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Indian Premier League Sees 52% Growth From Previous Year In Online Viewership05 / 17 / 13Online viewership of the ongoing season of the Indian Premier League "has surpassed last year's record figures by 52%," according to the ECONOMIC TIMES. Midway through the T20 cricket tournament, after 38 matches, "there has been a 52% growth in combine viewership" over '12 (75.2 mill... |
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Beckham In Talks With China Club
David Beckham "is in talks with a Chinese Super League club," and a contract with Shanghai Shenhua "would earn Becks £250,000 ($404,000) a week and £20M ($32.3M) in merchandising deals," according to Katie Hind of THE PEOPLE. The move is being "personally masterminded by TV's pop idol mo ...
Tags: International Football, China
BCCI Changes Australia Tour Schedule
The Board of Control for Cricket in India has "changed the schedule for the upcoming tour by Australia," moving the third Test from Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh to Hyderabad, the capital of Andhra Pradesh, according to Will Davies of the WALL STREET JOURNAL's India Real Time blog. The Australian cricket ...
Tags: Events and Attractions, India, Australia
Tokyo 2020 To Submit Bid Jan. 7
The Tokyo bid committee announced that reigning FIFA Women's World Player of the Year Homare Sawa "will present Tokyo's candidature file for the 2020 Olympics to the IOC next month," according to KYODO. Tokyo Gov. Naoki Inose said, "We must make the bid a success at all costs." Sawa will submit the ...
India Football Club Given Two-Year Ban
India's oldest football club, I-League Mohun Bagan, has been kicked out of the league and banned two years after "refusing to take the field for the second half" of its crowd trouble-hit derby against East Bengal earlier this month, according to Amlan Chakraborty of REUTERS. Mohun Bagan was trailing ...
Tags: International Football, India
MLB Expanding In China
Baseball "has enjoyed strong development in China, as well as the rest of Asia, over the past decade," according to the CHINA DAILY. The MLB "has made great efforts to popularize the game in the region while also helping Asian teams get stronger on the int'l stage." Over the past five years, MLB Dir ...
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Watchmaker Longines has become the first top partner of the Int'l Equestrian Federation (FEI) after agreeing to a long-term sponsorship deal. The deal makes Longines the official top partner, timekeeper and watch of the FEI. Longines will take on several FEI properties including the tile sponsorship ...
Tags: Marketing and Sponsorship, China, Europe
PyeongChang Olympic Prep Ahead Of Schedule
The city of PyeongChang in South Korea "has gotten off to a fast start in gearing up for the 2018 Winter Olympics" since it won the right to host the event for the first time in July '11, according to Kang Seung-woo of the KOREA TIMES. Bidding committee co-Chair Kim Jin-sun said, "Since bringing the ...
Rafael Nadal To Leave IMG
Tennis player Rafael Nadal is "preparing to join Roger Federer and leave IMG Worldwide ... just as it announces the recruitment of Novak Djokovic, the world No. 1, to its portfolio of sporting stars," according to Neil Harman of the LONDON TIMES. When Federer "declined to sign the new contract offer ...
Tags: Marketing and Sponsorship, Europe, Asia, IMG
Sports Brands Suffer In China
High inventories "caused by quick expansion, product homogeneity, price surges and sliding purchasing power are expected to pressure int'l and local sports goods brands this winter," according to Wang Zhuoqiong of the CHINA DAILY. Nike's second-quarter fiscal report revealed that Nike sales in China ...
Top Stories From Asia, Australia
The SBD Global staff compiled the top sports business stories globally of '12, in no particular order. Here are the top stories from Asia and Australia. IOC THREAT TO FRUITION: The IOC suspended the Indian Olympic Association, following its resistance to meet the int’l body's demand to co ...
