Indian Subcontinent

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The 2020 Indian Premier League T20 cricket tournament got underway on Saturday in the United Arab Emirates, after a six-month delay due to the Covid-19 pandemic
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Fan Engagement

Indian Premier League champions the Mumbai Indians have announced several new sponsorship deals and said their sponsorship income this season will match 2019
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Sponsorship & Marketing

Indian Premier League (IPL) team Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) has signed up multinational logistics company DP World as its latest sponsor
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Events

International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach said "important and intensive discussions" were taking place in the coming weeks about Covid-19 counter measures for the Tokyo Olympics
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Events

The Indian Premier League has released the schedule for its 2020 season in the United Arab Emirates
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Chinese streaming platform PP Sports is going to sue the English Premier League over the termination of their media-rights contract for the 2019-20 to 2021-22 cycle, according to Chinese news service Beijing…
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Sponsorship & Marketing

Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise SunRisers Hyderabad has signed up automotive services specialists Valvoline as its new main sponsor
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Events

America's top athletes could be banned from the Olympics and other major international sporting events if the US follows through on its threat to withdraw funding from the World Anti-Doping Agency - Reuters
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T20 cricket franchise leagues in Pakistan and Sri Lanka have announced plans to play later this year. Meanwhile, Indian Premier League preparations continue, with teams adding more sponsorship deals
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Sponsorship & Marketing

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)  has added credit card payment app Cred as the latest sponsor for its Twenty20 cricket franchise tournament, the Indian Premier League (IPL).
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Events

London-based investor Lindsell Train has increased stakes in sports and entertainment companies including Manchester United, Disney and World Wrestling Entertainment - Financial Times
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Governance

Indian tyre manufacturer BKT Tires has agreed sponsorship deals with six Indian Premier League teams covering this year's tournament
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Events

Twelve members of the Chennai Super Kings Indian Premier League team have tested positive for Covid-19, prompting its star batsman Suresh Raina to fly home to India and causing jitters ahead of the league's…
Multi-sports
Fan Engagement

Indian online sports platform FanCode has added ‘FanCode Shop’, an online sports merchandise store, to its multi-sport aggregator platform.
Events

The 2021 Hong Kong Marathon has been postponed. The race was due to take place on January 24
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Events

There has been a surge in sponsorship dealmaking ahead of this year's Indian Premier League T20 tournament, which starts in the United Arab Emirates on September 19
Esports

Indian retailer Future Group has pulled out of its sponsorship of the Indian Premier League. The company is suffering financial problems linked to Covid-19
Baseball
Events

A survey of 13,000 Japanese companies has found that more than half want next year's Tokyo Olympics to be either cancelled or postponed again - Kyodo News