The International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Laureus Sport for Good have announced a ground-breaking collaboration that will see both organisations each invest $1 million into a two-year programme to advance youth education and employability through sport in Africa.
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Aug 01, 2019 12:08
NEW DELHI: ASICS announced here Tuesday its association with Olympic Bronze medalist wrestler Sakshi Malik as the Japanese sports shoe maker's brand athlete.
The 26-year-old grappler, managed by JSW Sports, won Silver at the United World Wrestling ranking series in the 65kg weight category recently in March. She is one of the India's medal prospects for next year's Tokyo Olympics.
Jul 31, 2019 17:07
MUMBAI: Sony Pictures Sports Network (SPSN), the official broadcaster of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, kick-starts its initiatives for the upcoming prestigious multi-sporting event starting with its on-air campaign, ‘Hum Honge Kamyab’.
Jul 26, 2019 16:07
STAMFORD, Conn.: With one year until the Games of the XXXII Olympiad from Tokyo, Japan, NBC Olympics and Twitter announced a partnership in which both parties will work together to amplify NBC Olympics’ vast coverage of the Games by creating a daily, original studio program live from Tokyo, a daily poll that will allow fans on Twitter to choose one live look-in to NBC’s Primetime or Primetime Plus broadcasts each night, and
Jul 22, 2019 18:07
AGRA: India must start winning medals in "double digits" in the Olympics if it wants to realise the dream of hosting the 2032 Summer Games, Indian Olympic Association president Narinder Batra has said.
Jul 16, 2019 17:07
NEW DELHI: India’s flagship national oil major in the downstream sector, IndianOil Corporation Ltd (IOCL), Tuesday announced its future roadmap towards sports promotion, which is in line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of supporting players across various sports.
Jul 16, 2019 17:07
NEW DELHI: The Sports Authority of India Monday approved financial proposals to the tune of Rs 5.7 million for elite athletes of five sporting disciplines under in its Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS).
The sporting disciplines which will benefit are athletics, table tennis, wrestling, para-athletics and shooting, PTI reports.
Jul 13, 2019 15:07
NEW DELHI: After giving it a more than long rope, the Indian Olympic Association finally cracked the whip on an intransigent Indian Golf Union Friday, appointing a four-member governance committee to administer the sport in the country in the lead up to the Olympics in Tokyo next year.
Jul 06, 2019 18:07
TOKYO: Demand among local citizens for tickets to the Tokyo 2020 Olympics has far exceeded expectations, leading organisers to state Friday that there will now be a second ticket lottery in August for those who missed out the first time around.
The second-round lottery will likely take place before August 22, when applications for Paralympic tickets are scheduled to start.
Jul 06, 2019 17:07
LAUSANNE: The executive board (EB) of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Friday fully lifted the suspension of the Kuwait Olympic Committee (KOC) as a result of the successful implementation of a roadmap agreed between all parties. The decision was made by postal vote.
Jun 27, 2019 17:06
AHMEDABAD: The Adani Group announced its long-term initiative to discover and nurture world-class athletes for India. Garv Hai, named after the group’s pilot project built around the Rio Olympics 2016, is a nationwide programme that aims to reach out and empower stakeholders in the sports fraternity.