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Aug 06, 2019 15:08

BalleBaazi raises $4m in Series A funding round

MUMBAI: Online fantasy gaming platform BalleBaazi has raised $4 million (approximately Rs280 million) in Series A funding round from two private equity funds based out of Singapore and Delhi.

The company will utilise the funds to expand its business to the newer markets and enhance the gaming experience for users. Besides this…

Aug 06, 2019 15:08

NBA India Games 2019: Tickets to go on sale Aug 13

MUMBAI: NBA India announced Tuesday that registration for tickets for The NBA India Game 2019 on Saturday, October 5 will go live beginning Tuesday at 12:00 p.m. IST and will run until Sunday, August 11 at 11:59 p.m. IST.  

Ticket sales for the game will go live for registered fans Tuesday, August 13 at 12:00 p.m. To pre-…

Aug 06, 2019 14:08

SPN renews UFC media rights until 2023

MUMBAI: Sony Pictures Networks India Private Limited (SPN) has retained the exclusive media rights for Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), the world's premier mixed martial arts promotion, till 2023.

Aug 05, 2019 19:08

F1 live in-play betting data set to launch in 2020

LONDON: Formula 1, the world’s most prestigious motor racing competition, together with its sponsorship and data rights partner, Interregional Sports Group (ISG) and Sportradar, have announced a Live ‘in race’ Odds offering that was first trialled as part of an exclusive partnership.

Aug 05, 2019 19:08

F1 teams agree 22-race calendar for 2020

LONDON: Formula One teams have approved the expansion of the F1 calendar to a record 22 races for 2020.

The decision followed a meeting between the team bosses and Formula One Group (FOG) chief executive Chase Carey on Saturday ahead of Sunday's Hungarian Grand Prix at Hungaroring in Mogyoród, Hungary.

F1 commercial…

Aug 05, 2019 18:08

22 teams for 29th Motiram Cup

MUMBAI: Twenty-two teams, including defending champions Goregaon Sports Club, will be vying for top honours in the Motiram Club (for men), Ullal Cup (women)and Kanji Memorial Cup (for juniors) Inter-Club badminton tournament, to be hosted by NSCI at their new badminton courts from 6th August.

The tournament, which is in its…

Aug 05, 2019 18:08

CoA clears CAC on 'conflict', coach selection by mid-Aug

NEW DELHI: The Kapil Dev-led Cricket Advisory Committee has got the green light from the Board of Control for Cricket in India’s legal team to appoint the next coach of the men’s senior side by mid-August, PTI quotes Committee of Administrators chief Vinod Rai as stating Monday.

Besides the country’s first World Cup-wining…

Aug 05, 2019 18:08

Sundar Raman refutes report on switch to new role in RIL

MUMBAI: Sundar Raman, Reliance Industries Limited CEO - Sports Division, has stepped down from his executive role in RIL, but remains associated with the Mukesh Ambani controlled industrial conglomerate in an advisory capacity, Mumbai Mirror speculates.

The daily quotes an "internal mail circulated recently among top…

Aug 05, 2019 18:08

CSA to adopt football-style management structure

JOHANNESBURG: Cricket South Africa (CSA) have announced changes to their management structure that will also see the departure of head coach Ottis Gibson, whose contract is set to expire in September.

The CSA plan is to adopt a football-style management structure, wherein they will appoint a team manager, who will select his…

Aug 05, 2019 17:08

Pak assures full-proof security ahead of Davis Cup tie

NEW DELHI: Pakistan Tennis Federation president Salim Saifullah Khan has assured the Indian team a "very safe and secure environment" as the strife-torn country prepares to host the upcoming Asia-Oceania Group I playoff tie at Islamabad.

The Davis Cup encounter will mark the first instance of an Indian Davis Cup team traveling…