MINNEAPOLIS, MN: Starting 11 Inc., a Minneapolis-based fantasy soccer platform, has received backing in the form of a $5 million investment from Brand Capital, the strategic investment arm of Bennet, Coleman and Company Ltd (BCCL).
Starting 11 is the world’s first live-action daily fantasy soccer app. The app allows players to…
STAMFORD, Conn.: All the negative media that surrounded its "historic" Crown Jewel event in Riyadh has not deterred WWE from announcing Monday that the sports entertainment brand and the Saudi General Entertainment Authority (GEA) were expanding their live event partnership through 2027 to include a second annual large-scale event. …
MUMBAI: WWE expects 70% of the sports entertainment brand's total growth over the next several years will come from outside the US. And it will be India and China that will drive most of that global growth.
These comments were made by George A Barrios, WWE co-president and director, during an conference call after its…
SINGAPORE: Asian mixed martial arts prmotion ONE Championship (ONE), has just announced its initial 1H 2020 schedule. More events will be added to the 1H 2020 calendar shortly.
For the coming year, ONE Championship intends to hold a minimum of 50 events, including those from ONE Championship, ONE Hero Series, ONE Warrior…
SINGAPORE: Asian mixed martial arts promotion ONE Championship (ONE), has declared that its 100th live event, ONE: CENTURY 世紀, which took place 13 October from the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo, Japan, drew 85 million viewers worldwide across all platforms, according to official data tabulated by Nielsen, YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter…
MUMBAI: Yuvraj Singh appears to have found his voice post retirement now that he is free of the long (and vindictive) arm of the BCCI. The champion soutpaw has now championed the need to institute a players' association to protect the interests of Indian cricketers.
Citing the example of Glenn Maxwell, who recently went on a…
MUMBAI: FanCode, the Dream11-owned ad-free multi-sport aggregator platform, confirmed Sunday that it had secured the digital rights to the Indian women’s cricket team's ongoing limited-overs tour to the West Indies, further adding to its expanding portfolio of sports properties it live streams.
A post on FanCode's official…
MUMBAI: Experiential and OOH agency The Max partnered with the All India Football Federation for the launch of the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup INDIA 2020 emblem launch that took place at Mumbai's iconic Gateway of India at the weekend.
The Max, a joint venture between Tribes group and DDB, was mandated to create an iconic…
KOLKATA: The 2019 Tata Steel Chess India Rapid & Blitz will become the first GCT (Grand Chess Tour) event ever to be held in Asia when the event commences in the City of Joy on November 22.
GCT is a circuit of chess tournaments where players compete for multiple prize pools. Major GCT tournaments include Norway Chess, the…
MUMBAI: Virat Kohli, on the occasion of his 31st birthday, has penned a letter to his 15-year old self. The letter, which captures Virat's reflections on his teenage years, is also a message for his animated avatar, which is being borne across millions of TV and digital screens Tuesday.