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MUMBAI: Significant Sports Thursday announced a strategic partnership with Abu Dhabi T10 league franchise Northern Warriors for the upcoming tournament. 
 
Capt Rashid Khan, founder, Significant Sports, said about the association: “We are glad to partner with the Northern Warriors team. Being in the field of sports…

KARACHI: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has revoked its conditional No Objection Certificate (NOC) issued to its players to participate in next month’s Abu Dhabi T10 tournament in the United Arab Emirates.

PCB’s decision would affect at least 14 contracted players who were signed by different teams for the tournament which…

DUBAI: Former India batsman Yuvraj Singh was on Thursday named Maratha Arabians' icon player for the upcoming Abu Dhabi T10 tournament, which will be his second appearance in a franchise-based competition since taking international retirement in June.

Yuvraj retired from international cricket earlier this year and is not bound…

DUBAI: Hosts South Africa will open their campaign against Afghanistan in next year’s ICC U19 Cricket World Cup, a tournament that showcases the world’s future cricket stars.

South Africa, hosts in 1998 and champions in 2014, play their opening match at the Diamond Oval in Kimberley on 17 January. The United Arab Emirates and…

SHANGHAI: FIFA will double its funding for women's football to $1 billion over the next four years, the game's world governing body stated following a meeting of the FIFA Council here Thursday.

The council voted to invest $1 billion in women’s football over the course of the 2019-2022 cycle, as a result of an agreement on…

MUMBAI: "It's official - @SGanguly99 formally elected as the President of BCCI." The post from the official Twitter handle of the Board of Control for Cricket in India announced here Wednesday that former India captain Sourav Ganguly had taken over as the 39th president of the world's richest cricket body.

MONACO: The Diamond League General Assembly has today agreed on 14 meetings and 1 final for the 2020 season, which includes all current meetings.

Gateshead will replace Birmingham as a venue, as Birmingham’s stadium is being redeveloped for the 2022 Commonwealth Games so is not available to host the IAAF Diamond League, and…

PARIS: The French courts have delivered a significant ruling in favour of Qatari broadcaster beIN Sports in its ongoing geo-political battle around sports rights that it has been waging against Saudi state-supported pirate channel beoutQ.

DUBAI: India have strengthened their position in the ICC World Test Championship with a comprehensive 3-0 victory over a woefully outmatched South Africa in the three-match home series that ended Tuesday.

India gained the maximum of 120 points with each Test worth 40 points since points are evenly distributed over the number…

MADRID: Following on from the unveiling of the first official PUMA matchball back in June, the new ball that will be used in the LaLiga Santander and LaLiga SmartBank games played between 25 October 2019 and 23 February 2020 has been unveiled.

Under the slogan of 'Redibujamos LaLiga - Repainting LaLiga', PUMA presents a design…