Investments

MUMBAI: India’s growing reputation as a potential racquet sports hub is all set to get a massive boost with the launch of the World Pickleball League (WPBL), the first-ever professional pickleball league, envisaged by Natekar Sports and Gaming (NSG) and Sony Entertainment Talent Ventures India (SETVI).

NSG, is a company promoted by ‘former Davis Cup star and Arjuna Awardee Gaurav Natekar and his wife, ‘Arati Ponnappa Natekar, also a former India #1 in Tennis. SETVI is a joint venture between Sony Music Entertainment and Sony Pictures Entertainment.

May 12, 2022 09:05
18-TIME NBA ALL-STAR LEBRON JAMES IS THE highest-paid athlete in the world, as per US sports business platform Sportico's 'World's Highest-Paid Athletes' rankings for 2022.
May 09, 2022 19:05
MUMBAI: Campus Activewear Ltd shares made a positive listing on the stock exchanges on Monday, despite a bearish market sentiment.  Shares of the athleisure footwear company made a healthy market debut and jumped nearly 30% against the issue price of Rs 292.
May 09, 2022 19:05
DUBAI: Adani Sportsline, a part of the diversified Adani Group, has been confirmed as the fifth team owner in the upcoming franchise-based UAE T20 League.
May 06, 2022 21:05
MUMBAI: From "brain behind" to stakeholder. Onwards and upwards it is for Sundar Raman, former COO of the Indian Premier League.  Last heard, the upcoming six-team T20 league that the Emirates Cricket Board is promoting was his "brainchild".
May 06, 2022 17:05
THE TEAM REPRESENTING Chelsea FC's owner Roman Abramovich has "cleared the air" on reports in the UK media that the Russian oligarch had "disagreements" about what will happen to the £2.5 billion the club is expected to be sold for, which would potentially put the sale process into turmoil.
May 04, 2022 18:05
MUMBAI: Tata Communications, a global digital ecosystem enabler, and Dorna Sports, the exclusive commercial and television rights holder of the FIM MotoGP World Championship, Wednesday renewed and strengthened their exclusive multi-year strategic collaboration – bringing the spectacle of MotoGP's close racing and competition to nearly half a billion homes worldwide. Financial terms were not disclosed. 
May 03, 2022 17:05
BERLIN: German luxury car brands Audi and Porsche will be entering Formula 1, after convincing the board of parent company Volkswagen that the move will bring in more money than it will cost, VW chief executive Herbert Diess said on Monday.
May 02, 2022 08:05
MUMBAI: Rajasthan Royals Sunday announced Phoenix Suns guard Chris Paul and NFL duo Larry Fitzgerald and Kelvin Beachum as miinority stakeholders in the Indian Premier League franchise. 
May 02, 2022 07:05
NEW YORK: The Knight Riders Group - principal owners of Kolkata Knight Riders and Trinbago Knight Riders, as well as a founder investor in Major League Cricket (MLC), USA Cricket's official upcoming franchise league that has Times Group as the major stakeholder, Sunday confirmed plans to construct a new cricket stadium in Southern California near Los Angeles.
Apr 29, 2022 16:04
JOHANNESBURG: Third time lucky? A little under four years after Southern Africa's dominant sportscaster SuperSport's pulling the plug on an equity deal with Cricket South Africa (CSA) to mount a franchise-based T20 league was the principal reason for its "crashing and burning", the two parties have come together again.