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Esports media platform TalkEsport raises $1m pre-series A funding

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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.

Jan 06, 2021 18:01

BCCI to set Rs15bn base price bid for new IPL team: Report

MUMBAI: The BCCI is reportedly set to notify a base price of Rs 15 billion for potential suitors planning to bid for any one of the two new Indian Premier League teams that will put up for auction from the 2022 season. Which is a fair number considering that in 2018, when JSW took a 50% stake in then Delhi Daredevils (now Delhi Capitals), it was at a valuation of Rs 11 billion.

Jan 05, 2021 15:01

Post top deck churn at Star Sports, new leadership structure in place

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Jan 05, 2021 12:01

Burnley FC latest Premier League club with American owners

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Dec 24, 2020 14:12

Uday Shankar... & The Men Who Moved The Needle On Indian Sport

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Dec 22, 2020 20:12

Overall Tokyo 2020 expenditure revised upwards to $15.4bn

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Dec 22, 2020 19:12

Peloton to acquire peer Precor for $420 million

NEW YORK: Exercise bike maker Peloton Interactive Inc Monday announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Precor, one of the largest global commercial fitness equipment providers with a significant US manufacturing presence, in a transaction valued at $420 million.

Dec 21, 2020 16:12

Gaming, esports start-up EWar Games raises Pre-Series A funding

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Dec 18, 2020 18:12

Ineos becomes one-third equal shareholder of Mercedes F1

LONDON: The Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One Team announced Friday that INEOS will become a one third shareholder in the team, which will be owned in three equal parts by Daimler AG, INEOS and Mercedes F1 team principal and CEO Toto Wolff.

Dec 18, 2020 18:12

Dream Sports appoints ex-Softbank exec as comms, advocacy lead

MUMBAI: Dream Sports, parent company of India's leading fantasy sports platform Dream11, has appointed Paroma Roy Chowdhury, who just this month resigned as Softbank's senior director of Asia communications and public affairs, to the newly-created role of chief communications and advocacy officer.

Dec 18, 2020 17:12

Sports university to come up in Pune's Balewadi complex

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