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…
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…
MONTREAL: Mahindra Racing has capped off its best ever season in the FIA Formula E Championship with second place at the Montreal ePrix.
Swedish racing driver Felix Rosenqvist delivered the team’s final podium in round 12, while teammate Nick Heidfeld followed in fifth to lock down third in the Teams’ Championship. It was a…
NEW DELHI: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is setting up a reserve fund of around PKR1 billion (Rs610 million) to take care of the legal costs of filing a compensation claim against the Indian board before the ICC disputes resolution committee.
PCB chairman, Shaharyar Khan said in an interview on Saturday that the board of…