MOSCOW: The International Boxing Association (AIBA) has announced that India will host its first Women’s World Championships in 2018 and the Men’s World Championship (also for the first time) in 2021. New Delhi will be the host venue for both events.
The announcement was made Monday after a two-day AIBA executive committee…
LONDON: Lagardère Sports announced Monday that it will continue to distribute the worldwide media rights for the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) for another four years.
As the the ice hockey league’s media rights partner since its inception in 2008, Lagardère Sports has extended its commitment and will now manage media rights…
LONDON: Japanese tyre major Yokohama Rubber Co Ltd has expanded its ongoing £40 million ($52m) a year principal sponsorship of Chelsea FC to include the shirt sleeve of the current Premier League champions.
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LONDON: The Badminton World Federation (BWF) have announced global betting and gaming brand 12BET as an official partner of the TOTAL BWF World Championships 2017, which will be played in Glasgow, Scotland from 21 to 27 August.
The partnership, negotiated by Infront Sports & Media, a Wanda Sports company, will provide…
JOHANNESBURG - Cricket South Africa (CSA) has confirmed the appointment of sports management professional Russell Adams as the tournament director for its upcoming T20 Global League (#T20GL).
The Cape Town-born Adams, is well known to the global cricket fraternity, bringing years of international cricketing and sports…
MUMBAI: The Indian women's cricket team let nerves get the better of them in a tense summit clash against England, leaving Mithali Raj's giant-slaying side to live with the runners-up tag for a second time in the ICC World Cup at Lord's in London on Sunday.
India lost their last seven wickets for 28 runs and surrendered the…
NEW DELHI: Phase 3 of online ticket sales for the FIFA U-17 World Cup India 2017, which will last until 5 October, kicked off Friday.
During this phase, fans will have the opportunity to buy individual tickets at a 25% discount. It bears noting that tickets are only available for Goa, Mumbai and Delhi. As for the other three…
PUNE: The 9th edition of Maruti Suzuki’s annual southern motorsports rally, Maruti Suzuki Dakshin Dare concluded in a grand finale in Pune on Saturday with Team Maruti Suzuki’s Suresh Rana and Ashwin Naik winning the Ultimate Cars category and T Nataraj in Ultimate Bikes.
Bringing in more challenges and a new route, the 9th…
NEW DELHI: The All India Football Federation has issued a tender notice inviting bids for new clubs to enter the I-League.
The AIFF is inviting bids from "prospective team owners" in "Bengaluru, Mumbai, New Delhi, Ranchi, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Bhopal, Lucknow, Ahmedabad, Malapurram and Trivandrum, among others".
SHILLONG: A state government-backed football grassroots development programme kicked off here Saturday with an exhibition match between the north-eastern players and their rest of India counterparts at the floodlit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, IANS reports.
A 'pet project' of Meghalaya chief minister Mukul Sangma, the gala…