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DALLAS, TX: Pickleball, billed as America’s fastest-growing sport, is going after a new frontier - India. The United Pickleball Association (UPA), which was created after a merger between Major League Pickleball and the Professional Pickleball Association in the US last February, and India-based Global Sports have inked a deal to bring the PPA Tour and Major League Pickleball to the country.

As a part of the partnership, the organizations will launch key initiatives to the country, promoting the rapidly-growing sport to a young market. 

Dec 04, 2023 18:12
The five Kiwi Super clubs that make up New Zealand Super Rugby have signed a collective agreement with sports and entertainment premium experiences company Legends. The retail and merchandising company delivers retail experience for some of the most iconic brands in sport such as Real Madrid and the New York Yankees. 
Dec 04, 2023 17:12
MUMBAI: Digital sports platform FanCode will exclusively livestream the 19th edition of Volleyball Club World Championship 2023.  The championship will take place at the Koramangala Indoor Stadium in Bangalore from 6th to 10th December.
Dec 01, 2023 19:12
DAYTONA BEACH, Florida: Prime Video and NASCAR have announced they have reached a new seven-year media rights agreement, beginning in 2025, with Prime Video set to be the exclusive home of five NASCAR Cup Series races in the early summer.  NASCAR joins the growing Prime Video catalog of top tier live sports in the U.S.
Nov 29, 2023 18:11
KOLKATA: The Tata Steel Kolkata 25K, scheduled for Sunday, December 17, kicked off its countdown celebrations from the regal environs of the iconic Victoria Memorial, #AamarKolkataAamarRun.
Nov 28, 2023 19:11
MUMBAI: JSW Sports on Monday, announced that 15-year-old squash prodigy Anahat Singh will be part of their athlete roster. Anahat, recently crowned the Senior Women’s National Squash Champion, has signed a two-year deal with JSW Sports, who will support her with development and training, while also representing her commercially.
Nov 27, 2023 17:11
Regional OTT platform Stage Monday announced Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra's onboarding as an investor.  Neither the quantum of stakeholding that India's javelin ace had picked up, nor the enterprise valuation at which the transaction was made were disclosed.  Stage made a public announcement about the development in Chopra’s ancestral village in Panipat, Haryana.
Nov 27, 2023 15:11
NEW DELHI: Ultimate Kho Kho (UKK) is all geared up for its grand second edition, scheduled to kickstart on December 24, with the final on January 13, 2024. All matches will be contested at the Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium in Cuttack, Odisha.
Nov 24, 2023 17:11
LONDON: IMG has teamed up with England Netball to launch a new report revealing how the 2023 Netball World Cup has driven record fan engagement with the sporting organisation’s digital channels.
Nov 24, 2023 17:11
NEW DELHI: In a ground-breaking move to bolster the growth of kho-kho firstly in India and then globally, Ultimate Kho Kho (UKK), India’s first-ever professional kho-kho league, has secured a Series A funding from UK-based BNP Group — a  private investment firm that invests in scalable and disruptive business ideas. Financial terms or enterprise valuation were not disclosed.
Nov 23, 2023 18:11
NEW YORK: In September, World Rugby partnered with Endeavor Streaming to launch the RugbyPass TV streaming service, bringing live and on-demand content of the 2023 Rugby World Cup directly to fans around the world.