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Focus Of IPL Cricket Betting Scandal Shifts To Chennai Super Kings CEO

05 / 24 / 13

The latest in a series of scandals to engulf the Indian Premier League deepened on Thursday, as police investigating betting corruption allegations "moved to question the chief executive of one of the event’s leading teams," according to James Crabtree of the FINANCIAL TIMES. Mumbai police off...

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09/27/12
BCCI To Appoint New Selection Panel

The Board of Control for Cricket in India is "all set to revamp its senior selection committee" by making at least four changes in the five-man panel following the completion of their term, according to the PTI. Four members of the current panel, including Chief Selector Krishnamachari Srikkanth, ar ...

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09/26/12
IOA Must Review Before Elections

The Indian Olympic Association on Monday decided to review the composition of its General Assembly before holding its elections, according to THE HINDU. Although it had already decided to hold the elections on Nov. 25, the IOA Exec Council that met on Monday also decided to form a standing committee ...

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09/25/12
Invicta Partners With Super Fight League

Invicta Fighting Championships and India-based Super Fight League revealed that the two Mixed Martial Arts promotions have formed a strategic alliance to develop women’s MMA talent out of India. The relationship is intended to support Invicta FC’s goals of identifying the best women&rsqu ...

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09/25/12
Ten Sports Closing In On IMG-Reliance

Zee-owned sports broadcaster Ten Sports has said that it was "close to signing a deal with IMG-Reliance" for the broadcast rights of India's top football league, the I-League, and the annual Federation Cup tournament, according to INDIANTELEVISION.com. Indian business conglomerate Essel Group sports ...

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09/25/12
Tata Partners With HRT F1 Team

Tata Global Beverages and its brand Tata Tea’s will partner with Indian F1 driver Narain Karthikeyan and the HRT F1 team for the Indian Grand Prix scheduled for Oct. 26-28. Tata Global Beverages will be extensively promoting the "Tata Tea" brand via this association, with prominent Tata Tea lo ...

Tags: Marketing and Sponsorship, India

09/24/12
IMG-Reliance, AIFF Not Seeing Eye To Eye

The financial future of Indian football is "facing big roadblocks" with the national federation and its commercial and marketing rights holder IMG-Reliance "not seeing eye to eye," according to THE HINDU. The All India Football Federation "finds itself in a bind" after IMG-Reliance failed to secur ...

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09/24/12
ICC Defends Event Scheduling

The International Cricket Council "defended the scheduling of the World Twenty20 as monsoon rains threatened to ruin the tournament in Sri Lanka," according to the AFP. An ICC spokesperson said, "This was the only period available in the Future Tours Programme this year to conduct the tournament. Al ...

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09/21/12
IOC Tells IOA To Inform Election Date

The "simmering war of words" between the IOC and the Indian Olympic Association "intensified with the IOC slamming the IOA for refusing to accept an observer for its upcoming elections and threatened to take action" if the poll date is not furnished by Sept. 25, according to the PTI. In response to ...

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09/20/12
Badminton Player Signs $7.4M Deal

Badminton player Saina Nehwal signed a three-year deal worth Rs 40 crore ($7.4M) with sports management firm Rhiti Sports, according to Shivani Naik of the INDIAN EXPRESS. The deal makes Nehwal "the highest paid non-cricketer" from India, as well as one of the world's top earners in the sport. Chine ...

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09/20/12
Sky Adds Three New Cricket Deals

Sky Sports has secured six England overseas cricket tours, including next year’s Ashes, under new deals in Australia, India and South Africa. The deal with Australia runs through '16, India through '18 and South Africa  through '20. The new deals also give Sky Sports viewers live coverage ...

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