New Delhi, The Indian Premier League (<keyword id="6354312" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="ipl" source="Orion">IPL</keyword>) has become a decacorn as the overall combined brand value has crossed the 10 billion dollars mark. As of now, IPL's brand value stands at 10.7 billion dollars, as compared to 8.4 billion dollars in 2022, thus registering an increase by 28%. A report by brand valuation consultancy Brand Finance said the total brand value of the IPL has surged by 433 per cent since its launch in 2008. It added that the IPL's significant growth is attributed to factors including a media rights deal amounting to 6.2 billion dollars (INR 48,390 crore), an increase in the central pool of IPL revenues, the addition of two franchise teams, and the return to full stadium attendance in 2023 after the Covid-19 pandemic. It further said five-time champions Mumbai Indians have emerged as the most valuable IPL brand at 87 million dollars, followed by fellow five-time winners Chennai Super Kings (CSK), which is now the second most valuable brand with a value of 81 million dollars. Other franchises in the top five list include two-time winners <keyword id="262945" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="kolkata-knight" source="Orion">Kolkata Knight</keyword> Riders (KKR) and <keyword id="6354506" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="royal-challengers-bangalore" source="Orion">Royal Challengers Bangalore</keyword> (RCB) at 78.6 million dollars and 69.8 million dollars, respectively. IPL 2022 winners Gujarat Titans (GT) showed a huge increase in its brand value ranking with a 38 percent growth and securing the fifth position, which is a jump from the eighth-place last year. <keyword id="13023526" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="lucknow-super-giants" source="Orion">Lucknow Super Giants</keyword> (LSG) are at the eighth position with a brand value of 47 million dollars and is now the fastest-growing IPL brand, up by 48 percent. The report added that despite starting with a relatively lower base, LSG has made substantial strides in the valuation landscape. IPL franchises are also continuing to expand their global presence, as the franchise leagues ecosystem is estimated to have a brand value of 1 billion dollars, extending their visibility in the year. Teams like Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, Lucknow, Sunrisers Hyderabad and Rajasthan Royals are into various franchise T20 leagues. "IPL 2023 is paving the way for a global T20 business ecosystem as more and more franchise owners will be taking their brand of cricket to newer potential markets in the Middle East, USA, Asia-Pacific. Franchise owners are now seeing a year-long commitment from players for various leagues played globally," said Ajimon Francis, Managing Director, Brand Finance India.

Not a six, IPL hits a ten as it turns into a decacorn

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In what can be considered as a proud moment foe the country, India <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=boxing&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">boxing</a> star <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=vijender+singh&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">Vijender Singh</a> managed to break into the top 10 of the <keyword id="92753" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="100" keywordseo="World-Boxing-Organisation">World Boxing Organisation</keyword> Rankings on Wednesday. 
 This feat comes after Singh managed to defeat former WBC European champion <keyword id="3394030" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Kerry-Hope">Kerry Hope</keyword> in a gruelling 10-round contest to clinch the <keyword id="3540267" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="Asia-Pacific-super-middleweight-champion">Asia Pacific super middleweight champion</keyword> in <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=delhi&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">Delhi </a>last month, which enabled him to enter the rankings. 
 
Additionally, he has also remained unbeaten since turning professional last year, recording seven straight wins. 
 
Singh is a rung below US-based Russian Matt Korobov, who has 26 wins in 27 fights so far and is placed above American star Trevor McCumby, who is also undefeated in the circuit with 22 wins. 
 
Talking to PTI, Singh, who was India’s first <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=olympics&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">Olympic</a> and World Championships medal winner said, "It's just the start for me, one day I want to be the No.1 in the world. That's my dream and I am sure I will achieve it.” 
 
