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DALLAS, TX: Pickleball, billed as America’s fastest-growing sport, is going after a new frontier - India. The United Pickleball Association (UPA), which was created after a merger between Major League Pickleball and the Professional Pickleball Association in the US last February, and India-based Global Sports have inked a deal to bring the PPA Tour and Major League Pickleball to the country.

As a part of the partnership, the organizations will launch key initiatives to the country, promoting the rapidly-growing sport to a young market. 

Dec 08, 2018 17:12
MUMBAI: The Madras High Court on Friday conditionally cleared the decks for Pro Volleyball League to go ahead, refusing to stay the operation of an agreement entered between the Volleyball Federation of India and PVL's commercial rights holders Baseline Ventures.
Dec 06, 2018 16:12
NEW DELHI: The player draft and auction for Pro Volleyball League's inaugural season will take place here on 14 December. The league is scheduled to kick off its first season in February 2019. Over 100 Indian players as well as several top international stars will go under the hammer in the auction that will see six franchises participate. 
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).