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Mar 05, 2020 17:03

Tata AIA Life Insurance football coaching initiative

NEW DELHI: Tata AIA Life Insurance, through its unique initiative ‘Bachhpan ka Rakshakaran’, in association with Oscar Foundation, aims to infuse interest in education for the under-privileged girls, using football coaching as a medium. 

This in turn is expected to counter issues like school dropouts, child labor, child…

Mar 05, 2020 16:03

2019-24 sports media revenues to grow at 6.7% CAGR: Study

SINGAPORE: Sports rights costs across 11 Asia Pacific markets grew 2.4% in 2019 to reach $5.5 billion in aggregate while sports revenues across TV and online video increased 7.8% in 2019 to reach $5.2 billion in total, according to a new report published Thursday by Media Partners Asia (MPA). 

MPA projections indicate sports…

Mar 05, 2020 16:03

Haryana govt postpones Sunday's Gurugram Marathon

NEW DELHI : The Haryana government has postponed the Gurugram Marathon 2020 in the wake of novel coronavirus cases rapidly spreading in the Delhi-NCR region. 

OP Singh, the ADGP rank officer and advisor to the chief minister, confirmed the postponement to IANS.

"We have taken decision in public interest as large…

Mar 04, 2020 18:03

All England to go ahead as originally scheduled

LONDON: The world’s oldest tournament, the YONEX All England Open 2020, will go ahead as originally scheduled, hosts Badminton England confirmed on Tuesday.

The 11-15 March event is the season’s first World Tour Super 1000 tournament and counts towards qualification for Tokyo 2020.

Adrian Christy, chief executive of…

Mar 04, 2020 18:03

TVS Racing to debut in Asia Road Racing C'ship 2020

CHENNAI: The factory racing team of TVS Motor Company, TVS Racing, have announced their participation in the Asia Road Racing Championship 2020.

The three-rider squad that TVS Racing have selected will include Jagan Kumar and KY Ahamed from India, and Vorapong Malahuan from Thailand. 

The announcement makes TVS the…

Mar 04, 2020 18:03

Registrations open for TCS World 10K

BENGALURU: Procam International, the pioneers of distance running in India, announced that the online registrations for the 13th edition of Tata Consultancy Services World 10K (TCS World 10K) Bengaluru, scheduled for 17th May, will commence Friday, 5th March.

Around 25,000 runners are expected to take part in The World…

Mar 04, 2020 17:03

BharatPe onboards 11 Indian cricket players’ as brand ambassadors

MUMBAI: BharatPe, a fintech company that is pioneering UPI payments and digital lending for offline shop-owners in India, has onboarded 11 Indian national level cricket players as its brand ambassadors.   

The players include - Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Ravindra Jadeja, Suresh Raina, Jasprit Bumrah, Shreyas Iyer, Prithvi Shaw,…

Mar 04, 2020 17:03

BCCI introduces cost-cutting measures for upcoming IPL

MUMBAI: The BCCI has decided to halve the prize money for this year's IPL champions and the runners-up as part of its cost-cutting measures for the upcoming edition.

In a circular sent out to all the stakeholders of the IPL, as well as the franchises, the BCCI has notified that instead of Rs 200 million, the IPL champion team…

Mar 04, 2020 17:03

MLB expands Google Cloud association

SUNNYVALE, CA: Google and Major League Baseball (MLB) Tuesday announced a multi-year collaboration to upgrade MLB’s business processes and support next-level experiences that inspire fans around the world. 

Google Cloud will become MLB’s Official Cloud and Cloud Data and Analytics partner, with MLB’s business operations,…

Mar 04, 2020 17:03

Coronavirus puts paid to Basketball Africa League inaugural season

DAKAR, SENEGAL: The Basketball Africa League (BAL) Tuesday postponed the league’s inaugural season, which had been scheduled to tip off Friday, March 13 in Dakar, Senegal.