India

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) will stage fanparks to promote this year’s Indian Premier League Twenty20 competition.

Soft drinks giant Coca-Cola is to purchase a 10 per cent equity stake in the International Premier Tennis League (IPTL), according to Indian newspaper the Economic Times.

The IPL (Indian Premier League) has been hosted in two countries away from its homelands in its short history. Now there is the real prospect of it having a permanent international presence. Elisha Chauhan reports.

The Billiards and Snooker Federation of India (BSFI) has unveiled an eight-team tournament based on the successful franchise model established in the country by cricket’s Indian Premier League (IPL).

Jagmohan Dalmiya has been elected as president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) more than a decade after he last ran the organisation.

Indian telecommunications group Reliance Communications has agreed a partnership with social networking platform Twitter for the on-going 2015 Cricket World Cup.

India Cements, owner of the Chennai Super Kings, has approved the transfer of ownership rights to the leading Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise to a newly formed subsidiary as Indian and world cricket supremo N Srinivasan continues to weigh up his involvement in the team.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has issued an ultimatum of legal action in its battle to win compensation from the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) following West Indies’ aborted tour of India last year.

Indian and world cricket supremo N Srinivasan will be forced to choose between his role at the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and his ownership of the Chennai Super Kings Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise after the country’s Supreme Court ruled on the controversy surrounding the 2013 edition of the Twenty20 competition.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has postponed its annual elections until no later than January 31 following a directive from the country’s Supreme Court.

The FIH, the global governing body of hockey, is considering transforming the 2018 edition of the World Cup into a multi-city event, according to Indian news agency IANS.

North American basketball league the NBA has said it is looking into creating a new competition in India.

Indian motorcycle manufacturer Hero MotoCorp has signed 14-time major champion Tiger Woods as its first global corporate partner in a lucrative deal designed to support its global growth plans.

All India Football Federation general secretary Kushal Das has claimed that the country’s two rival football leagues will merge within five years.

India cricket player Suresh Raina has bought a co-ownership stake in Hockey India League franchise Uttar Pradesh Wizards.

International Cricket Council (ICC) chairman N Srinivasan has been found not guilty of betting or match fixing offences by an investigation into the corruption scandal in the 2013 edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) Twenty20 tournament.