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Apr 28, 2020 18:04
SEOUL: With major sports on hold around the world, South Korean football's K-League has garnered positive interest for the media rights to the upcoming season from broadcasters in 10 foreign territories, with more buy-ins expected. 
Apr 28, 2020 18:04
NEW YORK: The NBA 2K League announced Monday that the start of its 2020 regular season will begin Tuesday, May 5 with at least six weeks of remote gameplay.  
Apr 27, 2020 17:04
NEW DELHI: Sports Authority of India director-general Sandip Pradhan has commended the joint initiative of the All India Football Federation and SAI to use the period of the country-wide lockdown to hold a 13-day online coaching refresher course. The course, which got underway on Monday, April 20, will see as many as 20 different sessions being held, with the course coming to an end on Saturday, May 2.
Apr 27, 2020 17:04
LAS VEGAS: UFC returns with one of the most stacked cards in recent history, as No. 1 ranked lightweight contender Tony Ferguson and No. 4 ranked Justin Gaethje battle for the interim championship. In the co-main event, Henry Cejudo intends to prove that he is the greatest UFC bantamweight champion of all time as he looks to defeat multiple-time title holder Dominick Cruz. 
Apr 27, 2020 17:04
NEW YORK: The 2020 NFL Draft was unique and historic in more ways than one. Not only was this year's version of the annual Player Selection Meeting the first completely virtual operation, it was the most watched ever.
Apr 27, 2020 16:04
JAIPUR: Just how drastically the COVID-19 pandemic has upended the cricketing season. With the Indian Premier League in suspended animation, the ONLY live cricketing action that is in play across the cricketing world at the moment is in Taiwan of all places.  
Apr 27, 2020 15:04
MADRID: LaLiga and social network Douyin (TikTok outside China) have announced the agreement whereby the Chinese platform will become “LaLiga Official Social Media Partner” of the Spanish championship until March 2021.
Apr 27, 2020 15:04
LAUSANNE: World Archery has announced the Lockdown Knockout, the first remote archery competition to be streamed live on the federation’s digital channels. Eight compound archers – four men and four women – will be invited to take part in the first edition of the tournament, which will start with a qualification period on 1 May and matchplay following on 9-17 May.
Apr 23, 2020 16:04
MADRID: After the success of MotoGP’s first ever Virtual Race, a second event was announced and Virtual Race 2 was broadcast on Sunday the 12th of April.
Apr 23, 2020 16:04
WRC PROMOTER GmbH, commercial rights holders of the FIA World Rally Championship, has completed a multi-year agreement with sim racing hardware experts Fanatec to become the official partner of the WRC’s eSports activities. Fanatec is the leading brand for sim racing hardware, including steering wheels, pedals and complete cockpits for PlayStation, Xbox and PC-based motorsport simulators.