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BENGALURU: The TATA Steel Professional Golf Tour of India (PGTI) is staging the Indo-MIM Presents Bengaluru Open Golf Championship 2019 Powered by Karnataka Tourism from Tuesday, running through to 20 December at the Karnataka Golf Association (KGA) course here.
 

NEW YORK: Bruin Sports Capital Monday announced a deal with WPP to acquire Two Circles, the award-winning consumer data analytics, sports marketing, and technology practice.

Terms of the agreement were not disclosed and subject to regulatory approval. WPP will continue to hold a minority stake in the company.

PARIS: As part of its strategic refocusing on Lagardère Publishing and Lagardère Travel Retail, the Lagardère group has received an offer from Miami-based private equity and asset management firm H.I.G. Capital to acquire 75% of Lagardère Sports agency.

NEW DELHI: The Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) has led to widespread protests across the country and one of the majorly affected areas is West Bengal. 

And with the Indian Premier League (IPL) auction in Kolkata a little over 72 hours away, franchises are keeping a close eye on the turn of affairs in the City of Joy, IANS…

CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu will host its first-ever women’s state league, with seven teams participating. 

The tournament winner will qualify for the Indian Women’s League (IWL) next year, Sportstar reports.

IWL champion Sethu has fielded two teams – senior side Sethu FC and its academy squad Sethu FA. 

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MUMBAI: FanCode, a multi-sport aggregator platform for the sports fan, has been adjudged as the ‘Best Sports Startup’ at the recently concluded FICCI India Sports Awards 2019. 

Launched in March, FanCode is co-founded by sports industry veterans Yannick Colaco and Prasana Krishnan, and bankrolled by the Harsh Jain-led Indian…

NEW DELHI: The satraps helming many sports federations in the country will not take kindly to a bald truth highlighted by Indian Olympic Association president Narinder Batra - that is was the way federations were being run, rather than lack of support from the government, that was the biggest hurdle to the competitive performances of…

MUMBAI: Former Indian cricket stalwart Dilip Vengsarkar has lamented the fact that inter-varsity cricket, which was a prominent avenue for talent discovery during his heydays in the 1980s, has lost relevance. 

Speaking about how tournaments like the Rohington Baria Trophy and the Vizzy Trophy threw up some of the biggest names…

TOKYO: With eight months until the return of the Olympic and Paralympic Games to Tokyo, the 2020 Games organising committee Monday formally unveiled its 60,000-seater main Olympics Stadium, which has a host of special features.

In a ceremony attended by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Tokyo governor Yuriko Koike, and…

BHUBANESWAR: With the upgradation work at the Kalinga Stadium, one of the host venues for the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup 2020, completed, freshly RE-minted Indian Super League franchise Odisha FC will finally be able to play their home matches at home. 

After playing their first three ISL 6 home games in Pune, Odisha FC will…