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May 26, 2020 19:05

COVID chaos: AIFF issues guidelines on player contracts

NEW DELHI: With some football clubs exercising force majeure clauses citing the COVID-19 pandemic, the All India Football Federation has come out with a set of recommendations to be followed while committing to new player contracts and honouring the existing ones.

The recommendations, made after consultations with FIFA,…

May 26, 2020 18:05

FA declares English women's football season over

LONDON: The FA Women’s Super League & Women’s Championship Board Monday confirmed the decision to end the 2019-20 season for the Barclays FA Women’s Super League and the FA Women’s Championship, with immediate effect.

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, the FA Women’s Super League & Women’s Championship board has been in…

May 26, 2020 18:05

India registrations open for adidas' #HOMETEAMHERO Challenge

NEW DELHI: Top Indian athletes from India - Rohit Sharma, Hima Das, Nikhat Zareen, Manpreet Singh, Kuldeep Yadav, Dipika Pallikal, Simranjit Kaur and Mirabai Chanu have come together to participate in world’s largest virtual sports event. The #HOMETEAMHERO Challenge is a sporting event for the world’s athletes & creators to unite…

May 26, 2020 18:05

MotoGP eSport C'ship strikes 3-yr partnership with telecom giant

MADRID: MotoGP promoter Dorna Sports Tuesday announced a new three-year partnership with CKH Innovations Opportunities Development (CKH IOD), a unit of CK Hutchison Group Telecom Holdings. 

The agreement sees two of the leading 3 Group brand companies – 3 Austria and WINDTRE – become partners of the MotoGP eSport Championship…

May 25, 2020 20:05

ICC issues ' impractical' guidelines for resumption of cricket

DUBAI: The International Cricket Council (ICC) has published guidelines for the safe resumption of cricket to assist its members in restarting cricket activity in their countries as government restrictions owing to COVID-19 start to relax.

“ICC Back to Cricket Guidelines” is a comprehensive document developed by the ICC…

May 25, 2020 20:05

Indian hockey legend Balbir Singh Sr no more

NEW DELHI: Indian hockey legend Balbir Singh Sr breathed his last at a Mohali hospital on Monday morning. He was 96. 

The triple Olympic Champion and World Cup-winning team manager had been battling for life since 8 May when he was hospitalised due to pneumonia and was on ventilator support. 

May 25, 2020 20:05

Vincy Premier T10 League: FanCode scores global t'cast rights

MUMBAI: FanCode, a multisport aggregator platform from the house of Dream Sports, has become the official global broadcast partner of Vincy Premier T10 League (VPL). 
FanCode is exclusively live streaming all the ongoing cricket matches between May 22 to May 31. 

The competitive cricket has returned for the first time…

May 25, 2020 19:05

Sunil Chhetri face of Twelfth Man fantasy football

NEW DELHI: India football captain Sunil Chhetri was on Monday named as brand ambassador of fantasy football platform "Twelfth Man".

According to the makers, Twelfth Man is a premier "football only" fantasy gaming platform that allows users to compete in a large variety of contests against other users for free or by paying…

May 25, 2020 19:05

Kerala Blasters CEO Viren D'Silva resigns

MUMBAI: Viren D'Silva, chief executive of Hero Indian Super league franchise Kerala Blasters, has taken reportedly the exit route after "many summers" with the club.  

D’Silva submitted his resignation last week and the club has accepted it, Khel Now reports, quoting a source close to the developments.

May 25, 2020 19:05

Mizoram accords industry status to sport

AIZAWL: Mizoram has become the first state in India to accord industry status to sport, aiming to attract investments to bolster sports activities. 

“Since 2010, at the national level, talks were going on to accord the industrial status to sports. As sports are a state subject, the central government has limited role in this…