Ajay Pratap Singh has stepped down as CEO of Absolute Sports activities, the Nazara Technologies subsidiary that operates sports activities media platform Sportskeeda, after about three-and-a-half years within the function.

Singh was appointed CEO in November 2022 after Sportskeeda founder Porush Jain resigned from the place. Earlier than that, Singh served as chief working officer for 2 years, having joined Sportskeeda as head of selling in November 2019.

Earlier in his profession, he labored at Dainik Bhaskar Group and Tally Options.

Asserting his departure in a LinkedIn submit, Singh stated: “Wanting again, these final 6.5 years have been fingers down probably the most thrilling, chaotic, and extremely rewarding years of my profession.”

He additionally credited the corporate’s tradition, writing that “the perfect half wasn’t the hockey-stick graphs” however “the tradition we constructed”. He stated conferences and brainstorming periods felt like catching up with faculty or school buddies, and described the crew as “constructed completely different”.

Singh stated he now plans to pursue his entrepreneurial journey, however didn’t disclose additional particulars.

Underneath his management, Absolute Sports activities expanded from Sportskeeda right into a portfolio of eight manufacturers throughout sports activities, gaming and leisure via acquisitions and new model launches. These embody Professional Soccer Community, Faculty Soccer Community, Deltia’s Gaming, Cleaning soap Central, TJRWrestling, ITRWrestling and Primetimer.

The transfer comes as mother or father firm Nazara Applied sciences appears to sharpen its give attention to gaming by monetising non-core property.

Nazara founder Nitish Mittersain had lately stated, “Our plan is to monetise our non-core property and give attention to our core gaming enterprise. It opens up the chance for me to herald money from these completely different firms over a time period and redeploy them in gaming.”

Nazara acquired a majority stake in Absolute Sports activities for Rs 44 crore in 2019 and later elevated its holding, taking full possession of the corporate in March 2025.

Absolute Sports activities reported income of Rs 147 crore in FY26, down 38.6% from Rs 239.6 crore in FY25. The corporate attributed the decline to decrease internet site visitors following Google’s March 2025 core replace.