Football

MUMBAI: Continuing to build the Indian sports landscape, LaLiga successfully concluded its first-ever ‘Extra Time’ webinar series in India. 

Seeking to engage in conversations related to sports technology and culture, the first of the dual-part webinar series, explored the evolving landscape of sports technology, and its impact in transforming fan engagement in India. Directing the conversation, leaders with experience leading properties such as LaLiga, NBA, MLB, Dream Sports, and the IOC graced the occasion as panel members.

Apr 30, 2019 16:04
MUMBAI: Differences notwithstanding, there is one area that Ajit Issac, the (relatively) new majority owner of storied Kolkata club East Bengal, will be fully aligned with Football Sports Development Ltd, the commercial partners of the All India Football Federation. Which is the view that the bane of the legacy football clubs are its entrenched "legacy" officials.  
Apr 29, 2019 17:04
NEW DELHI: "Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is...?" Not just a fortuitous combination of circumstances, that is certain. SportzPower has taken some liberties with the celebrated line from the James Bond film Goldfinger, but Parth Jindal, scion of the JSW Group, can certainly take a bow on this one.
Apr 29, 2019 14:04
NEW DELHI: The All India Football Federation Monday confirmed the appointment of Isac Doru as its new technical director. Doru was selected from a list of over 60 candidates who had applied for the post which was advertised earlier this year.
Apr 29, 2019 11:04
NEW DELHI: The I-League clubs that collectively decided to "boycott" the Hero Super Cup in March have categorically denied being at fault during the two-day AIFF disciplinary committee hearing that concluded here on Sunday.
Apr 26, 2019 14:04
NEW DELHI: The All India Football Federation (AIFF) executive committee has appointed Romanian Doru Isac as the new technical director of the Indian football team, Goal.com reports.       Isac last served as the sporting director of Japanese club Yokohama F Marinos.
Apr 26, 2019 14:04
PARIS: Diesel Fragrances has teamed up with Brazilian football star Neymar Jr to create a new, "game-changing" fragrance. The collaboration purportedly reflects Diesel Fragrances' vision of "modern masculinity and bravery".
Apr 25, 2019 17:04
BENGALURU: Senior officials of LaLiga title defender Barcelona and East Bengal FC met on Wednesday to explore the possibility of an association between the two clubs.
Apr 25, 2019 15:04
LONDON: STATSports has divested an undisclosed stake to Raheem Sterling and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain in a cash-come-sweat equity deal that reportedly involved the two Premier League stars investing over £1 million ($1.3 million) each in the global leader in wearable tech and performance analysis tracking equipment and software.
Apr 25, 2019 15:04
KOLKATA: The Zee Network, which had exited the sports broadcast business with the sale of Ten Sports to Sony in2016, is making its second "tiptoe" back into the game as it were in the last six months. And it is in the regional language space that it is focusing its activities.
Apr 24, 2019 16:04
DOHA, Qatar: Akbar al-Baker, secretary-general, Qatar National Tourism Council (QNTC); and Zurab Pololikashvili, secretary-general, World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO), have signed an agreement that will see QNTC become a sponsor of the first UNWTO Sports Tourism Start-Up Competition, which will be carried out in collaboration with Futbol Club Barcelona (FCB).