Cricket

Bangladesh Cricket Star Bats For Huawei In Home Market

April 8, 2016

Chinese telco giant Huawei, which is aggressively expanding in South Asia, as added another celebrity endorser in its formidable kitty by bagging a partnership with Bangladeshi cricketing star…

Big Spending Maruti Suzuki Finally Boards The IPL Fanfare

March 22, 2016

Enticed by the mass reach of the Indian Premier League (IPL), homegrown automobile maker Maruti Suzuki has joined the sponsorship bandwagon for the 9th and 10th editions of…

Captain Cool M.S. Dhoni Stars For Health Supplement Rebrand

March 10, 2016

India’s Sun Phamaceutical Industries is banking on cricket star Mahendra Singh Dhoni to boost nationwide sales for Revital H, its flagship health supplement brand.

PepsiCo Pulls A Cricketing 180 In India

February 22, 2016

A mere four months after cutting short its Indian Premier League (IPL) title sponsorship due to match-fixing scandals, PepsiCo is slated to return to a blockbuster cricketing partnership…

ICC Makes A Fashionable Statement with Challenger Apparel Brand

February 17, 2016

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has secured a five-year deal with Indian denim brand Numero Uno Jeanswear as its official clothing manufacturer and retailer.

Brands Spend Big As T20 Cricket Mania Hits India This Quarter

February 4, 2016

Despite the deluge of new sporting leagues in India and high-profile scandals, Cricket - particularly the telegenic shortened variant of the game, Twenty20 - continues to dominate the…

Scandals in World Sport Contribute to "Non-sport" Sponsorship Overtaking Sport in Asia. World Governing Body Needed

January 19, 2016

Another bodyblow for Sport. Now it's Tennis, but it could have been any sport to add to the growing list that have fallen foul of independent scrutiny and…

Category Leader Oppo Mobile Copycats Vivo with Cricket Partnership

December 11, 2015

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has secured a deal with Chinese consumer electronics giant Oppo as a global partner in the mobile handset category from 2016 to 2020.

Pakistan Super League Banks Commercial Boost

December 4, 2015

Pakistan’s largest bank Habib Bank Limited (HBL) has secured the title sponsorship rights of the Pakistan Super League in USD1m deal for the next three years.

Huawei Throws Sport Sponsorship Playbook in the Bin in Asia; Opts for Non-sport instead

November 27, 2015

Chinese telco giant Huawei is making an obvious change in its Asian Sponsorship investment strategy, telegraphed by a fresh transmedia entertainment deal in Malaysia.