FLORENCE, Italy: Fiorentina's owners have declared they are putting the Italian Serie A side up for sale following mounting fan protests over their management.
The Della Valle family - owners of luxury goods maker Tod's - took over the club in 2002 after it was demoted to the fourth tier due to bankruptcy.
…BEIJING: Sina Sports and the All England Club announced Tuesday that they have entered into a digital content collaboration for Wimbledon.
Through the relationship, Sina Sports will become the official digital content partner of Wimbledon for the next two years. Sina Sports fans are able to access a full range of on…
MUMBAI: The organizers of the Ultimate Table Tennis (UTT) have announced the event schedule for the inaugural edition.
UTT will be held from July 13 to July 30 with the opening game featuring RP-SG Mavericks with India's top paddler Sharath Kamal taking on Falcons TTC to be held in Chennai at the Jawaharlal Nehru…
NEW DELHI: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Tuesday formed a seven-member special committee to identify the critical points in implementation of the Justice RM Lodha Committee reforms.
Former India skipper Sourav Ganguly is among those named on to the special committee, tasked in the board's…
NEW DELHI: Talk about humungous jump in value. Chinese mobile firm Vivo has retained the title sponsorship right of the Indian Premier League for a period of five years with a bid of Rs21.99 billion, approximately Rs4.4 billion per season.
Rival Chinese mobile firm Oppo was the next highest bidder at Rs14.3 billion…
LONDON: "You gave a little, you take a little." The Board of Control for Cricket in India's decision to play ball with the International Cricket Council on a revised revenue share model has closed the loop on what has been an long festering irritant - the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed with its Pakistani counterparts during…
LONDON: Afghanistan and Ireland were Thursday confirmed as full members of the International Cricket Council (ICC) after a unanimous vote at the ICC full council meeting at the Oval. Both will now be eligible to play Test cricket following a membership committee recommendation that the respective full member applications from each met…
LONDON: After months of negotiations, the Board of Control for Cricket in India has agreed terms on a revised revenue share model from the International Cricket Council that was inked at the ICC's ongoing Annual Conference Week here Thursday.
It was agreed during the conference that the BCCI would be getting $405 million, $266…
MUMBAI: Dubai businessman Ajay Sethi, who this week bought the Port Elizabeth franchise in Cricket South Africa's upcoming T20 Global League, has expressed an interest in buying into an Indian Premier League team.
Speaking to Arabian Business, Channel2 Corporation Group chairman Sethi revealed he is looking at buying…
LONDON: Motor racing's Sauber have parted company with Monisha Kaltenborn, the first woman to run a Formula One team, with immediate effect ahead of this weekend's Azerbaijan Grand Prix.
Kaltenborn has been team boss of Sauber since 2012, when she was given the role by founder Peter Sauber.
The 46-year-old, Formula 1's…