of sports pay-television channel DSport
Cricket

Digital sports content platform FanCode acquired exclusive rights in India to live stream the West Indies v Ireland cricket series currently underway

Indian media group Sony Pictures Networks has appointed Manish Aggarwal as its new head of growth, monetization and digital business at its OTT video on-demand service SonyLIV
Industry Moves

The Indian division of international media company Discovery has promoted Vijay Rajput to head its pay-television broadcaster, DSport
Archery
Events

World Archery, the International Shooting Sport Federation and the UK and Indian governments support plans by the Indian Olympic Association to host archery and shooting events linked to the 2022 Commonwealth…