India

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…
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.
Multi-Sport
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
Olympic Games
Events

Indonesia and India are among the countries keen on pursuing a bid to host the 2036 Summer Olympics, after Brisbane secured the 2032 Games this week
Olympic Games
Media

Indian broadcaster Sony Pictures Networks yesterday obtained an order from the Delhi High Court aimed at shutting down piracy of Tokyo Olympics coverage by websites and rogue pay-television platform operators
Cricket
Media

Pay-television broadcaster Sony Pictures Networks has reached an agreement with Facebook and Twitter, enabling the social media platforms to show highlights and clips from the Indian cricket team's forthcoming…
Cricket
Media

Online streaming platform FanCode has acquired exclusive rights in India to The Hundred, the England and Wales Cricket Board’s (ECB) new limited-overs competition.
Badminton
Events

Suzhou in China will host the 2023 Sudirman Cup and India will host the Badminton World Championships in 2026 after a reallocation of hosting rights by the Badminton World Federation
Cricket
Governance

Anurag Thakur, the former president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), has been appointed as the minister of youth and sports in India
Football
Events

The Asian Football Confederation has relocated two of the host venues for the 2022 AFC Women’s Asian Cup in India in a bid to ease Covid-19-related disruption.
Cricket
Events

The International Cricket Council has received proposals from 17 member nations to host men's one-day international and T20 events in the next cycle, 2024 to 2031
Football
Media

Indian media group Viacom 18 has secured exclusive linear and digital media rights to broadcast Spain's LaLiga from 2021-22 to 2023-24 in the Indian subcontinent
Archery
Events

Next year’s Commonwealth Archery and Shooting Championships in India have been cancelled amid the ongoing effects of the Covid-19 pandemic in the country.
Football
Industry Moves

Damian Willoughby, chief executive of City Football Group India, is to leave the football club investment group after nearly seven years
Cricket
Events

This year's T20 World Cup will be moved from India to the United Arab Emirates, while Oman will also help host the event