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No kit partner for Team India’s tour of Australia!

No kit partner for Team India’s tour of Australia!

It will be difficult to recall when a Board of Control for Cricket in India commercial opportunity had failed to invoke market interest. In Indian sports market nothing sells better than international cricket and the…

IPL 2020: Rahane, Gayle, Imran Tahir among players up for grabs

IPL 2020: Rahane, Gayle, Imran Tahir among players up for grabs

The Indian Premier League Season 13 reaches the halfway mark as all the teams have played seven matches each. Though technically, or mathematically, no team is out of the race to qualify to the knockout stage,…

Gautam Thakkar quits Star Sports; Sanjog Gupta to take charge

Gautam Thakkar quits Star Sports; Sanjog Gupta to take charge

Star Sports President and Chief Executive Gautam Thakkar has quit The Walt Disney Company-owned sports media network. Thakkar is the second top executive to step down from the company. Star India and Disney India chairman…

Resignations rain in Star Sports after Uday Shankar, Thakkar quit

Resignations rain in Star Sports after Uday Shankar, Thakkar quit

Resignations seems to be raining in Star India. After Star India Chairman Uday Shankar and Star Sports Chief Executive Gautam Thakkar put in their papers, three other vertical heads have tendered their resignations. Uday Shankar…

Lanka Premier League: First season to be played in Kandy, Hambantota

Lanka Premier League: First season to be played in Kandy, Hambantota

The organisers of the Lanka Premier League are playing it safe to conduct the inaugural season amidst the threat of the COVID-19 pandemic. A week before the rescheduled players draft on October 19, Sri Lanka…

IPL 2020: Ishant Sharma ruled out for remaining season

IPL 2020: Ishant Sharma ruled out for remaining season

Delhi Capitals’ pace spearhead Ishant Sharma has been ruled out of the remaining Indian Premier League 2020 season with a muscle tear. Ishant initially experienced pain on his rib cage and it was later revealed…

Lorgat joins T10 Sports as Director Strategy & Development

Lorgat joins T10 Sports as Director Strategy & Development

Haroon Lorgat will drive the growth strategy for the Abu Dhabi T10 and develop new T10 leagues in other countries as the UAE takes centre stage in hosting international cricket. T10 Sports Management has announced…

ICC initiates process to elect Independent Chairman

ICC initiates process to elect Independent Chairman

The International Cricket Council has initiated the process to find the successor of Shashank Manohar, who had quit as the Independent Chair in July this year. The ICC Board today (Monday) confirmed the process for…

COVID-19: An athlete’s guide as sporting action resumes

COVID-19: An athlete’s guide as sporting action resumes

Most athletes are back to work. Some are preparing to resume action and some others are thriving to attain their optimum fitness and competitive strength. While in lockdown, many athletes would have lost their muscle…

IPL 2020: Team sponsorships breach ₹ 500 crore mark

IPL 2020: Team sponsorships breach ₹ 500 crore mark

The Indian Premier League business has defied the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. A grim scenario that has left most of the industries bleeding financially, the Board of Control for Cricket in India’s professional…