IPL 2021: Vivo to sponsor tournament as bids for transfer of rights not up to expectations
• 4 years agoDream11 had been the IPL title sponsors for the 2020 edition, winning the rights for Rs 222 crore, which was nearly half of what Vivo was paying annually for a five-year deal.
Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju says online fantasy sports are 'revolutionising' consumption of sports
Fp Staff • 4 years agoSports Minister Kiren Rijiju said online fantasy sports platforms are "revolutionising" the consumption of sports in the country.
Fantasy sports team selection requires higher skill than mutual fund management, shows research
Fpsports • 5 years agoThe study applies tests to data obtained from fantasy sports platforms for cricket and basketball (2013 to 2016) and various mutual funds (2005 to 2018). The study includes over 16 million data points collected over four years.
IPL 2020 title sponsors Dream11 asked by BCCI to increase bids for 2021, 2022 editions: Report
• 5 years agoSources said BCCI and Dream11 are still negotiating on the conditional three-year bid under which the company is supposed to pay Rs 240 crore each in 2021 and 2022
IPL 2020: Dream 11 grabs title sponsorship for tournament's 13th edition
Firstcricket Staff • 5 years agoDream 11 has grabbed the title sponsorship of IPL 2020, replacing Chinese mobile manufacturing company Vivo
With growth of online fantasy sports market in India, challenges emerge to ensure it remains 'game of skill'
Shubham Pandey • 5 years agoWith growth of fantasy sports industry in India, the challenges have also grown for its self-regulatory body FIFS. The biggest and most important one is ensuring such operators do not cross the line when corruption in sports remains a huge issue.
Sourav Ganguly says there's no conflict of interest in him endorsing fantasy cricket game
Firstcricket Staff • 5 years agoAfter getting entangled in another conflict of interest issue for endorsing a fantasy cricket brand, current BCCI president Sourav Ganguly responded by saying that he doesn't see it as a conflict case.