NEW DELHI: adidas Thursday announced the #HOMETEAMHERO Challenge – a virtual sporting event for the world’s athletes to unite and help make a difference by dedicating their workouts for good.
Running globally from May 29 – June 7, for every hour of tracked activity, adidas will donate $1 to the COVID-19 Solidarity Response…
MUMBAI: Taking the first step towards normalcy in sports, the Bundesliga is set to take centre stage globally on Saturday, 16th May, as the first of Europe's elite football leagues to resume official competition for its 2019-20 season since the world was disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Even though the matches are to be…
NEW YORK: The National Basketball Association (NBA) and Wilson Sporting Goods Co. Wednesday announced a multiyear global partnership that will make Wilson the official game ball of the NBA, Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA), NBA G League, NBA 2K League and Basketball Africa League (BAL).
MUMBAI: Chinese short video content platform TikTok has appointed Ashok A Cherian as the marketing head of the platform for India.
NEW DELHI: All India Football Federation President Praful Patel on Wednesday said that the rescheduling of the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in February will not affect the host team's preparations as it was a short postponement of three months.
NEW DELHI: The All India Football Federation executive committee, which met online on Wednesday, unanimously decided to implement the "3 (foreigners) + 1 (Asian) recruit rule" for Hero I-League matches from 2020-21 season itself.
As for the Hero Indian Super League, organisers FSDL will work with the AIFF and present a plan to…
MUMBAI: Uncharted territory. That is where the world at large and the sporting firmament in particular is at present vis-a-vis the COVID-19 pandemic. One thing that is clear though is that in the immediate term, when live sport returns, it will be behind closed doors.
Interestingly, for Uday Shankar, chairman Star and Disney…
NEW DELHI: Resume non-contact sports like cricket and badminton behind closed doors, in few locations and with limited manpower, industry body FICCI suggested on Wednesday, as the Indian sports sector looks to get the wheels back in motion amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
FICCI (Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce &…
NEW DELHI: Union Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju on Tuesday said a team has been formed to draw up a post-lockdown Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) to be followed by athletes, coaches and other staff during outdoor training that will resume in a "planned manner".
He assured the athletes that their training will resume soon but…
MUMBAI: Even as the COVID-19 pandemic has created a huge financial stress across the board, world cricket’s richest governing body - the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) - has reportedly chosen two yardsticks in how it treats the game's superstars versus its journeymen cricketers.