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...In fact, the ability to cut grass neatly gave rise a few decades later to Britain’s most successful cultural export: field sports, including football, tennis, rugby and cricket....
...Last summer, at an annual cricket event he hosts at Lord’s Cricket Ground in London where clients get to mix with pros, he paid tribute to Anshu Jain, the former head of Deutsche Bank and rival banker who...
...(Nikkei Asia) Washington pushes allies to tighten China chipmaking restrictions (FT) Alibaba to improve stock options and other incentives for employees (Nikkei Asia) Anyone for crickets?...
...At the mid-level, a cashmere style in a muted shade from Sheep Inc, John Smedley or — my favourite — Begg x Co will quickly become a staple of your wardrobe....
...Friends say that Ogunlesi, a passionate cricket and Tottenham Hotspur fan, makes time for them at critical moments....
...Founded in 2016 by Tom and Phil Beahon, it raised £150mn this week to help fund global expansion, adding to the 50 or so partners it has accumulated across football, Formula One, rugby, tennis and cricket...
...By the end of September this year, that figure had shrunk to just 37.6mn, mainly due to the loss of streaming rights to cricket games in the Indian Premier League (IPL)....
...The European firm is a high-profile investor in sport, with stakes spanning cricket, football, rugby, tennis and volleyball....
...The Warner Bros deal expands Viacom18’s offering from sport to high end entertainment, after the company beat Disney to secure rights to stream the Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket competition....
...Byju’s, which sponsors the Indian cricket team and was previously endorsed by Bollywood billionaire actor Shah Rukh Khan, had been a poster child for India’s start-up sector, mounting an international expansion...
...“Cricket”, of course....
...Racism, sexism and elitism are “deeply rooted” in English cricket, according to an independent report released this week....
...A version of this article was first published by Nikkei Asia on May 25 2023. ©2023 Nikkei Inc. All rights reserved....
...As well as the financial drain of its acquisition spree, Byju’s cash burn had been fierce, including millions of dollars spent on marketing promotions such as sponsoring the Indian cricket team....
...Its team-based format was inspired by the Formula One car racing series and newer competitions such as the Indian Premier League, which has become a driving force in cricket since it began in 2008....
...A version of this article was first published by Nikkei Asia on December 7 2022. ©2022 Nikkei Inc....
...New rights package records were also set this year for the Indian Premier League cricket tournament, which netted $6.2bn for distribution from 2023-2027, the second-most expensive globally on a per-match...
...Swoop, according to its app store page, “aims to be the crypto Fantasy Cricket app for India”. A noble enough aim, we suppose....
...ESPN, Disney’s sports platform, is set to lose MLS rights and the House of Mouse also appears to have suffered a setback in India, where it has won television broadcast rights to cricket’s Indian Premier...
...It has said it also hopes to emulate the Indian Premier League cricket tournament, which has attracted institutional investors....
...economy as markets shudder (FT) BP sells stake in Canadian oil sands to push into offshore projects (FT) Foreign suitors for Credit Suisse face high hurdles (FT) Disney wins TV rights for Indian T20 cricket...
...A version of this article was first published by Nikkei Asia on November 16. ©2021 Nikkei Inc. All rights reserved....
...As well as footballers, Mr Barnett represents athletes in North America’s National Football League as well as in international cricket and rugby....
...contrast, MPA estimates that Netflix’s competitors, Amazon Prime Video and Disney Plus Hotstar, have 16mn and 50mn, respectively — the latter boosted by holding the rights to air Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket...
...As Stephen Bates, author of Royalty Inc, puts it: “The monarchy is one thing the Americans don’t have.”...
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