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TV sports market likely to reach Rs 9,830 crore by FY26, says report

The overall TV sports market is expected to touch Rs 9,830 crore and sports digital revenue will hit Rs 4,360 crore by FY26, according to a report. The digital revenue for sports, which was Rs 1,540 crore in FY21, is expected to grow three-fold to Rs 4,360 crore in FY26, it added. While Cricket continues to dominate the sports viewership in India with the IPL season having the most significant impact, other non-cricketing franchise-based events such as kabaddi, football, kho-kho etc are also witnessing traction. In the first nine months of 2022, the sports viewership in India stood at 722 million and is estimated to surpass the 776 million viewership of the pre-Covid year of 2019, as per the report. The digital revenue for sports is growing with a high double-digit CAGR of 22 per cent, said the joint report by industry body CII, KPMG and India Broadcasting Digital Foundation. "The same is likely to be driven by organic growth in the number of OTT viewers in India, as well as an ..

Spain's Carlos Alcaraz becomes youngest year-end ATP world number 1

Alcaraz soared from number 32 to the top of this sport's mountain on September 12, which is also the biggest jump to number one in 50 editions

Mary Kom, Sindhu, Mirabai, Keshavan elected in IOA Athletes' Commission

Five-time world champion boxer M C Mary Kom, double Olympic medallist PV Sindhu and multiple-time winter Olympian Shiva Keshavan were among 10 eminent sportspersons elected unopposed as members of the IOA Athletes Commission in the polls held here on Monday. The other seven members of the apex body are Tokyo Olympics silver medallist weightlifter Mirabai Chanu, 2012 Olympics bronze winner shooter Gagan Narang, veteran table tennis player Achanta Sharath Kamal, ace hockey player Rani Rampal, cyclist Bhavani Devi, rower Bajrang Lal and former shot putter OP Karhana. All the 10 members, out of which five are female, are Olympians. Keshavan is the only Winter Olympian. Only 10 candidates filed nominations for the same number of seats in the Athletes Commission and Umesh Sinha, who is also the returning officer of the upcoming IOA elections, declared all of them elected unopposed. India's first individual Olympic gold medallist shooter Abhinav Bindra and former India hockey team captain

What's hurting Indian cricket? Star system and BCCI's electoral politics

When it comes to analysing India's T20 World Cup semi-final defeat, experts have only analysed strategic or tactical reasons, but not the structural ones

T20 World Cup: England crowned champions, beat Pakistan by five wickets

Ben Stokes stars with unbeaten half-century as England claim their second Twenty20 World Cup title

PV Sindhu pulls out of BWF World Tour Finals due to ankle injury

Double Olympic medallist PV Sindhu has withdrawn from the season-ending BWF World Tour Finals as she is yet to fully recover from a stress fracture on her left ankle. The 2018 edition champion Sindhu had sustained the injury on way to her title winning run at the Commonwealth Games in August. The BWF World Tour Finals is scheduled to be held in Guangzhou, China from December 14. "Her doctor has advised her to take some more time so that she recovers completely ahead of the new season. She has discussed about the pros and cons but with so much restrictions in Guangzhou and also keeping new season in mind, she has taken this decision," Sindhu's father PV Ramana told PTI. "She has already started her training a couple of weeks back and by January she will be fully fit. So in view of all these reasons, she sent a mail to BAI informing about her decision. "She will need to be at her best for next year which will have Asian Games and also the 2024 Paris Olympics qualification, playing a

Tanya, Mansi shift focus on U20 athletes with record breaking performances

Tanya Chaudhary from Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand's Mansi Negi produced national record breaking performances in the women's hammer throw and 10000m race walk in the 37th AFI National Junior Athletics Championships here on Sunday. On the first two days, athletes from the younger age groups were the ones who broke national records. Tanya improved her own U20 National records from 57.04, set in Nadiad earlier this year to 58.30m. She first broke the meet mark of 50.74m, set by Anisha Dahiya in Mangalagiri in 2019 on her second visit to the circle with a 52.21m effort. She followed that up with her maiden throw past the 58m mark. In the women's U20 10000m race walk, Mansi clocked 47 minutes 30.94 seconds to take ownership of the U20 National and Meet records. Munita Prajapati had pegged both records at 47:53.58 at the Sarusajai Stadium here last year. In fact, Haryana's Rachana (49:14.88) and Maharashtra's Sejal Anil Singh (49:29.31) also went past the earlier mark.

