Exclusives
The race for the two IPL franchises is now down to a handful of serious bidders. Months of exploratory conversations have given way to firmer offers, as buyers begin to confront the numbers and the realities of ownership
Reportage
India’s elite athletes train with equipment that is meant to be replaced. A Bengaluru-based manufacturer is betting that coaches and not procurement will change that logic
Reportage
How the ISL is attempting to rebuild in 39 days what took a decade to construct
Reportage
What happens when India’s greatest cricketer treats footwear as an engineering problem, not an endorsement
Reportage
The broadcaster finds itself trapped in a $3 billion contract it can’t afford and can’t exit. The workaround taking shape will determine whether Indian cricket’s decade of growth was sustainable or inflated.
Exclusives
A deep-pocketed gaming giant seeks a minority stake while a diversified conglomerate eyes majority or full ownership
Exclusives
India’s online real-money gaming ban vaporised Dream11’s profit engine. Next week, the company relaunches with a radically different design. The State of Play has exclusive details on what comes next.
Exclusives
UK-based investor group negotiating a minority stake in the IPL franchise in one of the league’s largest recent equity deals
Reportage
Hyrox and Ironman have revealed a premium fitness consumer that always existed. The race now is to build the infrastructure before others move in.
Analysis
India’s World Cup win was the result of years of incremental reform, steady investment, and a league that treated women’s cricket as a business worth building.
Analysis
As Diageo looks to cut costs and refocus its portfolio, the RCB valuation offers a glimpse of how global consumer giants are learning to treat sport as an asset class rather than a marketing indulgence.
Reportage
While Ravi Shastri, Bharat Arun, and R Sridhar were guiding India to famous wins, they were studying another problem: who coaches the coaches? Their answer is now reshaping how cricket is taught across the country.
