Business Intelligence

Jan 23, 2019 18:01
MUMBAI: Actor Abhishek Bachchan, son of Indian cinema's most enduring superstar Amitabh Bachchan, could soon well own a stake in a third Indian sports franchise.  The Bachchan scion has had discussions on possibly taking a stake in Indian Premier League franchise Rajasthan Royals, a report in The Times of India suggests.
Jan 23, 2019 17:01
MUMBAI: Cricketing legend Sachin Tendulkar on Tuesday night launched Dipa Karmakar: The Small Wonder, a memoir encapsulating the Tripura gymnast’s incredible journey.  The book authored by Dipa’s coach Bishweshwar Nandi and veteran sports journalists Digvijay Singh Deo and Vimal Mohan, is tagged as one of the most heartwarming sports biographies one can read this winter.
Jan 22, 2019 17:01
NEW DELHI: Indian sports streaming radio channel, Sports Flashes has laid claim to having reached 45 million subscribers in December 2018 during the men’s national team’s tour of Australia.
Jan 22, 2019 14:01
LONDON: Premier League giants Arsenal announced recently that it will be investing in London-based start-up ‘I Like That’ founded by Sam Mohammadi through the Arsenal Innovation Lab, which was founded by the club in 2017. I Like That delivers secure and seamless e-commerce within sports content.
Jan 19, 2019 14:01
ZURICH: UEFA, the apex governing body of European football Friday released a comprehensive 118-page ‘The European Club Footballing Landscape’, the 10th edition of its annual club licensing benchmarking report.
Jan 18, 2019 14:01
BENGALURU: Cure.fit, the city-based startup co-owned by Myntra co-founder Mukesh Bansal and ex-Flipkart chief business officer Ankit Nagori, is geared up to open its first fitness centre overseas in Dubai come mid-2019, Economic Times reports.
Jan 18, 2019 13:01
MUMBAI: Strike two! Ahead of the 2019 edition of the Indian Premier League, the owners of Rajasthan Royals, the first-ever champions of the IPL, have decided to sell 50% of their stake in the franchise and have already approached the BCCI in this regard. 
Jan 17, 2019 13:01
MUNICH: Germany’s top flight football competition, the Bundesliga has earmarked China as a vital strategic market, as it will be opening a dedicated office for the league’s operations for the first time ever in the country in March 2019.
Jan 17, 2019 10:01
MUMBAI: A new report by Tata Communications examining the commercial transformation of sports identifies 2019 as a defining tipping point for the global sports industry, with digital technology innovation set to kick-start a new era of unprecedented commercial growth for broadcasters, rights holders and sports organisations.
Jan 16, 2019 15:01
MUMBAI: La Liga heavyweights FC Barcelona continue to smash all records not just on the football ground but off it as well in the business side of sport. A recent study by financial consultancy firm KMPG titled ‘The European Champions Report 2019’ revealed that the Spanish club has spent 562 million euros ($640 million) solely in player salaries and other staff costs.