KOLKATA: Noted businessman Swapan Sadhan (Tutu) Bose on Monday was named president of Mohun Bagan club, a position which lay vacant after eminent lawyer Gitanath Ganguly's demise.
"The club lost its president Ganguly in December 2019 and subsequently the executive committee members in today's (Monday) meeting unanimously…
KUALA LUMPUR: Badminton World Federation (BWF) has approved the use of synthetic feather shuttlecocks at BWF International sanctioned tournaments of all levels from 2021.
Following this decision, BWF has made it possible for shuttlecock manufacturers to seek approval under the BWF Equipment Approval scheme for versions of…
LUQUE, Paraguay: CONMEBOL, the governing body of football in South America, has agreed to a new partnership with sports data provider Stats Perform as its official data provider.
The four-year deal will see Stats Perform exclusively collect and manage data from the most important competitions in Latin America, including Copa…
MUMBAI: Star Sports, broadscast partner of the Premier Badminton League, is also the title sponsor this year for the PBL, which tipped off in Chennai Monday with the world’s top shuttlers squaring off in India’s largest badminton tournament.
It was in 2016 when India's lead sportscaster last took up the title sponsor role and…
BENGALURU: Atria Convergence Technologies (ACT Fibernet), provider of fiber-focussed wired broadband ISP, which has sponsored the previous two editions of the Bengaluru Open tennis tournament, has extended the partnership for another year.
The company is donning the cap as platinum sponsor of the event to be held by the…
MUMBAI: All of 63,756 football fans were on hand Sunday to witness Mohun Bagan FC, in its first outing post the iconic club's takeover by Sanjiv Goenka's RPSG Group, Sunday defeating East Bengal 2-1 in the much-anticipated Kolkata derby, the penultimate clash between the two sides in the I-League.
Expect another full house at…
BHUBANESWAR: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Sunday exhorted startups and entrepreneurs to invest in sports as the state is promoting the sector in a big way.
Patnaik was addressing the valedictory ceremony of SPORT IT 2020, touted as India's first sports and innovation festival. The event, organised by Xavier Emlyon…
NEW DELHI: Baseline Ventures India Pvt Ltd asserted Sunday that it had won a favourable ruling from the arbitrator in its dispute with the Volleyball Federation of India over VFI's termination of the commercial rights agreement held by the sports marketing firm for the the conduct of Pro Volleyball League.
A release issued by…
MUMBAI: Derara Hurisa didn’t feature in any lists of favourites for the 17th edition of the Tata Mumbai Marathon 2020 but the Ethiopian, a late addition to the elite field, upset the odds to win in a course record of 2:08:09 on Sunday.
As a reward for coming home in front of the strongest men’s marathon field ever assembled in…
MUMBAI: Leading tyre maker Apollo Tyres, the Global Tyre Partner to Manchester United, Sunday launched the United We Play programme to encourage young football talent from across the country.
Talented kids will be trained by the Manchester United Soccer School (MUSS) coaches, with the best performers receiving once in a…