PKL 9: Our defense unit has improved in last 2-3 matches: UP Yoddhas' coach

The U.P. Yoddhas registered a comprehensive 41-30 victory over the Telugu Titans in the vivo Pro Kabaddi League Season 9 at the Shree Shivchhatrapati Sports Complex, Balewadi in Pune on Saturday.

Asian Boxing Championship: Alfiya Khan bags gold in 81+ kg category

India's ace boxer Alfiya Khan bagged a gold in the 81 plus weight category to continue the dominant show of the Indian women boxers at the Asian Boxing Championship in Amman, Jordan.

Asian Championships: Lovlina, Parveen strike gold, Minakshi bags silver

Lovlina Borgohain looked at ease as she struck gold in her maiden appearance in the middleweight division while Parveen Hooda took home the 63kg Asian Championships title in Amman, Jordan on Friday. While Olympic bronze medallist Lovlina, competing in her maiden tournament in the 75kg category, cruised to a 5-0 unanimous decision win over Ruzmetova Sokhiba of Uzbekistan, Parveen notched a facile victory by a similar margin over Japan's Kito Mai. Minakshi, on the other hand, concluded her maiden Asian Championships campaign by clinching a silver medal in the flyweight division (52kg). The win will be a big morale booster for the 25-year-old Lovlina who has struggled to find form since her bronze-winning exploits at the Tokyo Olympics. She made early exits in the World Championships and Commonwealth Games earlier this year. The Assam boxer has moved up from 69kg to 75kg division as her former weight class doesn't feature in the Paris Olympics. The two boxers started the proceedings

Many seniors players like Kohli, Ashwin won't play T20 next year: Sources

India's T20 squad will undergo a major transition in the next 24 months because senior players such as Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Ravichandran Ashwin will be gradually eased out, BCCI sources said on Thursday. While it appears that Ashwin and Dinesh Karthik have played their last games in the shortest format, the BCCI will leave it on Kohli and Rohit to decide on their T20I future. After team's humiliating defeat in the T20 World Cup semifinal, a visibly upset Rohit was consoled by head coach Rahul Dravid, who fronted the media after the match. The next T20 World Cup is still two years away and if those privy to developments are to be believed, there will be a brand new team in place with Hardik Pandya being the long-term captaincy choice. "The BCCI never asks anyone to retire. It is an individual decision. But yes, with just a handful of T20Is scheduled in 2023, most of the seniors will concentrate on ODIs and Test matches in that cycle," a BCCI source told PTI on conditions of

NZ vs PAK T20 World Cup SF Highlights: Rizwan, Babar take Pakistan to final

New Zealand vs Pakistan T20 World Cup 2022 Semi-Final Highlights: Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan scored a fifty each as the men in green outplayed Kiwis in all departments to beat them by 7 wickets

Suryakumar Yadav's brand value triples as he hits it out of the park

Kumar signed with several brands including GlobalBees-owned UrbanGuru, Boult Audio, Pintola peanut butter and Das Foodtech

NZ vs PAK T20 World Cup Semi-Final: New Zealand Predicted XI vs Pakistan

New Zealand vs Pakistan T20 World Cup Semi-Final, Predicted XI: Find out the latest team news and the predicted playing eleven of both New Zealand and Pakistan for the T20 World Cup 2022 semi-final