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<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="13155190" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="gennadiy-golovkin" source="Orion">Gennadiy Golovkin</keyword> returns to the ring Saturday as he fights Ryota Murata in Japan.</li><li>It will be the ninth country the veteran boxer will have competed in as a pro boxer.</li></ul><a href="https://www.insider.com/category/gennadiy-golovkin" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Gennadiy Golovkin</a>'s global run in <a href="https://www.insider.com/category/boxing" target="_blank" rel="noopener">boxing</a> is comparable to <a href="https://www.insider.com/category/muhammad-ali" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Muhammad Ali</a>'s, his promoter <a href="https://www.insider.com/category/tom-loeffler" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tom Loeffler</a> claimed to Insider recently.The two-time world middleweight champion returns to the ring Saturday for a unification bout involving Ryota Murata at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama City, Japan. The event will be broadcast on DAZN.It will be the ninth country Golovkin has fought in as a pro boxer — a globetrotting strategy Loeffler said he always had in mind for a marquee fighter he wanted to guide into an international star."I wanted to mold Gennadiy's career around what Ali accomplished because he was the type of guy to fight anybody, anywhere," Loeffler told us.Ali competed primarily in the US but also fought in Europe, Africa, and Asia.His most famous <keyword id="11922196" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="boxing" source="Orion">boxing</keyword> matches took place outside of America like his 1974 upset win over George Foreman in Zaire, dubbed The Rumble in the Jungle, and his 1975 win over Joe Frazier in their trilogy bout that took place in the Philippines, which has been called the Thrilla in Manila.Golovkin is yet to have an international fight of that stature but has a two-fight rivalry with boxing's No.1 fighter Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez that will stand the test of time.Regardless, Loeffler argues Golovkin "has had so many international fights, selling out arenas at the 02 in London; Monte Carlo, which was a really exclusive VIP event at the casino in Monaco; and he's fought in Kazakhstan, Panama, Ukraine … all over the world."This weekend's bout against Murata is "just one more leg of that world tour, and I see a lot of similarities between him and Muhammad in terms of just willing to fight all over the world."Loeffler, who worked with Ali when the boxing icon was promoting his biopic starring Will Smith, said Ali's "willingness to fight everywhere multiplied his popularity internationally," which, he believes, is one of the reasons Golovkin has built a reputation amongst global fight fans.It is something Loeffler says is against the norm, particularly for fighters in America. "The simple reason is you don't know what conditions you're going to be walking into over there."When we went to the UK you're dealing with the time difference, food, travel, hotel, traffic … everything like that, when you don't have the luxury of living here at home."Same thing in Japan; when we arrive over there, there's a quarantine process especially now with the pandemic, which is still a topic internationally. Again, the food, time difference, all those types of things."So I've got to give Gennadiy a lot of credit as he's one of the best-known boxers in the world, and yet he's flying over to Japan to meet another world champion, to unify titles."<div type="image" title="Tom Loeffler and Gennadiy Golovkin at a press conference together in 2018." height="757" width="1009" msid="90693923" hostid="261"></div>Loeffler said: "That would be a huge event wherever Gennadiy fights but because Murata is so popular in Japan, and Gennadiy is popular all over the world, it makes it a much bigger boxing event."Japanese fans "really revere their combat heroes, whether it's sumo wrestling or boxing, and we see great talents like Naoya Inoue, Kazuto Ioka, and Murata who, at this point, really is the most popular boxer, reaching rock-star status over there in Japan."Stakes are high this weekend as victory for 39-year-old Golovkin means he will have done his part in attempting to finalize a September bout against Saul Alvarez. It would be the third installment in their rivalry.Loeffler believes the magnitude will be felt in Japan, too. "This is probably the biggest boxing match in Japan maybe since <a href="https://www.insider.com/category/mike-tyson" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mike Tyson</a> went over there, or Muhammad Ali, simply because of how popular Murata is."The Golovkin and Murata fight is expected to begin at approximately 5.10 a.m. PT / 8.10 a.m. ET / 1.10 p.m. GMT on Saturday.

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The congress party has decided to field Indian boxer <keyword id="30474" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Vijender-Singh">Vijender Singh</keyword> from South Delhi seat for the lok sabha elections to be held in Delhi on 12th May. Congress announced names of 6 other candidates earlier today with the veteran Sheila Dikshit fighting from the North East Delhi seat, Ajay Maken from New Delhi seat, JP Aggarwal from Chandni Chowk, Arvinder Singh lovely from East Delhi, Mahabal Mishra from West Delhi and Rajesh Lilothia from North West Delhi (SC). 
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 Vijender Singh is an Indian boxer. He had won the bronze medal in Beijing olympics in 2008. Vijender Singh, born on 29th October 1985, is the current WBO Asia Pacific Super Middleweight Champion. He won the bronze medal in 2006 Asian games. Vijender Singh has also been awarded with Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna - India's highest sporting honour and Padma Shri -- the fourth highest civilian honour.

