As they say, "reality is a harsh mistress". With only a few more days to go before the curtains come down on the Paris Olympics, India will yet again return with fewer medals than was touted when the country's 100-plus contingent left home shores.
India has so far won three medals — all of them Bronze, and all in shooting. Out of those three, shooter Manu Bhaker has played a role in two, winning a medal each in the 10m air pistol individual and team events.
IMG Media's Sport 24, is the first and only live sports channel for the airline and cruise line industries, which was launched in 2012.
Part of the leadership team and responsible for four divisions within IMG Media, including Channels (Sport 24 and EDGE), Esports, Replay (Archive), and Home Entertainment, RICHARD WISE, SVP Content and Channels, who has "steered the ship" since inception, offers a "tenth anniversary" overview of the channel.
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To the digital collectible platforms making waves across the sporting firmament globally, add Rario, launched as the world’s first and foremost NFT (non-fungible token) business for cricket.
Simply put, Rario is a platform for cricket fans to collect and trade officially licensed cricket moments on the blockchain, represented as an NFT (non-fungible token).
ANKIT WADHWA explains how he, along with fellow co-founder Sunny Bhanot, is building Rario, an NFT business for cricket, as a second time entrepreneur.
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MOHIT BURMAN, vice chairman of the $ 13.8 billion Indian multinational consumer goods company Dabur India Ltd, and at 46%, the largest stakeholder in KPH Dream Cricket Private Limited, the holding company that owns and operates Indian Premier League franchise Punjab Kings, has had his wish fulfilled as far as seeing IPL 2021 "completed".
The Burman family scion had declared at the beginning of the year that the Punjab Kings' owners had recovered their investments “finally after a decade” and were "thankful to their sponsors and other partners who stood by them".
At a press conference on Monday, April 19, following approval of the new post-2024 format for European club competitions, UEFA president ALEKSANDER ČEFERIN spoke out strongly against the notion of a breakaway European Super League.
'It is not just the football community. All of society and governments are united'
"I cannot stress more strongly at this moment that UEFA and the footballing world stand united against the disgraceful, self-serving proposals we have seen from a select few clubs in Europe that are fuelled by greed above all else.