NEW DELHI: Ace shooter and chief coach of the Indian Junior Pistol team Jaspal Rana has said that the country's chances of winning Olympic medals in the sport has been dealt a body blow by the imposition of Goods and Services Tax on imported sports equipment.
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Smaaash appoints Tushar Dhingra as CEO
MUMBAI: A year after Piramal Enterprises invested Rs1.5 billion in sports based entertainment outfit Smaaash Entertainment, the company has roped in Tushar Dhingra as the chief executive officer.
Dhingra will be responsible for contributing to Smaaash’s overall strategy and expansion plans with the core objective of pioneering…
Finland confirmed to join MotoGP calendar in 2019
HELSINKI: The Finnish GP at Kymiring is set to join the FIM MotoGP World Championship calendar from 2019, with the first event of a five-year contract set to bring Grand Prix motorcycle racing back to a country with an incredible history in motorsport.
OTT platform Sportsfix gets additional funding
KUALA LUMPUR: OTT live streaming sports platform Sportsfix has got an additional round of funding from IPO Wealth, a Melbourne, Australia based investment group.
Sportsfix delivers local, regional and international Live, VOD and News Sports content to
Neymar completes €222m move to PSG
PARIS: After much drama, Paris Saint-Germain completed Neymar's world record move from La Liga giants Barcelona on Thursday when the Qatar-owned French Lique 1 club confirmed the Brazilian superstar had signed a five year-deal, earning him an estimated €30 million a year after tax.
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MLS biggest beneficiary in US of adidas' increased marketing spend
HERZOGENAURACH, Germany: adidas has majorly upped its marketing spends till 2020 on the back of soaring sales in consecutive quarters.
The German sportswear giant, which announced an extension of its partnership with North America's Major League Soccer (MLS) on Wednesday, has seen sales grow 28 per cent in China and 26 per…
CoA seeks membership details of BCCI affiliates
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court-appointed Committee of Administrators (CoA) Wednesday sent an email to all 30 affiliated units of the Board of Control for Cricket in India, asking them to provide a list of "all their respective constituent members".
The CoA further wrote that a reply to the email must be sent by the state…
ITF lauds MSLTA conduct of India-NZ Davis Cup tie in Pune
PUNE: India’s Davis Cup match against New Zealand, organised by the Maharashtra State Lawn Tennis Association (MSLTA) here in February, has been awarded an ‘Above Group Standard Rating’ by the Recognition and Reward (R&R) panel of the International Tennis Federation (ITF).
The Rating Panel issued its assessment of MSLTA's…
No place for Pak in BCCI's FTP for 2020-2023
NEW DELHI: The Indian cricket board (BCCI) has communicated to the International Cricket Council (ICC) its has not pencilled in Pakistan in any bilateral series, at least until 2023.
In its Future Tours Programme (FTP) submitted to world cricket's governing body for the years 2020-2023, India will neither host nor play…
Tata steps up as Mumbai Marathon title sponsor
MUMBAI: Salt to software conglomerate Tata Group is the new title sponsor of the Mumbai Marathon, replacing British banking major Standard Chartered, which has been intrinsically associated with India's most celebrated distance running event for the last 14 years.
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