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MUMBAI:  Esports media platform TalkEsport announced Wednesday the successful closure of its pre-series A funding round, securing an investment of $1 million from Saswat Ventures. 

The investment underscores TalkEsport’s robust growth trajectory and reaffirms its position as a pioneering force in the esports industry.

May 15, 2019 16:05
SHANGHAI, CHINA: UFC, the world’s premier mixed martial arts (MMA) organization, and Weibo, Tuesday announced their new strategic alliance that will see China’s leading social media platform become the “Official Social Media platform” of UFC in China.  
May 14, 2019 17:05
MUMBAI: Research from Ampere Analysis has found that in two of the world’s largest markets, China and India, tentpole international sports events outperform domestic competitions. In India, cricket dominates the sports rankings with 90% of fans showing an interest, followed by tennis and badminton.
May 14, 2019 15:05
MUMBAI: After 60 matches of Indian Premier League 2019, which culminated with the nail-biting victory of Mumbai Indians over Chennai Super Kings for their fourth IPL title, Twitter declared Tuesday that the tournament set new benchmarks on the social media platform. This year, Twitter saw a record-breaking 27 million tweets, a 44% increase over 2018’s IPL-related tweets.
May 14, 2019 14:05
NEW YORK: Discovery, Inc. announced Monday it has acquired Golf Digest from Condé Nast. Golf Digest is the world’s No. 1 golf media brand and will extend Discovery’s global golf media business to the US market through Golf Digest’s multiplatform distribution and reach.
May 14, 2019 11:05
MUMBAI: OTT platform Hotstar recorded 18.6 million concurrent viewers during the VIVO Indian Premier League (IPL) 2019 final on Sunday, a new global record in live streaming.
May 13, 2019 17:05
NEW DELHI: Third-party mobile browser and a content platform UCBrowser has seen an extensive engagement of content consumers during the recently-concluded Indian Premier League 2019. UCBrowser, part of Alibaba Digital Media and Entertainment Group, asserts it has generated close to 100 million views for its cricket coverage during the course of the IPL.
May 13, 2019 12:05
MUMBAI: After a 50-day celebration of action-packed matches, VIVO IPL 2019 culminated Sunday with a finale that world cricket's biggest annual T20 event between Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings deserved at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad.
May 11, 2019 14:05
JAIPUR: Two of the biggest names in the Indian women’s cricket, Harmanpreet Kaur (Supernovas) and Mithali Raj (Velocity) will lead their sides in the finals of the Women’s T20 Challenge 2019 in Jaipur Satrday at 7:00 pm on Star Sports network.
May 11, 2019 08:05
NEW DELHI: A PIL clearly timed with the upcoming cricket World Cup in England has been admitted by the Delhi High Court. Not to the liking of Vaibhav Jain, the petitioner, however. Why? Because arguments in the case will be heard only after ICC's blue riband event is done and dusted.     
May 10, 2019 19:05
NEW DELHI: adidas India has launched its ‘She breaks barriers’ India edition campaign to celebrate Mother’s Day. The campaign focused on women unveils a new film as part of its tribute to all mothers and women at large to celebrate each day as it comes.