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Sportswear major adidas has announced the return of "Move For The Planet" – its global initiative "harnessing collective movement to create collective impact". 

adidas is calling on all athletes at every level across the world to track their physical activity across a variety of sports to raise money for projects in areas impacted by heat waves, flooding, and other extreme weather conditions.

Dec 14, 2019 17:12
NEW DELHI: A futsal club completion will be a part of the AIFF competition calendar from 2020 season onwards, the AIFF executive committee unanimously decided earlier this week. The AIFF holds all rights for any futsal championship all over the country and any external party won’t be able to hold any championship related to the format without prior approval from the state association, and the AIFF.
Dec 13, 2019 17:12
LONDON: The Ladies European Tour, in what it is calling a "ground-breaking agreement", has confirmed its association with the first-ever professional women’s golf event in Saudi Arabia, one of the most gender-segregated countries in the world.  The irony is not to be missed of course but oil money talks. And how!
Dec 13, 2019 17:12
NEW DELHI: The Odisha government has won the Best State Promoting Sports Award at the FICCI India Sports Awards 2019 held here on Wednesday. Odisha Sports Minister Tusharkanti Behera and Secretary Vishal Kumar Dev received the award on behalf of the state government at a function where sporting icons were honoured for their achievements.
Dec 13, 2019 16:12
LAUSANNE, Switzerland: Following 12 months of research, analysis and testing, the International Hockey Federation has revealed details of the new FIH World Ranking system that will be employed from 1 January 2020. 
Dec 12, 2019 19:12
GUWAHATI: Play was called off on the fourth and final day of the Elite Group C, Ranji Trophy match between Assam and Services at Barsapara Cricket Stadium here Thursday as a fallout from the raging protests that have engulfed the state against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019, which was cleared by the Rajya Sabha (upper House of Parliament) Wednesday. 
Dec 11, 2019 19:12
NEW DELHI: Kiren Rijiju, MoS (IC), Youth Affairs and Sports, Wednesday expressed hope that the upcoming Tokyo 2020 Olympics will provide India a good platform to have its best ever performance at the mega event.
Dec 11, 2019 18:12
CHENNAI: The Indian men's hockey team is ranked fifth in the world, and the women's team ninth. But when it comes to financial power, it is fast gaining top dog standing.  The International Hockey Federation’s chief executive Thierry Weil has admitted as much while explaining the decision by the FIH to hand India hosting duties for back-to-back World Cups.
Dec 11, 2019 18:12
NEW DELHI: A significant expansion of the Hero Indian Women's League, which currently comprises 24 teams, is on the anvil, I-League CEO Sunando Dhar has confirmed. “108 clubs across 14 states have shown interest to play in the Hero Indian Women’s League. The aim is to increase the matches,” Dhar informed the All India Football Federation's (AIFF) executive committee, at its meeting held here Tuesday.
Dec 11, 2019 17:12
NEW DELHI: The league stage winners of the 2019-20 Hero Indian Super League will get a direct entry into the AFC Champions League 2021, while the 2019-20 Hero I-League champions will get a direct slot to the AFC Cup 2021.
Dec 10, 2019 17:12
LONDON: The Commonwealth Games Federation on Monday poured cold water on speculation doing the rounds that a Commonwealth Championship of shooting will be held in India during the 2022 Birmingham Games.   Talk of a CWG shooting championship had surfaced as a compromise solution to make up for the sport's axing from the multi-sport showpiece.