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IOC TOP sponsor Samsung has announced new agreements to support competitions for three of the Olympics' newest sports in the lead-up to the Paris 2024 Games.

The collaboration will see Samsung work alongside the World Surf League (WSL), Street League Skateboarding (SLS) and Pro Breaking Tour (PBT) to celebrate the sports of surfing, skateboarding and breaking — and their communities — on the Road to Paris 2024 and beyond.

Dec 05, 2018 13:12
MONACO: Budapest will host the IAAF World Athletics Championships in 2023, the International Association of Athletics Federations announced here Tuesday.
Dec 05, 2018 13:12
LONDON: World Rugby has appointed Marissa Pace as its new chief marketing officer (CMO). Vastly experienced, with an in-depth knowledge of the global sports and major brand marketing environment, Pace will begin her new role as head of a newly-formed marketing department in mid-January.
Dec 04, 2018 13:12
TOKYO: World Rugby has announced the appointment of Ernst & Young (EY) as the official professional services supplier of the Rugby World Cup 2019 in Japan.
Dec 04, 2018 12:12
MONACO: The IAAF announced Monday the appointment of Jon Ridgeon as its new CEO following approval by the IAAF Council on the first day of its 215th Council meeting here. He will take up his new role in March 2019, replacing acting CEO Nigel Garfitt.
Dec 03, 2018 16:12
MUMBAI: Raninder Singh has become the first Indian to be elected one of the four vice-presidents of the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF), the apex governing body of shooting, Press Trust of India reports. Singh is also the head of the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI).
Dec 01, 2018 16:12
MUMBAI: India's Olympic and world champion shooter Abhinav Bindra confirmed on his official Twitter handle that he has been conferred the Blue Cross. It is the highest honour in the sport of shooting that the 36-year-old has received for his outstanding services as the chairman of the International Shooting Sport Federation's Athletes Committee.
Nov 26, 2018 15:11
MUMBAI: Pro Volleyball League, an initiative by Baseline Ventures India Pvt. Ltd and Volleyball Federation of India (VFI), Monday announced the six teams confirmed to participate in the inaugural edition.
Nov 21, 2018 17:11
NEW DELHI: The Union government's decision to deny a visa to a boxer from Kosovo for the ongoing AIBA Women's World Championships, which is being hosted here, has elicited a strong response from the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
Nov 20, 2018 14:11
LONDON: World Chess has confirmed a three-year broadcast partnership with Eurosport, the number one sports destination in Europe, to screen key moments and highlights commencing with the FIDE World Chess Championship 2018. The announcement comes during the World Chess Championship Match that is taking place in Central London.
Nov 20, 2018 14:11
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday refused to interfere with the ongoing election process of Archery Association of India (AAI), but made it clear that its result would be subject to the outcome of the petition challenging the exercise that is pending before it, Press Trust of India reports.