Alibaba Group

MANCHESTER: Manchester United – one of the most popular and successful sports teams in the world - Friday announced a new partnership with Alibaba Group that will bring exclusive rights to club content in China to Alibaba’s ecosystem for the first time, further extending the club’s engagement with its massive Chinese fanbase.

Jul 19, 2019 13:07
LAUSANNE: Worldwide Olympic Partner Alibaba Group has been named as the Ticketing Systems and Services Provider for the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 by the IOC and the Organising Committee (OCOG).
Mar 23, 2019 13:03
MUMBAI: Alibaba Group’s UC Browser, the world’s no.1 third-party mobile browser and a content platform, has announced multiple in-app activities in a bid to meet rising demand for cricket content during the latest edition of the Indian Premier League.
Mar 08, 2019 14:03
BEIJING: NBA China and Jack Ma-owned Alibaba Group Wednesday announced an expansion of their partnership that will create a unique digital ecosystem for the first time in history through a special ‘NBA Section’ across the e-commerce giant’s platforms.
Feb 08, 2019 14:02
MUMBAI: Online business insights platform Paper.vc has revealed that Indian eSports company Vidooly Media Tech has acquired Rs 150.8 million from a Series C round of funding involving Times Internet and Alibaba’s Netherlands subsidiary, amongst other companies.
Jan 10, 2019 13:01
NEW YORK: Intel and Alibaba have jointly announced their collaboration for developing a 3D athlete tracking technology powered by artificial intelligence (AI) that is aimed to be deployed at the Olympic Games 2020 and beyond.
Dec 19, 2018 14:12
BEIJING: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) and one of its global TOP partners, Jack Ma-owned Alibaba Group recently launched the first-ever Olympic store on Tmall, China’s largest B2C marketplace for brands and retailers. There are additional plans in development to create a global e-commerce platform for fans around the world in the near future.
Nov 13, 2018 11:11
SHANGHAI: UEFA has announced a new, historic partnership with Chinese payment and lifestyle platform Alipay.  The agreement, worth a reported 200 million euros ($225 million), runs till 2026 and will include all UEFA national team football competitions during the period, including Euro 2020 and 2024, as well as the UEFA Nations League finals.
Sep 20, 2018 12:09
BEIJING: Alibaba Cloud, the cloud computing arm of Chinese billionaire Jack Ma’s Alibaba Group and Intel Group announced on Wednesday the launch of the Olympic Broadcasting Services (OBS) Cloud, an innovative broadcasting solution that operates entirely on the cloud, to help transform the media industry for the digital era starting from the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.]
Jul 18, 2018 15:07
MOSCOW: FIFA president Gianni Infantino has hinted at the possibility of the 2019 and 2020 editions of the Club World Cup taking place in China following a meeting in the Russian capital with Jack Ma, the second richest person in Asia and the founder and executive chairman of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group, China’s Xinhua reports.  Alibaba is also a top FIFA sponsor. 
Feb 21, 2018 14:02
PARIS: Renault Sport Formula One Team and Alibaba’s Tmall will partner for the 2018 FIA Formula One World Championship, with the logo of the Chinese B2C marketplace – the Tmall Cat – being displayed prominently on the Renault RS 18 F1 Challenger. Further details of the partnership will be released in March.