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Nov 13, 2019 16:11
MUMBAI: Days ahead of the famous Indian wrestler Ritu Phogat's first professional Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) bout this Saturday, fellow Indian athletes who have transitioned successfully to MMA from other sports have expressed confidence in the debutante starting her career with a win.
Nov 06, 2019 12:11
MELBOURNE: Football Federation Australia (FFA) and Professional Footballers Australia (PFA) have struck a new landmark Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) that closes the pay gap between Australia’s national teams - the Caltex Socceroos and the Westfield Matildas.
Nov 05, 2019 16:11
STAMFORD, Conn.: All the negative media that surrounded its "historic" Crown Jewel event in Riyadh has not deterred WWE from announcing Monday that the sports entertainment brand and the Saudi General Entertainment Authority (GEA) were expanding their live event partnership through 2027 to include a second annual large-scale event. 
Nov 05, 2019 15:11
MUMBAI: WWE expects 70% of the sports entertainment brand's total growth over the next several years will come from outside the US. And it will be India and China that will drive most of that global growth. These comments were made by George A Barrios, WWE co-president and director, during an conference call after its disappointing third-quarter results.
Nov 05, 2019 15:11
SINGAPORE: Asian mixed martial arts prmotion ONE Championship (ONE), has just announced its initial 1H 2020 schedule. More events will be added to the 1H 2020 calendar shortly. For the coming year, ONE Championship intends to hold a minimum of 50 events, including those from ONE Championship, ONE Hero Series, ONE Warrior Series, and ONE Esports. More announcements will be coming shortly for the 2020 calendar. 
Nov 05, 2019 15:11
SINGAPORE: Asian mixed martial arts promotion ONE Championship (ONE), has declared that its 100th live event, ONE: CENTURY 世紀, which took place 13 October from the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo, Japan, drew 85 million viewers worldwide across all platforms, according to official data tabulated by Nielsen, YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter.
Nov 02, 2019 13:11
MUMBAI: WWE star Charlotte Flair is set to return to India after four years and will meet Special Olympics athletes during her three-day visit from November 14. Charlotte will visit Mumbai (Nov 14-15) and Bengaluru (Nov 16) to meet fans in the two cities. She will meet Special Olympics athletes on the occasion of Children's day in Mumbai and will also make an appearance at ComicCon India. 
Nov 01, 2019 10:11
MUMBAI: After what has been a long drawn negotiating process, Sony Pictures Networks India (SPN) has renewed the media rights it holds to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), which owns popular wrestling properties RAW and Smackdown, SportzPower can reveal.
Oct 30, 2019 16:10
MUMBAI: WWE announced Wednesday at a press conference at King Fahd International Stadium in Riyadh that the first-ever WWE women’s match in Saudi Arabia will take place Thursday as part of Riyadh Season, which includes more than 100 events over a two-month span featuring world-class entertainment and sports properties.
Oct 24, 2019 18:10
BEIJING: Ritu Phogat, an internationally acclaimed wrestler from the famous Phogat family, is bringing the indomitable spirit of her lineage to the sport of mixed martial arts.