3 Mobile's sponsorship of Cricket Australia will remain in place, despite the company's merger with Vodafone Australia.
3-mobile extended its sponsorship commitment with the Australian cricket team until 2013.
Carib Breweries has officially withdrawn its 2009 sponsorship of an annual four-day Regional Tournament run by the The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB).
Vodafone said it would not renew its £4million-a-year sponsorship deal with the England cricket team.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) announced that it is seeking requests for proposals (RFPs) from companies interested in providing specialist audio-visual archive management services.
ESPN Star Sports agreed partnerships with three major broadcasters to make International Cricket Council (ICC) events exclusively available tofans in Pakistan, Canada and the USA from 2009-2011.
England's cricket team have been offered a revised schedule for their tour of India, but will await a security report before making any decision, according to UK press reports.
The terrorist strikes in India could have significant repercussions for cricket in the region, with a change in risk assessment of the game in India.
Dubai-based Ten Sports agreed a five-year, $140.5 million deal for the TV rights for cricket matches in Pakistan from the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), from 2009 to 2013.
ESPN STAR Sports (ESS) has been appointed as the long-term global TV production partner for cricket's Champions League Twenty20 tournament.
England could be pulled from the remaining fixtures in the $100million Stanford Super Series after the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, expressed his distaste for the chase for cash.
England cricket chiefs are to carry out a review of the $20 million Stanford Super Series, according to BBC Sport.
A £30 million redevelopment of cricket ground, Edgbaston, is set to be announced next month, bucking the credit crunch that has halted work at other grounds.
The UK government is preparing an about-turn on its opposition to a list of "crown-jewel" events where ticket re-sales would be banned, according to UK newspaper, The Guardian.
Neo Sports Broadcast president affiliate sales, Arun Poddar, said: "We are targeting pay-TV revenues of Rs 1.5 billion.
Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) is reportedly on the verge of signing a ten-year $70 million deal with the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), UK newspaper, The Times reports.
The $20 million winner-takes-all Twenty20 Stanford match between England and a West Indies' side on November 1 will go ahead after an agreement was reached over sponsorship rights.
The $20 million cricket match between England and Sir Allen Stanford's Caribbean team is in doubt after the WICB lost its case in the High Court against team sponsor Digicel.
The Australian Medical Association (AMA) wants governments to end sponsorship deals between high profile sports events and fast food companies.
Brands including Nokia, Pepsi, LG and Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (ADAG) are competing for the title sponsorship rights for cricket’s Champions League Twenty20 competition.
The Cricinfo website reports that, in total, the franchise owners paid Rs 289 crore (approximately US$62 million) to the board as the first annual instalment of the amounts they bid to buy the rights
The news was confirmed by Shafqat Nagmi, Chief Operating Officer, PCB at a press conference at the Gadaffi Stadium.
The plans, which involve upgrading the pavilion as well as two new grandstands, are expected to provide a 15,000 capacity capable of rising to 25,000 with temporary seats.
According to the paper, tickets the first three days, priced at £75 for adults and £20 for children (reduced to £10 in the family stand), sold quickly.
Under the deal, ESS has acquired the exclusive Global Commercial Rights for all the matches in the inaugural Champions League Twenty20 season, due to be held from December 3 to 10, 2008, and for all f
The dates of the multi-million dollar event will clash with the ICC's decision to hold the Champions Trophy one-day tournament in October 2009 after the tournament , due to be held this month was canc
Chief operating officer of the PCB, Shafqat Naghmi, told Reuters: "We feel that our team is in dire need of exposure in foreign conditions and, with the postponement of the Champions Trophy, we believ
Under the deal, Big TV will be contributing Rs 34.27 crore a year as a part of its commitment to IPL as the official DTH partner.
Sky will continue to show live domestic and international coverage while commercial broadcaster Five will continue to show early-evening highlights at 19:15 as part of the overall deal worth an estima
Vice-president of the BCCI, Lalit Modi, said: "The Indian Premier League (IPL) set new benchmarks. Before the IPL, there was apprehension that people might not want to watch foreigners playing.
However, English involvement in India's Champions League, to be held in Jaipur, Mohali and Delhi from September 29 to October 8 has not yet been ruled out.
