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The BCCI’s Ouroboros economy
Indian cricket has never looked richer. The money now gathers around the properties that draw time and value away from bilateral cricket.
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Eight years of FIFA, one last bet for Zee
A promoter family capped below 4%, a billion-dollar claim in London, a shrinking core business, and an eight-year promise to world football’s governing body. Zee’s FIFA deal reads less like a sports play than a final, high-risk wager on whatever leverage it still retains.
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The World Cup India will not see, until it does
Nine weeks before kick-off, as the world readies itself for its grandest sporting ritual, India’s screens stay blank. Between what FIFA wants and what this market will pay, a fault line opens that runs deeper than football.
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The $3.41 billion week that redrew the IPL
Two exits worth $3.41 billion have reset what an IPL franchise is worth, ushered in a new class of owners, and raised fresh questions about media rights and risk
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After the windfall
The bankers pitched 60-90% growth in the IPL’s next media rights cycle. The buyers modelled 20%. The gap between those numbers will shape what RCB and Rajasthan Royals are worth
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The $2 billion question: Why Diageo may sell RCB
As Diageo looks to cut costs and trim its portfolio, the RCB valuation shows that global consumer giants now see sport as an asset class rather than a marketing indulgence.
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The $40 billion reset
Capital is flowing, franchises are multiplying, and participation is surging. But India's sporting infrastructure is being constructed in real time — and the gap between commercial momentum and institutional readiness has never been wider.