India's most successful captain Sourav Ganguly will start a new innings post-retirement. It will be behind the microphone, as expert analyst for the ICC World Twenty20, commencing in England on Saturday. As per a deal with ESPN-STAR Sports, Ganguly will be part of a commentary panel that includes Ian Chappell, Ian Bishop, Wasim Akram, Sanjay Manjrekar, Harsha Bhogle and Nasser Hussain.
Sports broadcaster ESPN India has managed to lure over a dozen advertisers for the Airtel Twenty20 Champions League, who could spend as much as Rs 270 crore (Rs 2.7 billion).
Australian all-rounder Mitchell Marsh has decided to skip the cash-rich Indian Premier League and play for English county side Surrey next season to improve his game in the longer format.
It is often compared to fast food and criticised for being a shallow format but former Indian captain Rahul Dravid feels Twenty20 cricket has its own set of complexities and intricacies that a common fan cannot fathom. "Some of the conversations that happen around IPL teams... these conversations are not happening outside. They are not happening in television studios as I have been on television studios, I know it. The depth of conversation that's happening about the T20 game within a team and within that environment is not happening anywhere else, which is what makes the T20 game unique," Dravid told ESPN Cricinfo.
The Women's T20 World Cup is scheduled to begin from February next year and the first match of the tournament will be played between India and Australia.
Manchester United should focus on winning the Europa League this season, which would bring the club a trophy they have never won and secure qualification for next season's Champions League, former manager Alex Ferguson has said.
Former England captain-turned boradcaster Nasser Hussain will host the ICC annual awards ceremnoy to be held in Dubai on Wednesday.
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Harbhajan Singh does not doubt mystery spinner Ajantha Mendis' potentials but the star off-spinner believes it is old trickster Muttiah Muralitharan who would pose bigger threat for the Indian batsmen in the forthcoming Test series. Harbhajan heaps praise on Mendis, who ran through India's batting order in the Asia Cup final in Karachi, and said it was an extraordinary display of quality spin bowling.
Top seed David Nalbandian was knocked out of the first round of the Acapulco Open late on Tuesday, losing 1-6, 6-3, 6-4 to unseeded Austrian Daniel Koellerer. Nalbandian swept through the first set in 31 minutes but fell to pieces after that, producing a string of unforced errors as 116th ranked Koellerer charged into the second round.
Flamboyant Bollywood actor John Abraham has been roped in as brand ambassador for the UEFA European Football Championship 2008, to be held next month in Switzerland and Austria. Making the announcement, Managing Director ESPN Software India R C Venkateish, unveiled a detailed promotional campaign Bach Ke Kahan Jaoge for the tournament, which kicks-off on June 7.
Kyrgios, 23, has teased and tantalised his fans in five years as a professional, making headlines by beating Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal the first time he played them.
Her next opponent is tennis great and 23-times Grand Slam champion Serena Williams.
Former India captain Rahul Dravid said he was never "privy to any private conversation between two individuals" about Sachin Tendulkar's revelation in his upcoming autobiography about Greg Chappell wanting to remove the Karnataka stalwart from captaincy before 2007 World Cup.
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Under the new provisions, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has made it mandatory for the broadcasters to offer their channels on a-la-carte basis (individual channels) and bouquets.
Former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson has claimed he is on the verge of dying from ongoing drug and alcohol problems.
The regulator may ask broadcasters to abide by the tribunal's pricing formula.
President Donald Trump needs to do better in caring for every single American, the triumphant US women's soccer captain Megan Rapinoe said, as she hit back at him after he lectured her to win the World Cup title before she talked.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is expected to issue tender forms for broadcasting rights of the Indian Premier League (IPL) in the coming week. According to industry sources, the winner might have to fork out over Rs 1,000 crore (Rs 10 billion) for a five year telecast rights.
This means that if Star TV's bouquet of 14 channels is priced at Rs 88 in non-CAS areas (70 million cable TV homes), it can charge only Rs 44 or less from existing DTH operators like Tata Sky, Dish TV and new entrants like Big TV, Bharti and Sun Direct. But all broadcasters are charging more from DTH companies than from non-CAS cable homes.
South African pacer Dale Steyn says he is hoping to be up and running in the next six weeks after recovering from the muscle tear in his left heel which has ruled him out of the ongoing three-Test series against India.
France and Arsenal forward Olivier Giroud has fuelled speculation that Jamie Vardy is on his way to the Gunners by saying he has heard the Leicester City striker is keen to move.
Match-fixing scandals and payment delay of some foreign players have shattered the image of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) which was launched in 2011, forcing the country's cricket board to take control of the event and rename it the 'Bangabandhu BPL'.
The American golfer was voted the "ultimate sports star" in a survey conducted last month by ESPN TV.
If India's Australia tour gets cancelled, advertisers will ask the broadcasters for a refund.
Mexico coach Juan Carlos Osorio will take charge of his side for the 50th time when they side face South Korea at the World Cup on Saturday and his past record suggests there is every chance he will field his 50th different line-up.
The Asian Cricket Council said it scrapped the Afro-Asia Cup telecast deal with Nimbus because it did not fulfill contractual obligations.
New Zealand Cricket's Head of Operations Lindsay Crocker said that there are a lot of modalities that needs to be taken care of before the much-awaited Day/Night Test match against India becomes a reality.
This time last year, Federer was the pundits' pick to claim a third Grand Slam title of 2017 in New York, after roaring back from a season decimated by injury to win the Australian Open and Wimbledon.
The move will catapult Disney as the country's largest media and entertainment broadcaster, with over $1.3 billion of additional India revenue.
American Madison Keys overcame late leads by Svetlana Kuznetsova in both sets to defeat the Russian for the Cincinnati Masters title on Sunday.
Viewers are coming back to cricket, and Star Cricket plans to cash in on the renewed interest.
Big advertisers are betting big on cricket again, after India's dismal performance in the World Cup
It will motivate him to keep working hard and move to the top 100, feels India's Davis Cup captain Mahesh Bhupathi
Former Ferrari technical director and world championship-winning team principal Ross Brawn stepped back into the Formula One arena on Monday in the new role of managing director for motorsport.
The England midfielder has been struggling to recover from an injury to his left ankle.
Broadcasters to see 30% drop in subscription revenue.
Can Peter Kenyon turn Chelsea into a global brand to compete with the likes of Real Madrid and his former employer Manchester United.
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