Catch 'Em Young & Go for Goal: On the sidelines of the largest Under 21 youth tournament nationwide - the  Reliance Foundation Development League, host Arijit Barman sits down with India's most famous footballer Sunil Chhetri.
In a candid tell-all chat, this Khel Ratna and Arjuna Awardee reveal what it takes to start young and strike big in the fast-moving football ecosystem in India. The captain of Bangalore FC and the Indian National Team dives into creating not just players but passion for football across the nation. 

Credits: Soccer Freak (G21)

Catch 'Em Young &amp; Go for Goal: On the sidelines of the largest Under 21 youth tournament nationwide - the  Reliance Foundation Development League, host <a href="https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/etreporter/author-arijit-barman-16028.cms">Arijit Barman</a> sits down with India's most famous footballer <a href="https://twitter.com/chetrisunil11?s=20">Sunil Chhetri.</a> In a candid tell-all chat, this Khel Ratna and Arjuna Awardee reveal what it takes to start young and strike big in the fast-moving football ecosystem in India. The captain of Bangalore FC and the Indian National Team dives into creating not just players but passion for football across the nation. 
Credits: Soccer Freak (G21)

Laying bare the business side of all the sports we love - directly from the ones who know it best. CEOs, Coaches, Players, and Agents break it down for you - dazzling deals, broken promises, contracts and conflicts --- on the field and off it, in board rooms. Negotiation masterstrokes or the brutal war over rights - this is the Business of Sports.

Laying bare the business side of all the sports we love - directly from the ones who know it best. CEOs, Coaches, Players, and Agents break it down for you - dazzling deals, broken promises, contracts and conflicts --- on the field and off it, in board rooms. Negotiation masterstrokes or the brutal war over rights - this is the Business of Sports.

Laying bare the business side of all the sports we love - it is game time with Business of Sports.

Business of Sports

The Indian sports industry spend surpassed Rs 9,500 crore in 2021 and is set to post strong growth. Development is taking place on several fronts. PEs, VCs and SPACs are joining the financing bandwagon. Technology and data continue to gain prominence in sports. Mushrooming of professional sports leagues and record-breaking deals, be it auctions, sponsorships, or partnerships.

ET Business of Sports is where industry insiders and decision-makers talk about the business that goes on behind the scenes of your favourite sports. Audio on. Game on.

The Indian sports industry spend surpassed Rs 9,500 crore in 2021 and is set to post strong growth. Development is taking place on several fronts. PEs, VCs and SPACs are joining the financing bandwagon. Technology and data continue to gain prominence in sports. Mushrooming of professional sports leagues and record-breaking deals, be it auctions, sponsorships, or partnerships.
ET Business of Sports is where industry insiders and decision-makers talk about the business that goes on behind the scenes of your favourite sports. Audio on. Game on.

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Reliance - EPL: An exclusive chat with Sunil Chhetri on starting young and making it big

Catch 'Em Young & Go for Goal: The largest Under 21 youth tournament nationwide - the  Reliance Foundation Development League - with teams across 9 regions in India from ISL, I-League division 1st & 2nd division and even Independent Academies nominated is striving to build a robust pipeline of the future cohort of champions who can match the best in class. Simultaneously, for the last 2 years, the Next Generation Cup has been conceived in partnership with English Premier League to expose our domestic talent with peers who are poised to break out in England or South Africa or any other playing nation that are ranked far higher than us. 

Host Arijit Barman gets you this two-part special with 
Neil Saunders, Director of Football at Premier League 
Sunil Chhetri, India’s captain 
Siddharth Shanker, Head of Sports at Reliance Foundation 

On why developing young talent goes hand in hand with long-term success. Also on the show was a young player from Everton, James Collins, Head Coach of the Wolverhampton Wanderers, Chencho Dorji, Head Coach of the young and upcoming Sudeva Delhi – the first Bhutanese coach leading any club in the history of the I-League and many more in this power-packed show. 

Credits: aranFE

You can follow our host Arijit Barman on his social media:

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Catch 'Em Young &amp; Go for Goal: The largest Under 21 youth tournament nationwide - the  Reliance Foundation Development League - with teams across 9 regions in India from ISL, I-League division 1st &amp; 2nd division and even Independent Academies nominated is striving to build a robust pipeline of the future cohort of champions who can match the best in class. Simultaneously, for the last 2 years, the Next Generation Cup has been conceived in partnership with English Premier League to expose our domestic talent with peers who are poised to break out in England or South Africa or any other playing nation that are ranked far higher than us. 
Host <a href="https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/etreporter/author-arijit-barman-16028.cms">Arijit Barman</a> gets you this two-part special with 
<ul>
<li aria-level="1"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/neil-saunders-827a6040/">Neil Saunders</a>, Director of Football at Premier League </li>
<li aria-level="1"><a href="https://twitter.com/chetrisunil11?s=20">Sunil Chhetri</a>, India’s captain </li>
<li aria-level="1"><a href="https://in.linkedin.com/in/siddharth-shanker-6a69066">Siddharth Shanker</a>, Head of Sports at Reliance Foundation </li>
</ul>
On why developing young talent goes hand in hand with long-term success. Also on the show was a young player from Everton, James Collins, Head Coach of the Wolverhampton Wanderers, Chencho Dorji, Head Coach of the young and upcoming Sudeva Delhi – the first Bhutanese coach leading any club in the history of the I-League and many more in this power-packed show. 
Credits: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFtVRsiBX2o">aranFE</a>
You can follow our host Arijit Barman on his social media:
Twitter:<a href="https://twitter.com/arijitbarman76"> https://twitter.com/arijitbarman76</a>
Linkedin:<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/arijit-barman-7233a129/"> https://www.linkedin.com/in/arijit-barman-7233a129/</a>

Reliance - EPL: Catch 'Em Young & Go for Goal - Part 1

Office teams that once produced the best playing talent and packed grounds that once saw nail-biting games lie bare and quiet. AIFF wants to start a home-and-away league for public sector enterprises. But sustaining it will be easier said than a kick-off. 

