NEW YORK: NBA and Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant died in a helicopter crash Sunday in Calabasas, California.
Bryant's 13-year-old daughter Gianna and seven others on the same flight were also killed.
Bryant, 41, leaves behind a wife, Vanessa, and three surviving daughters - Natalia, Bianka and Capri, who was…
CUTTACK: The Orissa High Court on Friday refused to entertain Hockey India’s plea to modify the interim order in which it had directed HI to allow Hockey Odisha to participate in the upcoming senior national (A Division) championships.
MUMBAI: The Indian Premier League governing council, which is meeting in New Delhi on Monday, will likely make official that 7.30 pm will be the match timings of the forthcoming IPL 2020.
IPL doubleheaders are also likely to be discontinued, keeping in mind host broadcaster Star India's preference.
Star wants an early…
BHUBANESWAR: The Odisha capital already has a genuine claim to the title of hockey capital of the world, but that could well be "unofficially stamped" soon. Even as the city will become the first to host two back-to-back men’s hockey World Cups — 2018 and 2023 - the Odisha capital is now reportedly in line to host the men’s junior…
MANCHESTER: Premier League title holders Manchester City have launched content subscription service CITY+, which has been made available across all the club's digital platforms - mancity.com, Man City app and Smart TV.
CITY+ will allow subscribers to watch full match replays of all men’s and women’s matches 24 hours after the…
KUALA LUMPUR: The Asian Football Confederation has renewed its long-standing partnership with sports data company Sportradar that will last through to the AFC Asian Cup China 2023.
Under the terms of the agreement, Sportradar will continue to support the AFC Integrity Unit with the Intelligence and Investigation Services (I…
LONDON: World Rugby chairman Bill Beaumont declared Friday he would be standing for re-election at the world body's council meeting in May.
Beaumont also confirmed that FFR (French Rugby Federation) president Bernard Laporte would be campaigning for the post of vice-chairman.
"Bernard is a great servant of the game and…
LONDON: Premier League side Chelsea FC have announced a new three-year shirt sponsorship deal with British telecommunications and internet service provider Three, that kicks in from the start of next season.
The announcement came hours after The Blues confirmed that its current shirt sponsorship deal with Japanese tyre…
NEW DELHI: The Asia/Oceania Olympic boxing qualifying event, which was scheduled to be held in Wuhan from February 3 to 14, has been cancelled due to coronavirus outbreak.
The Boxing Task Force (BTF), constituted by the International Olympic Committee, and the Chinese Olympic Committee (COC) jointly announced the decision…
NEW DELHI: The Hero 2nd Division League 2019-20 Preliminary Round is all set to get underway on Saturday as four matches kick off on the same day across four different venues in Kerala, Gujarat and West Bengal.
ATK Reserves take on Jamshedpur Reserves in Group A, Bhawanipore FC face Mohammedan Sporting in Group B, while ARA FC…