Manchester United make offer to Aston Villa transfer target as £15m battle begins
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IPL media rights sealed at Rs 48,390 crore: Disney-Star get TV, Viacom digital; Times Internet gets overseas rights
Walt Disney Co., Viacom18-led JV and Times Internet have turned out to be the big winners in the Indian Premier League (IPL) media rights e-auction for the 2023-27 cycle that concluded over a period of three days on Tuesday evening. By the time the e-auction was done, the BCCI - parent body that runs the IPL - was laughing its way to the bank, having pocketed a handsome Rs 48,390 crore across the four buckets sold. IPL MEDIA RIGHTS AUCTION: AS IT HAPPENEDDisney and Viacom had won Packages A and B - TV and digital in India - on the morning of Day Two of the auction for Rs 44,075 crore with Disney bidding at Rs 57.5 crore per game (total of Rs 23,575) for TV and Viacom bidding Rs 50 crore per game (total of Rs 20,500 crore) for digital. Later, between Day Two and Three, Viacom grabbed Package C - the set of 98 non-exclusive matches on digital across five years - at Rs 33.24 crore per match (total of Rs 3,258). Disney, along with the Zee Group, began bidding heavily for Package C on Day Three, taking the price up from a base price of Rs 16 crore per game but Viacom had "made up its mind" to as much premium it would take and retain the package. Exclusivity, say those in the know, remained everything between Packages B & C.
‘Joshua’s victory over Usyk could force Fury out of retirement’
[FILE]British heavyweight champion boxer Anthony Joshua (L) and Ukraine’s Oleksandr Usyk take part in a weigh-in at the O2 arena in advance of their bout in London on September 24, 2021. – Anthony Joshua could face his “toughest-ever fight” when he defends the WBA, IBF and WBO heavyweight titles against Oleksandr Usyk in London on Saturday. (Photo by Ben STANSALL / AFP)
Formidable US Open layout to test field of 156, Rahm and McIlroy among top favorites
BROOKLINE, US: A hotly anticipated US Open starts Thursday that will test the world’s top golfers over a formidable layout at a historic setting with a splash of controversy as well.
Hungary defeat joins list of embarrassing losses suffered by England
England slumped to a humiliating 4-0 loss at the hands of Hungary in their UEFA Nations League clash at Molineux on Tuesday, their heaviest home reverse in 94 years.
Transfer insider: Man United "seriously considering" signing £51m sensation for Erik ten Hag
Manchester United are ‘seriously considering’ making a move for Ajax winger Antony this summer, according to journalist Dean Jones.
"Pretty much dead in the water" – Journalist drops big Newcastle transfer update on French ace
Newcastle United’s move for Bayer Leverkusen winger Moussa Diaby is ‘pretty much dead in the water’, according to Daily Express journalist Ryan Taylor.
England lock Maro Itoje never had any doubt Saracens would return to top table
Maro Itoje never had any doubt Saracens would be back competing for the biggest prizes but has admitted it would be an “amazing achievement” to secure more Twickenham success on Saturday.