Host Arijit Barman speaks to Shaji Prabhakaran, AIFF’s Secretary-General, Jitu Chetry, Manager of Oil India Ltd’s football team and a Former East Bengal Goalkeeper, Dhronacharya Award Winner and legendary Air India Coach Bimal Ghosh, Bibek Bhowmick, Former ONGC Coach and a host of current PSU team officials from Central Railways, Bank of Baroda, and Income Tax Department among others to understand if this can work in 2023 when football lovers are glued to international tournaments more than local counterparts. For long politicians or babus who had nothing to do with football ran the sport and ran into the ground. Reviving the game among PSUs is one great step in taking football to the grassroots, to broaden its base. The present generation of fans does not recollect an ITI being joint-winners of the first Federation Cup and Air India, regularly causing upsets playing in packed capacities. We have had too many flash-in-the-pan efforts. We can ill afford such misadventures in 2023 when even smaller Asian countries like Vietnam, Bahrain and Jordan are ahead of us in FIFA Rankings.

Credits: Kisku Dada 1, I-League Official, Indian Football Edits 2.0, Wild FIlms India, Indian Football

You can follow our host Arijit Barman on his social media:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/arijitbarman76
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/arijit-barman-7233a129/

Office teams that once produced the best playing talent and packed grounds that once saw nail-biting games lie bare and quiet. AIFF wants to start a home-and-away league for public sector enterprises. But sustaining it will be easier said than a kick-off. 
Host Arijit Barman speaks to Shaji Prabhakaran, AIFF’s Secretary-General, Jitu Chetry, Manager of Oil India Ltd’s football team and a Former East Bengal Goalkeeper, Dhronacharya Award Winner and legendary Air India Coach Bimal Ghosh, Bibek Bhowmick, Former ONGC Coach and a host of current PSU team officials from Central Railways, Bank of Baroda, and Income Tax Department among others to understand if this can work in 2023 when football lovers are glued to international tournaments more than local counterparts. For long politicians or babus who had nothing to do with football ran the sport and ran into the ground. Reviving the game among PSUs is one great step in taking football to the grassroots, to broaden its base. The present generation of fans does not recollect an ITI being joint-winners of the first Federation Cup and Air India, regularly causing upsets playing in packed capacities. We have had too many flash-in-the-pan efforts. We can ill afford such misadventures in 2023 when even smaller Asian countries like Vietnam, Bahrain and Jordan are ahead of us in FIFA Rankings.
Credits: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YKLTCCdhxA">Kisku Dada 1</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSMGSwwda9E">I-League Official</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0NQesb6WY4">Indian Football Edits 2.0</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRmuXLT67RM">Wild FIlms India</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arrlLuLbzsM">Indian Football</a>
You can follow our host Arijit Barman on his social media: Twitter:<a href="https://twitter.com/arijitbarman76"> https://twitter.com/arijitbarman76 </a>Linkedin:<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/arijit-barman-7233a129/"> https://www.linkedin.com/in/arijit-barman-7233a129/</a>

Can Indian PSUs kick off the football fever once again?

The chief executive of Sports at Viacom 18 Media, Anil Jayaraj. fields bouncers, googlies and even an occasional doosra from host Arijit Barman as the battle for eyeballs gets played both on and off the field this season. It’s the first time the media rights are split between Viacom18 and Disney holding the digital and television rights to the Indian Premier League (IPL). Both sides are bowling beamers at each other, claiming superior viewership numbers and each asserting conflicting claims of superiority of their respective platforms. Recently, Viacom 18 even said over 2 crore concurrent viewers watched a game! But after bidding Rs 50 crore per match, adding up to a total Rs 20,500 crore for the next 5 seasons (2023-27) will there be any money left to be made, especially when streaming is free at least for now? To explain the high stakes game, Jayaraj pads up for the power play.

Credits: CNN-News18, Jio Cinema, CNBC-TV18

The chief executive of Sports at Viacom 18 Media, Anil Jayaraj. fields bouncers, googlies and even an occasional doosra from host Arijit Barman as the battle for eyeballs gets played both on and off the field this season. It’s the first time the media rights are split between Viacom18 and Disney holding the digital and television rights to the Indian Premier League (IPL). Both sides are bowling beamers at each other, claiming superior viewership numbers and each asserting conflicting claims of superiority of their respective platforms. Recently, Viacom 18 even said over 2 crore concurrent viewers watched a game! But after bidding Rs 50 crore per match, adding up to a total Rs 20,500 crore for the next 5 seasons (2023-27) will there be any money left to be made, especially when streaming is free at least for now? To explain the high stakes game, Jayaraj pads up for the power play. Credits: CNN-News18, Jio Cinema, CNBC-TV18

Reliance - EPL: An exclusive chat with Sunil Chhetri on starting young and making it big

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