MUMBAI: Global media rights for cricket topped $1 billion for the first time in 2018 and will likely top $2 billion in 2021, according to a new report published Tuesday by Media Partners Asia (MPA).
The report, titled The Future of Cricket, suggests that cricket’s future prospects can be optimized even further if cricket…
CHICAGO: Sports data and technology company STATS has announced the official launch of STATS VQ, which leverages proprietary granular data and AI to allow sportsbooks to create unique player prop bets using machine learning generated player predictions.
NEW DELHI: Once a cesspool always a cesspool? Rajat Sharma, owner of the pro government news channel India TV, who won presidentship of the scandal and corruption-tainted Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) with an overwhelming margin in July last year, is facing a full blown revolt.
NEW DELHI: The ruling BJP and opposition Congress have fielded two high profile sports stars (one retired and the other still in the game) from different constituencies in the national capital.
While the BJP fielded retired cricketer Gautam Gambhir from the East Delhi Lok Sabha constituency, the Congress picked Olympic Bronze…
BUDAPEST: Breaking new ground, new territories and adopting a whole new playing system is what’s in store for the 2021 and 2022 ITTF World Table Tennis Championships Finals, which will be hosted in Houston, USA and Chengdu, China respectively.
The news follows Monday’s historic vote at the ITTF’s annual general meeting here…
MUMBAI: Twitter India on Monday appointed Manish Maheshwari, former CEO of Network18 Digital, as managing director for the country operations.
Maheshwari's appointment fills a position vacant since country director Taranjeet Singh quit nearly eight months ago to head Zee Network's OTT platform Zee5.
Balaji Krish, who…
MUMBAI: The Maharashtra government has issued notice to the Mumbai Cricket Association to pay Rs 1.2 billion as lease renewal, unpaid dues, and illegal alterations on the plot that houses the Wankhede Stadium and BCCI headquarters, failing which the MCA might have to vacate the stadium premises.
A notice issued on April 16 by…
MUMBAI: Hyderabad’s Rajiv Gandhi Stadium has been finalised as the venue for the final match of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2019. The summit clash will be played on May 12.
PTI, quoting sources, reports that the decision came after the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA) was denied permission to open stands I, J and K.…
MUMBAI: Unfazed by the economic boycott undertaken by the Saudi Arabia-led bloc of countries, 2022 FIFA World Cup hosts Qatar are extremely confident of delivering a top-notch event and also expect a big contingent from India to attend football’s show-piece event in the Arabian desert.
MUMBAI: LaLiga, in association with the Embassy of Spain in India, will be awarding multiple Indian students the LaLiga Football Schools Scholarship annually from 2018/19 season onwards.
The students, who will be selected from LaLiga Football Schools, its grassroots development programme in India, will be sent to Spain for up…