DUBAI: Former Pakistan paceman Wasim Akram was on Tuesday named as brand ambassador of 10PL, a tennis ball cricket tournament that the organisers claim is the world’s biggest.
The tournament - promoted by UAE-based Abdul Latif Khan's Petromann Events - manages, operates and markets the Indian team.
The tournament…
MUMBAI: Six months after Discovery Communications Asia Pacific announced its entry into the Indian sports broadcasting arena with the launch of DSport, the infotainment network has reportedly roped in TS Panesar, former CEO of Hathway Cable & Datacom’s Video Business, to head the channel.
Official confirmation on the…
MUMBAI: Six months after Discovery Communications Asia Pacific announced its entry into the Indian sports broadcasting arena with the launch of DSport, the infotainment network has reportedly roped in TS Panesar, former CEO of Hathway Cable & Datacom’s Video Business, to head the channel.
Official confirmation on the…
LOS ANGELES/ PARIS: Paris has been as good as confirmed host city for the 2024 Summer Olympics after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced Monday that rival candidate city Los Angeles had agreed to host the 2028 Games.
Other potential candidates - Rome, Budapest, Hamburg and Boston - all dropped out of the…
LOS ANGELES/ PARIS: Paris has been as good as confirmed host city for the 2024 Summer Olympics after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced Monday that rival candidate city Los Angeles had agreed to host the 2028 Games.
Other potential candidates - Rome, Budapest, Hamburg and Boston - all dropped out of the…
NEW YORK: Discovery Communications, Inc. and Scripps Networks Interactive, Inc. Monday announced that they have signed a definitive agreement for Discovery to acquire Scripps in a cash-and-stock transaction valued at $14.6 billion, or $90 per share, based on Discovery’s Friday, July 21 closing price.
The purchase price…
NEW YORK: Discovery Communications, Inc. and Scripps Networks Interactive, Inc. Monday announced that they have signed a definitive agreement for Discovery to acquire Scripps in a cash-and-stock transaction valued at $14.6 billion, or $90 per share, based on Discovery’s Friday, July 21 closing price.
The purchase price…
BEIJING: UFC, the world’s premier mixed martial arts (MMA) organization on Saturday announced its highly anticipated inaugural live event slated to take place at the Mercedes-Benz Arena, Shanghai on November 25.
The event presented by General Tire, official tire partner of the UFC in the Asia-Pacific region, will give Chinese…
BEIJING: UFC, the world’s premier mixed martial arts (MMA) organization on Saturday announced its highly anticipated inaugural live event slated to take place at the Mercedes-Benz Arena, Shanghai on November 25.
The event presented by General Tire, official tire partner of the UFC in the Asia-Pacific region, will give Chinese…
MELBOURNE: Reports appearing online and on social media channels provided heft to growing speculation Monday that a resolution was at hand to the protracted pay dispute between Cricket Australia (CA) and the players' union.
However, CA and the Australian Cricketers' Association (ACA) declined to comment on the progress of…