Congress fields Indian boxer Vijender Singh from South Delhi seat

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="72494" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Floyd-Mayweather">Floyd Mayweather</keyword> appears to be sharper now than he was three years ago.</li><li>In 2017, the American boxer defeated <keyword id="2944528" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Conor-McGregor">Conor McGregor</keyword> in the 10th round of a <keyword id="6362171" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="Boxing">boxing</keyword> rules bout, before retiring, only to be seen in a ring again taking part in an exhibition in Japan.</li><li>But the fighter is in the Mayweather Boxing Gym, contesting late night sparring sessions.</li><li>His sparring partner, Denis Douglin, is impressed with what he's seen recently and believes he could be preparing to fight "<keyword id="992778" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="UFC">UFC</keyword> guys" like McGregor or Khabib Nurmagomedov.</li></ul>Floyd Mayweather is sharper now than he was when he beat Conor McGregor three years ago and he could even be preparing for a rematch, a sparring partner said.Boxing great Mayweather has already beaten the former two-weight UFC champion McGregor once, in a 2017 bout where he stopped the Irishman on his feet in the 10th round.Mayweather has since retired, returned to the ring for a New Year's Eve exhibition against Tenshin Nasukawa in 2018, and has consistently teased another comeback — <a href="https://www.insider.com/floyd-mayweather-leonard-ellerbe-says-hes-received-comeback-offers-2020-8" target="_blank" rel="noopener">one which could earn him $100 million</a>.Denis Douglin, who trains at the Mayweather Boxing Club in Las Vegas, even said this week that Mayweather himself is in the gym and working-out as if he were getting ready for a bout."Yes … I think he could come back," <a href="https://www.vegasinsider.com/boxing/floyd-mayweather-return-to-boxing-eyeing-ufc-stars/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Douglin told Vegas Insider</a> after sparring with the former champ.Douglin told the <keyword id="6356028" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="sports">sports</keyword> betting website that Mayweather entered the gym all excited, told him that he was going to beat him up, and that they proceeded to spar without a break for 30 minutes.The session was so good, Douglin said, adding that Mayweather seems sharper than the last time they sparred."The last time we sparred was probably three years ago for his exhibition match in Asia [against Nasukawa] and I kind of felt like he was slowing down a little bit."This time he felt sharp, he felt strong, his stamina was great. It was almost like he's getting better."The super middleweight said he would not be surprised to see Mayweather take part in more exhibitions, like he did against Nasukawa, or even box against top tier mixed martial artists."I think he's going to fight UFC guys," Douglin said. "It's actually quite interesting because I'm left-handed and McGregor and Khabib [Nurmagomedov] are both left-handed, so him choosing to spar me, that might be the reason why."That's something someone said to me the other day and I was like, you know what, that makes sense, so it's very possible."The Conor McGregor fight generated so much money, why not do something like that again or fight another UFC fighter if he's making millions of dollars?"Read more:<a href="https://www.insider.com/khabib-nurmagomedov-conor-mcgregor-offers-nothing-as-a-competitor-2020-9" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Khabib Nurmagomedov says Conor McGregor offers nothing as a competitor, and is no longer interested in a rematch</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/mike-tyson-cried-in-pain-after-training-for-boxing-video-2020-9" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mike Tyson said he was in so much physical pain he cried for a week in bed after training for a boxing video this year</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/video-mma-fighter-disqualified-for-a-soccer-kick-to-head-2020-9" target="_blank" rel="noopener">An MMA fighter was disqualified from a match when he hit his opponent with an illegal soccer kick to the head</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/yordenis-ugas-dominated-a-fight-but-almost-screwed-by-judges-2020-9" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Yordenis Ugas out-punched his opponent in every round of a world title fight, but was almost screwed out of a win by the judges</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/watch-alistair-overeem-score-bloody-ground-and-pound-knockout-2020-9" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Alistair Overeem split his heavyweight opponent's head open, scoring a bloody KO win with nasty ground-and-pound</a>

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