Indian Subcontinent

Mumbai-based Nazara Technologies has acquired a majority stake in Indian esports company Nodwin Gaming.

Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), owner of the Lord’s Ground in London and recognised as the sole authority on the Laws of Cricket, has called on the Board of Control for Cricket in India to back the sport’s ongoing bid to become part of the Olympic Games, adding that the BCCI’s reluctance is the only remaining barrier facing the efforts.

The International Boxing Association (Aiba) has announced that India will return to its World Series of Boxing (WSB) competition, while Croatia will enter a franchise for the first time.

International Hockey Federation (FIH) president Narinder Batra has been elected as the new leader of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) and has outlined that the country should seek hosting rights for the Olympic Games, Asian Games and Commonwealth Games.

Former Pakistan batsman Nasir Jamshed has been handed a one-year ban by the Pakistan Cricket Board, the latest sanction issued by the PCB amid the corruption probe into the 2017 season of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) Twenty20 competition.

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has filed a claim for $70m (€60.4m) in compensation from the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for what it argues is the latter’s failure to deliver on a 2014 agreement for bilateral series between the two countries.

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has confirmed it will play the third and final Twenty20 game of its ongoing series against Pakistan in Lahore, eight years on from the incident that led to the end of top-level international cricket in the latter nation.

Joseph Eapen, senior vice president, SMG India, looks at audience and viewing figures for the Pro-Kabaddi League (PKL) in India.

Kabaddi is several thousand years old and played by millions of people, but has only taken off as a commercial proposition in the last four years thanks to the launch of the Star India-backed Pro Kabaddi League. Frank Dunne finds out more.

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has handed a five-year ban to national team batsman Khalid Latif, the stiffest sanction issued so far in the spot-fixing probe surrounding the Pakistan Super League (PSL) Twenty20 competition.

Ravi Krishnan is a former managing director and senior vice president for IMG South Asia and the co-founder and CEO of Stepathlon, India. He discusses the seismic changes he has witnessed across the Indian sports market over the last two decades.

British boxer Amir Khan is to launch a new Pakistan-based league in a move designed to raise the profile of the sport in the country.

The Professional Squash Association (PSA) has sanctioned two World Tour events in Pakistan for later this year after lifting a hosting ban imposed on the country.

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has today (Wednesday) welcomed the five-year ban handed out to national team player Sharjeel Khan for his role in a spot-fixing scandal connected to the Pakistan Super League (PSL) Twenty20 competition, stating it illustrates its “zero tolerance” approach against corrupt practices.

India is set for a new international-standard cricket stadium, with a 25,000-seat venue having been lined up near the city of Agartala.

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has today (Monday) confirmed it will stage a Twenty20 series against a World XI in Lahore next month, ahead of the potential for further games in the country against Sri Lanka and the West Indies.