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2 days ago | sportcal.com | Euan Cunningham

The 2025 Indian Premier League (IPL) men's Twenty20 cricket tournament will get back underway, following an eight-day suspension, on Saturday (May 17). The iconic, 10-team franchise league was suspended last Friday (May 9), due to the escalation of hostilities between neighbors India and Pakistan (which almost certainly caused the abandonment of an IPL fixture, midway through, in Dharamsala last Thursday) but will now recommence, following a ceasefire having come into effect over the weekend.

2 days ago | sportcal.com | Euan Cunningham

French women's soccer's top-tier league will continue to be called the Arkema Première Ligue (D1) through 2027-28, with the chemicals firm extending its title sponsorship of the competition. A renewed deal between Arkema, the French Football Federation (FFF), and the Professional Women's Football League (LFFP), was unveiled yesterday (May 13), extending Arkema's position as the women's competition's main commercial partner for the next three seasons.

2 days ago | sportcal.com | Euan Cunningham

Moeve, the Spanish energy firm previously called Cepsa, has struck deals to become a major brand partner across top-tier Spanish soccer, with both the women's Liga F and the men's LaLiga. The firm has now become the new Liga F title partner, through 2027-28 (the competition will be renamed Liga F Moeve), in a deal starting immediately, while also becoming a LaLiga and (second-tier) Segunda Division local partner.

3 days ago | sportcal.com | Euan Cunningham

North American men's basketball's top-tier NBA has brought in Booking.com, the travel fare aggregator website, as a new commercial partner. A multi-year deal has now been unveiled which also covers the women's WNBA, and which gets underway later this week. Through the agreement, Booking.com becomes the official online travel partner of the leagues, with the WNBA tie-up its first-ever sponsorship with a major women's sports league in the US.

4 days ago | sportcal.com | Euan Cunningham

Sports data and technology heavyweight Sportradar recorded significant year-on-year (YoY) increases in both revenue and profit during the first financial quarter (Q1) of 2025. The Switzerland-based firm brought in total revenues of €311.2 million ($345.7 million) during the three months up to March 31, as opposed to €265.8 million in Q1 of 2024. Profit, meanwhile, came to €24 million, up YoY from a loss of €1 million for the equivalent period last year.