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The All India Football Federation (AIFF) has received a bid successful excess of ₹2,100 crore from Genius Sports for the Indian Super League (ISL) and Federation Cup for a span of 20 years.
The AIFF announced connected Friday that it had opened commercialized bids for the ISL, Federation Cup (formerly Super Cup), Indian Women’s League (IWL), and the IWL 2.
The floated tender included rights for 15 years, with an enactment for a five-year extension. Moreover, the connection besides includes a 5 per cent summation successful worth each twelvemonth implicit the duration of the agreement.
Genius Sports was the highest bidder astatine ₹2,129 crore for men’s home football. It was overmuch higher compared to the DreamSports-owned FanCode, the broadcast spouse for the ongoing ISL season. FanCode offered astir ₹36 crore for the archetypal season, with the full bid coming to implicit ₹1,190 crore.
It is besides learnt that the Reliance-owned Football Sports Development Limited (FSDL) came successful with a precocious connection for an hold of its erstwhile woody — which expired connected December 8, 2025 — but that was rejected by the AIFF.
Meanwhile, Capri Sports was the lone bidder for the top-two divisions of women’s football, with a bid of implicit ₹150 crore. The institution owns the UP Warriorz franchise successful the Women’s Premier League (WPL) and Bengal Warriorz successful the Pro Kabaddi League (PKL).
“Genius Sports has travel up with a bid of implicit ₹2,100 crore for 20 seasons, portion Capri Sports has bid betwixt ₹150 and ₹160 crore,” M. Satyanarayan, the AIFF’s lawman caput general, told Sportstar.
“We are blessed that radical are interested successful Indian football. The bid valuation study volition beryllium presented astatine the enforcement committee conscionable connected March 29”.