The report, which monitors mobile web browsers in 10 countries, including India, the United States, China, the UK and South Africa, placed the IPL site ahead of ESPN.com and Cricinfo.com for the first
Representatives of the eight nations due to take part in the tournament, including England, were briefed on the security situation in Dubai by the ICC’s own security consultants and the Pakistan Cri
The competition will start in June 2010 and follows the multi-million dollar launch of the Indian Premier League (IPL) in April this year.
ICC President, David Morgan, said: I’m delighted to announce that the ICC Board has confirmed unanimously that we will return to Lord’s for annual conference week in 2009.
Under the deal, Nimbus Sports will market all BCB cricket events in Bangladesh for the next four years.
SportsXchange aims to combine the very latest in sports statistics with expert insight to give viewers the knowledge they need to make informed betting decisions.
England will be appointed host nation, despite the England and Wales Cricket Board's campaign to suspend Zimbabwe's ICC membership.
The Zimbabwe Cricket Union (ZCU) were last year incorporated into the South African domestic structure and took part in the limited overs and Twenty20 championships as part of efforts to help the coun
SPORTCEL organised the official launch of the new series at Lord’s cricket ground last on June 11, at which it was announced the first match in the series would take place on 1 November 2008, under
The competition, hosted in Pakistan, begins on June 24, and features teams from India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, UAE and Hong Kong.
Stanford will bankroll the matches for the next five years.
The inaugural tournament, which will have a winners' prize of $5 million, will reportedly comprise eight teams, playing 15 games.
Manoj Badale, one of the backers of Twenty20 cricket in India, planned to bring Rajasthan Royals and Kolkata Knight Riders to the Oval on July 15 and 16.
The ECB board met at Lord's yesterday to consider initial feedback from broadcasters concerning the structure of county cricket from 2010, but the counties themselves are thought to be increasingly di
Key territories covered by the deal are India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, the UAE, and the many Indian, Pakistani and Bangladeshi ex-patriate communities worldwide.
Under the deal, Neo Cricket will show all matches live and exclusive in India, Middle East, Singapore, Hong Kong, Japan, Taiwan, Korea, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.
The PCB said yesterday that the rights, to broadcast their home international matches over a five-year period from 2008-09, will be open to tender from July and that a deal should be concluded by Sept
According to ‘The News’, the PCB may chose to sell its rights for a two to three year period, rather than for the traditional five years, in a bid to maximise profits.
Under the deal, which is estimated to be worth around $25 million, Vodafone customers will be able to order tickets for IPL matches on the company’s Vodafone live service and participate in the ‘P
Of the 50,000 Australians interviewed, 47 per cent said they watch cricket on television, 41 per cent watch Australian Football League (AFL), 33 per cent watch tennis, 25 per cent watch National Rugby
Keith Bradshaw, the MCC's chief executive, said: "It is our heartbeat to have major matches, so as well as our England Tests and ODIs we have to look at whether there is the potential to stage other s
Under the agreement with ESS, the Nine Network and Fox Sports will broadcast coverage from the ICC Cricket World Cup and the ICC World Twenty20 while Fox Sports will broadcast all matches from the ICC
Under the deal, LIM will manage, develop and produce merchandise and memorabilia for the ICC. LIM will also be the exclusive agent for all ICC events and brands until the 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup.
According to UK press reports the ECB is looking into starting: an annual series of one-off Twenty20 matches in Antigua between England and a West Indies XI; a $1 million four-team annual Twenty20 tou
RSA, formerly known as Royal & SunAlliance Insurance, will sponsor the men's senior squad as well as the A, Under-19 and women's national sides.
The parties are to create a five-match, $100 million series contested by England and a West Indies all-star team, and a four-team international tournament held at Lord’s.
For the first match, played in Bangalore between the local Royal Challenger and the Kolkata Knight Riders, 12.5 million viewers tuned in, giving the broadcast 8.21 ‘Television Rating Points’.
The News Media Coalition (NMC), an industry umbrella organisation which represents the interests of news and photographs agencies including Associated Press, Reuters, and Getty Images, is refusing cov
The agreement includes exclusive online content rights agreements for Live Current to build, launch and operate the official websites for the DLF Indian Premier League, www.IPLT20.com, and the BCCI, w
Clarke confirmed to the BBC that he had discussed the plan with Texan financial services billionaire Sir Allen Stanford, who is proposing to bankroll the match, at a meeting at Lords on Tuesday.
