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LONDON: Following the first meeting of 2023 in Dubai, in which it WAS concluded that the game was at a crossroads with intervention required, the MCC World Cricket Committee has now released specific recommendations for the International Cricket Council (ICC) to help ensure the long-term prosperity of the men’s and women’s international game.

Dec 21, 2018 16:12
MUMBAI: The National Rifle Association of India (NRAI), the apex body for the Olympic sport of Shooting in India and the $13 billion Indian conglomerate JSW Group Monday announced the signing of an exclusive partnership to identify, train and develop sports shooting talent in the country for Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024 Summer Olympics Games. 
Dec 20, 2018 11:12
BENGALURU: India's leading doubles player Rohan Bopanna on Wednesday partnered with city-based institution The Sports School, which will offer programmes in different sports including tennis, football and cricket along with regular schooling, Press Trust of India reports.
Dec 15, 2018 15:12
MUMBAI: Dream11, India’s largest online fantasy sports operator Friday announced a 3-year partnership agreement with Australia’s premier T20 cricket competition, the KFC Big Bash League (BBL). As a result, Dream11 becomes the official fantasy game partner for not just the BBL but the Rebel Women’s BBL (WBBL) across 129 exciting matches until 2021. The international partnership kick-started with WBBL matches.
Dec 10, 2018 13:12
NEW DELHI: Building on the roaring success of the inaugural edition of the Khelo India School Games, the Union Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (MYAS) along with Star Sports kickstarted the countdown to Khelo India Youth Games, Maharashtra 2019 with an appeal to encourage India to play more with the evocative ‘#5MinuteAur’ campaign.
Dec 07, 2018 16:12
ABU DHABI: WWE superstar Sasha Banks announced Thursday a partnership with the Special Olympics World Games Abu Dhabi 2019, the biennial global sporting event featuring thousands of athletes with intellectual disabilities, which will be held in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) from 14-21 March 2019.
Dec 06, 2018 17:12
MUMBAI: Bundesliga, Germany’s premier football competition, is actively ramping up its efforts towards its contribution in growing the game in India through its just announced strategic partnership with IMG-Reliance. The ongoing Bundesliga Legends Tour featuring former national captain and footballing great Lothar Matthäus is just one of the more visible expressions of that engagement.
Dec 04, 2018 13:12
TOKYO: World Rugby has announced the appointment of Ernst & Young (EY) as the official professional services supplier of the Rugby World Cup 2019 in Japan.
Dec 03, 2018 13:12
MUMBAI: Sony Pictures Networks India (SPN) partnered with the Cricket Association for the Blind of Maharashtra (CABM) as sponsors of the State Level Cricket Tournament for the Blind – Women. The tournament was recently held at the Islam Gymkhana, Marine Lines, Mumbai.
Nov 28, 2018 13:11
MUMBAI: Sports For All (SFA) Tuesday announced that it will be associating with two major talent development institutions in India, the Abhinav Bindra Targeting Performance Centre (ABTPC) and the JSW Sport-owned Inspire Institute of Sports (IIS), to scout promising athletes and nurture them, Press Trust of India reports.
Nov 27, 2018 13:11
SEOUL: The two Koreas, North and South Korea have taken another massive step in reconciliation through sport after UNESCO, the United Nations’ global cultural organization, accepted their joint bid for recognising the region’s traditional style of wrestling called ‘ssireum’, UK’s The Guardian reports.