Football: FIFA has named 3 women to referee World Cup matches in Qatar

Japanese referee Yoshimi Yamashita knows that being one of three women picked to officiate matches at the World Cup the first time a woman will be in charge on the game's biggest stage is not simply about soccer. Stephanie Frappart of France and Salima Mukansanga of Rwanda must be of the same mind. They are in a pool of 36 referees listed for Qatar the rest are all men. FIFA has also named three female assistant referees in a pool of 69: Neuza Back of Brazil, Karen Diaz Medina of Mexico and Kathryn Nesbitt of the United States. Yamashita is aware that her selection put the focus on Japan's low ranking on most measures of equal pay for women, and in global studies of gender equality. I would be very happy if women could play an active role in sports in this way, and if sports and especially soccer could lead this, Yamashita said in an interview with The Associated Press. "In Japan, there is still a long way to go in the world of soccer (regarding participation of women), so it wo

UEFA gathers European team to oppose Super League project at meeting

Organizers of European soccer's Super League project got the meeting they asked for Tuesday with UEFA's president. They found many more opponents also waiting there to criticize them. The meeting was held amid secrecy at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, four months after the parties were on opposite sides of a European Court of Justice hearing in an ongoing case that resulted from a group of storied clubs' failed launch of their own breakaway competition in April 2021. Super League promoter A22 Sports Management wanted a first formal meeting with UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin after last month appointing its own chief executive. On Tuesday, instead of facing just Ceferin, the three-man A22 delegation led by CEO Bernd Reichart was met with a room full of European soccer leaders ready to denounce the Super League. Bayern Munich and Paris Saint-Germain were among the clubs teaming with leagues, player union leaders and fan representatives to help send UEFA's message. UEFA s

T20 WC: When Kohli and Rohit let the pacers have their biz class seats

The Indian team management decided to let the fast bowlers get the best seats since the team had to travel every third or fourth day

Pro Kabaddi League 9: Tamil Thalaivas clinch thriller against Puneri Paltan

Tamil Thalaivas pulled off a thrilling 35-34 victory over Puneri Paltan in an enthralling game in the Pro Kabaddi League Season 9 at the Shree Shivchhatrapati Sports Complex

Down with throat infection, Lakshya Sen withdraws from Australian Open

Suffering from a throat infection, star Indian shuttler Lakshya Sen has withdrawn from the upcoming Australian Open Super 300 badminton tournament. The 21-year-old from Almora picked up the infection just before the Hylo Open, where he lost in the opening round to Hong Kong's Ng Ka Long Angus in Saarbrucken, Germany. The Australian Open is scheduled to be held from November 15 to 20 in Sydney. "I had fever, throat pain and weakness after I reached Saarbrucken ahead of Hylo Open. I probably picked the infection while travelling from Paris," Sen, who returned to India on Saturday night, told PTI on Sunday. "I thought it is not that serious. I was training last Sunday and then on Monday, I felt it had aggravated. I consulted doctor online and took medicine. It is under control now. But given the situation, I have decided to pull out of Australian Open." The Commonwealth Games champion said the fact that he has no chance of qualifying for the World Tour Finals also played a role in hi

Pramod Bhagat, Manisha Ramadass bag gold at Para-Badminton Worlds

Paralympic champion Pramod Bhagat and promising Manisha Ramadass emerged champions as India finished with a total of 16 medals at the BWF Para Badminton World Championships here on Sunday. Taking the court first, Bhagat defended his men's singles SL3 title in style as he defeated compatriot Nitesh Kumar 21-19 21-19 in 53 minutes to clinch the gold medal. For Ramadass, it was a dream come true moment as she beat local star Mamiko Toyoda 21-15 21-15 in women's singles SU5 finals. Having started playing senior international only in March this year, it was definitely a milestone for the 17-year-old from Chennai, who stayed dominant throughout the match. "This has been the biggest moment of my life. I have waited for this moment and worked hard for the past few months for this. It feels awesome to be the world champion. I hope I can continue with such result and make my country proud in future events," said Ramadass. Bhagat now has 11 medals, including six gold, two silver and three br