UNION agricultural minister and former BCCI strong man Sharad Pawar announces in typical pre poll hype that a 'Marathi manoos' should be made the Prime Minister. Minutes later Congress spokesperson Jayanthi Natarajan reiterates that there is no vacancy for the PM's job. Now let us look at the facts, while we are aware there is a security threat percept to the ill fated IPL Season…
INDIA was in strife. The Babri Masjid had been demolished in controversial circumstances. Rioting had broken out. Mumbai was in complete disarray. Communal rioting had turned the kinetic city into a war zone. Not since the blood and gore of partition was India witness to such brutal violence. December 6 gave way to January 6. Two rounds of tragic bloodletting meant that fear hung…
Waning fortunes, rising demand and frantic calculations for sale and purchase. IPL players auction is as much about the monies as about the game.
New year, new big monies. The pace has been set for the flow of top dollars to cricketers with the eight teams announcing the players that they will be retaining for the 11th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL). As expected, Virat Kohli, the Indian captain and superstar leads the way with a Rs 17-crore package for a hectic two…
"THE INEVITABLE CAME A BIT EARLY." That was PTI on Virat Kohli's decision last Saturday to quit as India's Test captain, a day after his team failed to do what no Indian team before had managed in South Africa. Win a Test series against the Rainbow Nation.
"Kohli’s untimely resignation as T20 skipper, BCCI’s snatching ODI captaincy from him, the subsequent name-calling – all pointed to a changing ecosystem. This wasn’t the world the man, who once rode roughshod over all matters…
LONDON: Tournament organiser PGL has appointed IMG to distribute its media rights globally for its PGL Stockholm Major 2021, one of the highest-profile events in esports in 2021.
The tournament will mark the sixteenth Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) Major Championship and the first time since 2014 to be held in Sweden.
Making its long-anticipated return, the PGL Stockholm Major 2021 will take place between October 26 – November 7. The playoffs, held between…
MUMBAI: Acting on expected lines, the Indian Broadcasting Foundation (IBF) on Tuesday moved the Supreme Court challenging the recent Bombay High Court verdict that upheld the New Tariff Orders (NTO) 1.0 and 2.0, besides the powers of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) to fix tariffs for broadcasting, Exchange4Media reports.
IBF's petition is tentatively expected to be listed for hearing next week, according to the website.
The broadcasters had prayed for…
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia: CricKingdom has formally entered into an agreement with Praveen Jain, a leading Indian businessman and sports supporter operating in Cambodia, which will see the two sides working together to establish the Sout-East Asian nation's first full-fledged cricket academy.
The partnership between CricKingdom and Jain was sealed by the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding on Tuesday, March 23, local media reported.
The deal was officially inked seven months…
HERZOGENAURACH, Germany: After 15 years of ownership, adidas has begun the formal process aimed at divesting its Reebok brand.
As part of the development of its new five-year strategy, adidas has concluded its assessment of strategic alternatives for Reebok. As a result of this review, the company has now decided to begin a formal process aimed at divesting Reebok. Going forward, the company intends to focus its efforts on further strengthening the leading position of the adidas…
BHUBANESWAR: The Khelo India University Games 2020 concluded here on Sunday with a simple but impressive closing ceremony, but not before Panjab University pipped Savitribai Phule Pune University with a last-gasp effort to be crowned champions of the inaugural edition.
Trailing by just one Gold on the penultimate day, Panjab snatched the last two Golds in boxing to topple Pune University, who could only manage one athletics Gold on the final day. The two dominant universities ended…
PARIS: The Qatar National Bank (QNB), the largest financial institution in the Middle East and Africa, announced Sunday the appointment of Brazilian football star and Paris Saint Germain player, Neymar Jr, as the group’s global brand ambassador.
The agreement grants QNB all exclusive marketing rights of Neymar Jr as a brand ambassador of all the group's marketing campaigns and advertising platforms in which he will appear across its major businesses.
The partnership with…