Infrastructure

RIYADH: Red Sea Global (RSG), the multi-project developer behind regenerative tourism destinations The Red Sea and AMAALA, has officially revealed the name and designs of its golf course and clubhouse on Shura Island at The Red Sea set to complete and open in full in 2025. 

Shura Links promises a one-of-a-kind golf experience, offering Saudi Arabia’s first 18-hole island golf course with holes on the water, marina views and spectacular fairways framed by the Red Sea.

May 26, 2021 19:05
MOHALI: The Punjab government declared on Tuesday that the Mohali International Hockey Stadium, Sector 63, would be renamed after triple Olympian and Padma Shri Balbir Singh Sr. The stadium will now be known as Olympian Balbir Singh Senior International Hockey Stadium.  The decision comes a year after the proposal got in-principal approval from the state government. 
May 26, 2021 17:05
NEW DELHI: The Union Sports Ministry on Tuesday dedicated a total of 143 Khelo India Centres across seven states with a total budget estimate of Rs 143 million. These centres will be entrusted with one sports discipline each. The states include Maharashtra, Mizoram, Goa, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh and Manipur.
May 14, 2021 14:05
MADRID: The FIM, IRTA and Dorna Sports have announced the cancellation of the 2021 Grand Prix of Finland.  The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, as well as resulting travel complications to Finland, have obliged the cancellation of the event.
May 13, 2021 17:05
NYON, Switzerland: The UEFA Champions League final between Manchester City FC and Chelsea FC will be held at the Estádio do Dragão in Porto on 29 May, kick off 2100 CEST, following an offer to stage the game by the Portuguese FA (FPF) and the Portuguese authorities.
May 12, 2021 18:05
LONDON: The England and Wales Cricket Board has published its Annual Review and Financial Statements for 2020/21. In the review, the ECB has declared revenue losses amounting to more than £100m ($141m), compared to what had been expected to be received in 2020, after a year of matches played behind closed doors. The losses reported are from across the game as a whole – including ECB and First Class Counties.
May 11, 2021 16:05
MUMBAI: Truth will out. Too late for the men who matter in the world's richest and most powerful cricket board though. Days after the BCCI was forced to indefinitely suspend the Indian Premier League, the "realisation" (seriously?) appears to have belatedly dawned within the board's corridors of power that taking the IPL bandwagon to the COVID "ground zero" cities of New Delhi and Ahmedabad was "ill-advised".
May 06, 2021 19:05
IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE suspension of the Indian Premier League, with the BCCI having had time to introspect, board president Sourav Ganguly has admitted that "travelling between cities could have caused the breach in the IPL's biosecure bubble".  
Apr 30, 2021 22:04
LAUSANNE: The International Hockey Federation (FIH) announced Friday that it will organise its first ever senior World Hockey5s event on 11 and 12 September, in Lausanne, Switzerland. 
Apr 23, 2021 19:04
NYON, Switzerland: The UEFA executive committee met via videoconference and was informed of the confirmation given by local authorities that all four UEFA EURO 2020 matches in Munich will be able to welcome a minimum of 14,500 spectators. Munich was therefore confirmed as a host venue for the championship.
Apr 23, 2021 17:04
LONDON: Formula E and the FIA have revealed the full calendar for the 2020/21 ABB FIA Formula E World Championship, featuring a new race venue and updates to previously scheduled events. The Season 7 calendar is set to host more races than ever before in a single season, comprising of 15 races in eight cities, covering three continents.