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  • AIFF assigns national football tournament telecast rights to Shrachi Sports for 2024-25

    AIFF assigns national football tournament telecast rights to Shrachi Sports for 2024-25

    MUMBAI: Football fans are going to get more soccer than they could have ever imagined. Close on the heels of JioStar signing up with the Premier League as well as presenting the Indian Super league, the All India Football Federation (AIFF) signed a commercial rights agreement for its premier competitions (I-League, I-League 2, IWL, senior national football championship for the Santosh Trophy and senior women’s national football championship for the Rajmata Jijabai Trophy) with Shrachi Sports Endeavour Pvt Ltd for producing and broadcasting 338 matches in the 2024-25 season on 2 December 2024.
     

    All India Football Federation assigns rights

    The senior men and women club leagues and national championship matches will be streamed on the SSEN app (owned by Shrachi Sports Endeavor), and 110 of the 132 I-League matches will be broadcast live on the Sony Sports Network.

    “This significant partnership will help Indian football to get necessary exposure,” said AIFF secretary general Anilkumar.

    Shrachi Sports managing director Rahul Todi said that the agreement will provide “a platform for men and women players to showcase their talents to national and international audiences with high quality HD content. With this partnership, Shrachi shows its commitment towards being part of India’s growing sports ecosystem.”

    The SSN streaming platform is available to football fans at three  price points: Rs 20 for a single match as a pay per view option, Rs 100 for an entire tournament and Rs 600 as an annual subscription which gives access to all the matches for all the tournaments. 
     

  • Hero IWL 2021-22 to have live premiere on Eurosport India

    Hero IWL 2021-22 to have live premiere on Eurosport India

    Mumbai: The Hero Indian Women’s League (Hero IWL), an AIFF flagship property and the top division of women’s professional football club competition in India will have live and exclusive broadcast on Eurosport India. The fifth edition of the premier women’s league of Indian football will see 12 teams vie for the top honours across three grounds in Odisha (Kalinga Stadium, Capital Stadium and Battalion Stadium).

    The Hero IWL is back after two years with the fifth edition set to take place from 15 April to 26 May.

    A total of 66 matches will be played throughout the season with every team playing each other once; Eurosport will be airing 30 matches. The team with the most points in the league table at the end of the season will be crowned champions of the Hero IWL 2021-22.

    “It’s great to have Eurosport on board to telecast the Hero Indian Women’s League 2022 and help us move forward together,” IFF CEO leagues and development Sunando Dhar averred. “Since the format of the games this season has changed and more number of games are added, I am sure, the fans will also be able to enjoy the matches from their drawing room.”

    Eurosport India is committed to bringing Indian football to fans across the country. Sports fans have been able to cheer for their national team in friendly internationals against Oman and UAE as well as during the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Championship matches over the past year. Eurosport also broadcast the inaugural season of the Hero Futsal Club Championship and the 2022 AFC Women’s Asian Cup, which was held in India.

    Hero IWL 2021-22 campaign kicked off on Friday, with simultaneous kickoffs at 4p.m IST, as PIFA Sports (Colaba) FC take on Kickstart FC Karnataka at the Capital Ground, while SSB Women FC faces Hans Women FC at the 7th Battalion Ground, in Bhubaneswar, Odisha.