Champions League T20 Logo unveiled
Saturday, September 27, 2008
ESS Managing Director Manu Sawhney and League Chairman Lalit Modi unveiled the logo of the Champions League T20.
Via ESPNStar
3 cities to host Twenty20 Champions League matches
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Organizers for the Twenty20 Champions League picked Bangalore, Chennai and Mumbai as venues for the inaugural tournament. Lalit Modi, chairman of the Champions League board, announced the selections for the Dec. 2-10 event in a statement Thursday. Mumbai to host Champions League Twenty20 final.
Via IHT
ESPN Star lays high ad pitch for T20 Champions
Monday, September 22, 2008
The commercial rights holder of the most expensive cricket tournament per match—ESPN Star Sports (ESS)—has hit the market aggressively. ESS has floated sponsorship slots at rates higher than what Sony Max had charged for IPL in March-April this year.
Via ET
Younis prefers first-class cricket over Champions T20
Sunday, September 21, 2008
The money on offer at the Twenty20 Champions League might be alluring but senior Pakistan batsman Younis Khan says he would still prefer to play first-class cricket in Australia if there is a clash of dates. Younis said Twenty20, despite ruling the popularity charts, is no match for the thrill a player gets out of competing in the longer versions of the game.
Via PTI
National T20 winners will play in Champions League: PCB
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has confirmed that winners of next month's National Twenty20 Championship will represent the country in the inaugural Champions League.
"There is added incentive for the winners this year as they will represent Pakistan in the prestigious Champions League.
Via PTI
BCCI to get richer with T20 Champions league
Friday, September 12, 2008
It is windfall for the three founding members of Champions Twenty20 League after inking massive USD 900 million television rights deal with ESPN STAR but the Indian Cricket Board will be the biggest beneficiary with 50 per cent of the amount going to its coffers. According to media reports here, the three founding member boards -- BCCI, Cricket Australia and Cricket South Africa -- will share the 10-year deal amount with India getting half of it and CA and CSA pocketing 25 per cent each.
Via ExpressIndia
Lalit Modi appointed chairman of Champions League T20 board
Indian Premier League (IPL) commissioner Lalit Modi has been appointed chairman of the board of the Champions League Twenty20 tournament scheduled in December. The decision was taken at a meeting of the three founding member boards - the Board of Control for Cricket in India, (BCCI) Cricket Australia (CA) and Cricket South Africa (CSA) here.
Via SindhToday
T20 Champions League rights sold for $ 900 m
Thursday, September 11, 2008
ESPN Star Sports has secured the ten-year commercial rights for the Champions League Twenty20 with a $900 million bid. The deal gives ESPN STAR Sports the exclusive Global Commercial Rights for all the matches in the inaugural Champions League Twenty20 season, due to be held from December 3 to 10, 2008, and for all further Champions League Twenty20 seasons until 2017.
Via CricketNext
ESPN, Sony in race for Champions League rights
ESPN STAR Sports and Sony Entertainment Television (SET) are the only two bidders in race to acquire the telecast rights of the tournament slated for December this year, sources said. It was earlier announced that the floor price for the bid has been set for $750 million for ten years.
Via BS
Television money just champion for Modi
Sunday, September 7, 2008
The Twenty20 craze shows no sign of abating. Indian television companies are clamouring to show the Champions League, – which, featuring club teams from five countries, will take place at yet to be decided venues from 3 to 10 December – and the extent of their commitment will be revealed this week when the result of the rights bids is announced.
Via Telegraph
2009 Champions League scheduled for September-October
Friday, September 5, 2008
The second Champions Twenty20 League will take place next year between September 25 and October 11, and will feature 12 teams, four more than the first edition to be held between December 3-10, 2008.
Next year's league has been scheduled in the same month the ICC proposes to hold its Champions Trophy, which was postponed from September 2009 after five of the eight participating nations said they would not send their teams for the event given security concerns in Pakistan.
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