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KUALA LUMPUR: India has been recommended as the first South Asian hosts for the AFC Women’s Asian Cup 2022 by the AFC Women’s Football Committee, which met at the AFC's headquarters in the Malaysian capital Wednesday.

It was felt that India, who will also have the experience of hosting the FIFA Women’s Under-17 World Cup later this year, was best placed among the three bidders – Chinese Taipei and Uzbekistan were the other competing candidates – to maximise the promotion of the women’s game.

Sep 15, 2018 12:09
MUMBAI: Motivator, one of the subsidiary firms of Group M India, has appointed Mausami Kar as its managing director effective 1 October. She is said to be the agency’s first-ever MD who is a woman and will work directly under Sameer Singh, CEO of GroupM- South Asia.
Sep 04, 2018 18:09
MUMBAI: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced on Tuesday the schedule for India’s upcoming home series against the West Indies from 4 October to 11 November. The two teams will battle it out across 2 Tests, 5 ODIs & 3 T20Is. Lucknow, the Uttar Pradesh city is all set to make its international debut with a T20I between the teams on 6 November. 
Sep 04, 2018 14:09
HYDERABAD: One of the most prestigious 3x3 basketball tournaments in the world, the FIBA 3x3 World Tour Masters is coming to India for the first time on 22nd and 23rd September 2018 and the city is all set to host it.
Sep 03, 2018 12:09
SHIMLA: The Hero MTB Himalaya, considered to be one of the toughest cross-country cycling races in the world, has confirmed the participation of as many as 72 cyclists from more than 15 countries for the 14th edition of the event starting on September 27, IANS reports.
Sep 01, 2018 16:09
PUNE: Former India captain MS Dhoni continues to be a huge favourite amongst marketers in the country and abroad as well as he has signed a 3-year deal with German cybersecurity company, WardWiz worth Rs 150 million, Economic Times reports. WardWiz has its India operations in the city of Pune and offers security solution products for both PCs and mobiles.
Sep 01, 2018 15:09
MUMBAI: Saba Karim, the BCCI’s General Manager of Operations has declared the cricket board ready when it comes to tackling the challenges such as logistics for organizing more than 2000 domestic matches across the Indian cricket season for the first time in history, ESPNcricinfo reports.  
Sep 01, 2018 14:09
CHENNAI: Asian Games 2018 gold medallist heptathlete Swapna Barman is likely to receive customised shoes from global sports brand Nike, Press Trust of India reported on Friday. It was the General Manager of the city-based Integral Coach Factory (ICF), S Mani who instructed the Sports Branch to get in touch with Nike for designing the shoes and sending them to Barman at the earliest in Jakarta according to sources. 
Sep 01, 2018 14:09
MUMBAI: Two weeks after launching the TSG Football School, The Sports Gurukul on Friday officially announced the formation of the TSG Basketball School in association with Core Focus Training (CFT) from the USA. 
Sep 01, 2018 13:09
NEW YORK: Thursday was a landmark day for cricket in the USA as the country’s governing body in the sport, USA Cricket, now has three independent directors. This is expected to give cricket a great chance to grow the game in the country apart from the USA growing its own cricketing talent and stature. The names approved by the 7-member BoD are –
Sep 01, 2018 13:09
MUMBAI: Indian fashion brand Sin Denim released an all-new TVC called ‘Game Changer’ on Saturday featuring its brand ambassador and cricket star Hardik Pandya.