LONDON: Consultancy firm KPMG Thursday released the European Elite 2020 report, which places Real Madrid — for the second consecutive year — as the most valuable football club in the world.
Real Madrid is valued at €3.478 billion, which puts them ahead of Manchester United and FC Barcelona. The club’s enterprise value…
TOKYO: Japanese audio technology major Yamaha Corporation has developed a system using a smartphone app that allows sports fans to cheer players from home.
Yamaha tested the system on Wednesday at Yamaha Stadium in Iwata City. The stadium is home to J-League football club Jubilo Iwata.
Users tap "cheer," "clap" and…
MELBOURNE: Australia will begin their Test summer later this year with an inaugural Test against Afghanistan in Perth while Gabba will host the opening match of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy against India.
The Afghanistan Test will take place from 21 to 25 November and will be a day/night affair. The first of the four Tests…
LONDON: The European Tour Thursday announced plans for the resumption of the 2020 season with the launch of a new six-week ‘UK Swing’ as well as the confirmation of new dates for four Rolex Series events.
NEW DELHI: The 36th National Games, already delayed multiple times and scheduled for October-November in Goa, was on Thursday postponed indefinitely with a valid reason cited this time round: the COVID-19 pandemic.
"The National Games organising committee has decided to postpone National Games due to COVID-19 pandemic," Goa's…
MUMBAI: The Tennis Premier League (TPL) is prepping for its third season.
With team owners like Leander Paes, Sonali Bendre, Rakul Preet Singh, Aditi Rao Hydari and Divya Khosla Kumar backing the league, the next season will see a host of changes, which will be announced as soon as the lockdown, necessitated by the COVID-19…
MUMBAI: The need to organise the 2020 edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) by adhering to safety standards as prescribed by the government, and the important role that BCCI needs to play in ensuring the survival of world cricket was emphasised by eminent panellists during a discussion on the "Impact on Business of Cricket" as…
NEW DELHI: Bharti Airtel and esports company Nodwin Gaming Thursday announced a partnership to further grow esports in India.
Given India’s large youth population and rapidly growing internet penetration, esports has the potential to become a large part of the country’s mainstream sporting culture. It is estimated that by 2021…
MUMBAI: Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani is the world's second richest sports team owner after former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, who owns the Los Angeles Clippers, Forbes, which released its "World’s Richest Sports Team Owners 2020" list, has declared.
Ambani topped the list last year.
LONDON: The FIA has approved a new, reduced cost cap for F1 teams and a new sliding scale rule for aerodynamic testing after a vote of the World Motor Sport Council on Wednesday.
A cost cap had already been agreed by the teams and the sport's governing body, but after Wednesday's vote the cap for 2021 will be lowered from the…