NEW DELHI: Sports Minister Vijay Goel asserted Monday that the decision to sack or retain India’s U-17 football coach Nicolai Adam rests with his ministry, and NOT with the All India Football Federation, as it was from his department that the German national's salaray was being drawn.
Barely nine months before India…
NEW DELHI: Just minutes before Supreme Court named four administrators to run the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) here Monday, the Delhi High Court appointed Justice Vikramajit Sen, a former Supreme Court judge, as administrator of faction-riven and scam tainted Delhi & District Cricket Association (DDCA).
The…
NEW DELHI: The winds of change are blowing thick and fast in the world's richest and most powerful cricketing body. After using its financial might and monopoly on the game's administration to throttle all attempts by players to form a representative association over the years, the Supreme Court's intervention means that this will…
MUMBAI: It was an adrenaline-fuelled battle as young footballers went head-to-head in the corporate leg of Neymar Jr’s Five to secure their spot in the next round of the tournament in India. The second edition of this one-of-a-kind, five-a-side football tournament – first introduced in the country as Winning 5 and later rechristened…
MUMBAI: Nike Monday kicked off the second edition of its Under-16 Premier Cup. Held in association with the All India Football Association (AIFF), this U-16 football tournament is organized with the aim of helping young athletes become better footballers. The tournament provides a stage to compete against the best in their age group…
NEW YORK: MP & Silva, a leading international media company that provides media rights, digital, technology and sponsorship services, Monday announced that they have been retained by the New York Red Bulls to sell the naming rights for the team’s stadium, in Harrison, New Jersey.
However, MP&S is not the only agency…
NEW DELHI: Given a handle by a Pakistan Hockey Federation playing to the galleries, Hockey India has reiterated it won't play any bilateral series with its traditional rival unless the PHF submits an unconditional written apology for the actions of its players during the 2014 Champions Trophy.
PHF secretary Shahbaz Ahmad had…
IMPHAL: Celebrated Indian woman boxer L Sarita Devi comfortably entered the professional ranks in the IBC Fight Night at the Khuman Lampak Stadium, here on Sunday, outpunching Zsofia Bedo of Hungary to make a winning start to her fresh innings.
The Iron Lady of Indian boxing won the bout by unanimous verdict in front of…
NEW DELHI: The 15th Maruti Suzuki Desert Storm rally was flagged off from GIP Mall, Noida here on Sunday.
The motley group of more than 200 enthusiasts will traverse from here to Jodhpur that will see them cover a distance of 2,000km in six days.
Multiple winner Suresh Rana was the first one to be flagged off, so was…
KUWAIT: The Olympic Council of Asia, in cooperation with Olympic Solidarity, have announced the dates and venues of the two regional forums for National Olympic Committees in 2017.
NOCs from Central Asia, South East Asia and East Asia will be involved in the first of the forums – at Incheon, Korea, on March 28-29.
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