Under the partnership, Reliance Mobile will become the new sponsor of the ICC team and player rankings, which will now be known as the Reliance Mobile ICC Player Rankings and the Reliance Mobile ICC O
Under the deal, MasterCard will be the team’s founding sponsor.
FOX Sports CEO, David Malone, said: ”In securing the broadcast rights to this series, Fox Sports continues its long tradition of providing Australian viewers with the opportunity to watch the Austra
Stanford will meet ECB chairman, Giles Clarke, to discuss the proposals today. The billionaire has already bankrolled a Twenty20 tournament in the West Indies.
Headquartered in California, Willow TV has been providing live streaming video of major cricket events since 2003.
The IPL Twenty20 competition opening on April 18 has been approved by domestic boards, including the ECB, and attracted an array of the world's leading players.
The former convener of Cricket South Africa’s selection committee, said: "I can confirm I have spoken to (ICC president-elect) David Morgan. We talked about the job.
Vinod D'Mello, Executive Vice-president, Strategy and planning, ADD said, "The exclusive opportunity to watch reigning cricketing greats in action is nothing short of a surprise gift for lovers of the
Fans of the sport and UK politicians heavily criticised the England and Wales Cricket Board when last sold its rights, to pay-broadcaster BSkyB in a deal that runs until the 2010 season.
The portal will focus on Indian domestic and international cricket and will offer free-to-view content and premium content, which will be available to access for a subscription fee of around Rs 25.
Under the deal, Pepsi will pay $2.5 million a year. The money will be paid directly to the eight franchise owners.
Patel has been approached to succeed Australia’s Malcolm Speed, who will step down in June, after seven years in office.
GMR Sports CEO Yogesh Shetty said that many domestic and international companies had shown interest in the team and the main sponsor had been chosen after shortlisting four different parties.
Manish Periwal, Pioneer Urban’s managing director, said: “We are overwhelmed to be associated with the ICL.
BCCI Vice-president, Lalit Modi, said: I am very pleased to have the country's largest two wheeler manufacturer Hero Honda extend its co-sponsorship deal from three to five years.
Under the deal, the tournament will be known as the Edelweiss 20's Challenge and will run from the March 9 to April 7 and be held in Hyderbad, Chandigarh and Gurgaon.
ESPN STAR Sports’ broadband video service has already been used to offer cricket fans across the world live coverage of the International Cricket Council (ICC) Under 19 Cricket World Cup, and was al
The broadcaster plans to have two presenting sponsors and six associate sponsors.
Ten Sports will show the events on their channels in the Indian sub-continent, the Middle East and South East Asia and will distribute the events worldwide with the exception of the Uk and Ireland, wh
The plans include increasing capacity to 38,500, building a new academy and installing retractable floodlights.
Under the deal, Setanta will show all 59 fixtures in the first season. The competition begins on April 18, with the final due to take place on June 1.
Locker Room Sports will help the ECB grow and expand its fans database and improve the range, quality and frequency of e-communications with them.
The proposed new format will involve two groups of seven teams with the top four from each group progressing to a knock-out phase that includes quarter-finals, semi-finals and a final.
SET India, which operates channels like Sony, MAX, SAB TV and AXN, recently asked shareholders to infuse fresh equity of $40 million, a bid which was turned down.
DLF beat off competition from the World Sports Group, bidding on behalf of motorcycle company Hero Honda Motors (India) Ltd, Percept D' Mark and 21st Century Media.
Reports suggest that Pepsi is the only company to have paid the Rs 10 crore performance guarantee deposit required by the Board of Control for Cricket in India by February 12.
Under the deal Emirates will be the official partner of the ICC until 2015 with rights to all ICC major tournaments including the 2011 and 2015 ICC Cricket World Cups, ICC Champions Trophy, ICC World
Network Ten wins IPL Rights.
The eight-year deal covers all ICC events through to, and including, the ICC Cricket World Cup in 2015.
Under the plans, ECB chairman, Giles Clarke, wants floodlights to be built at every county ground so that fans can see more matches live.
