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Aug 03, 2020 17:08

USA Cricket working to reschedule intl matches, series

NEW YORK: The USA Cricket board of directors staged its quarterly board meeting remotely via video conference call. 

Among numerous matters considered, the board spent time considering the following key areas:

Challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic
The Board noted that the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic had…

Aug 03, 2020 17:08

World Snooker Tour unveils provisional calendar; 9 events by Xmas

LONDON: The World Snooker Tour continues to lead the way to the return of regular live sport with the announcement of a packed calendar for the first half of the 2020/21 season, with nine tournaments between September and December.

Snooker has set the pace in recent months with a pioneering approach towards the return of live…

Aug 03, 2020 17:08

'Get professional': Kushal, Bhutia's advice to EB top brass

MUMBAI: As East Bengal FC marked 100 years of existence on Saturday, All India Football Federation (AIFF) general secretary Kushal Das delivered some hard truths to the powers that be running the Indian footballing institution.

Echoing what SportzPower has consistently been articulating these past months, Das exhorted…

Aug 03, 2020 16:08

Vivo IPL from Sep 19-Nov 10; Women’s T20 Challenge in sched

MUMBAI: It's official. As expected by the industry (including by the fire and brimstone spewing prime time presenters on India's news channels), Vivo remains the title sponsor of the Indian Premier League 2020. The world's biggest annual cricket event will be staged in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the matches will be played in…

Aug 03, 2020 16:08

SportsTiger onboards Monty Panesar for Eng-Ire series

JAIPUR: SportsTiger – a multi-sport aggregator application from the house of MyTeam11 - Monday announced the onboarding of former England left-arm spinner Monty Panesar as a cricket expert for the ongoing England-Ireland ODI series.

The series that launches the new World Cup Super League to determine qualification for the 2023…

Jul 31, 2020 21:07

Players' body lobbying for East Bengal in ISL? What next?

MUMBAI: It really appears that the men who matter at East Bengal are getting increasingly desperate and pulling at ever stranger straws in the wind. 

The latest embarrassment (which SportzPower is convinced had the blessings of the club's "brains trust") is a letter addressed to All India Football Federation (AIFF)…

Jul 31, 2020 20:07

Instagram engagement: ISL up to 4th among football leagues

MUMBAI: The Hero Indian Super League (ISL) is the fourth biggest football league in the world on Instagram, according to a study conducted by Spanish sports business institution Deportes y Finanzas, and accessed by IANS.

India's premier football league garnered 38.1 million fan interactions on Instagram between January 1 and…

Jul 31, 2020 20:07

Real, Barca world football’s most valuable brands: Study

LONDON: Real Madrid remain the most valuable football club brand in the world for 2020, according to the latest edition of the Brand Finance Football Annual. 

Boosted by winning the LaLiga title for the first time since 2017, the club retained its position at the top of the table in the football industry, but against a…

Jul 31, 2020 20:07

TNPL 2020 likely to be cancelled: Report

CHENNAI: With the latest government order from the Centre prohibiting sporting events in August, the Tamil Nadu Premier League’s (TNPL) last hope of running the fifth edition has all but ended, Sportstar reports.

The TNPL was originally supposed to have been held between June 10 and July 12 before it was postponed…

Jul 31, 2020 20:07

Saudi-led consortium's Newcastle takeover bid falls through

LONDON: A Saudi Arabia-led consortium withdrew their bid to buy English Premier League club Newcastle United late Thursday. The consortium, led by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, businesswoman Amanda Staveley and the Reuben Brothers, had seen their bid left in limbo for months not just over the matter of human rights abuses in…