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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.

Sep 17, 2018 12:09
JAMMU: Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) are making rapid strides in cricket and sport in general and the state governor Satya Pal Malik is extremely keen on the region being represented with a separate team of its own in the Indian Premier League (IPL), Hindustan Times reports.
Sep 17, 2018 12:09
KOLKATA: India is all set to host its first ever world event in chess as the tournament is set to take place at one of the cultural hubs in the city, the Indian Council for Cultural Relations, from 9 to 14 November. It has also confirmed Tata Steel as its principal sponsor and will be known as ‘Tata Steel Chess India’.
Sep 15, 2018 13:09
MUMBAI: News18 has announced that it will be producing special joint television shows with Pakistan’s news channel GNN as India take on Pakistan in the Asia Cup 2018 in Dubai on September 19, Exchange4Media reports.
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 14, 2018 16:09
MUMBAI: The Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI), the regulatory authority of advertisements in the country, elected D Shivakumar (executive president of Corporate Strategy at Aditya Birla Group) unanimously as its new chairman of the board. He has previously served as a member of the board of governors since the last three years.
Sep 14, 2018 15:09
MANCHESTER: Premier League champions Manchester City have much to rejoice not just on the field, but off it as well. In its annual report, the club posted revenues of £500.5 million ($657 million) which is an all-time record and marked a whopping 44% increase in revenue since 2013. 
Sep 14, 2018 15:09
ZURICH: UEFA announced on Thursday that leading logistics company FedEx Express will continue to remain an official sponsor of the Europa League as per a renewed agreement that will last till 2021. The deal was brokered by UEFA’s exclusive marketing agency, TEAM Marketing AG. 
Sep 12, 2018 13:09
NEW DELHI: Rooter, India’s first-of-its-kind live sports social engagement platform has signed up former India opener and popular Hindi commentator, Aakash Chopra for the upcoming Asia Cup 2018 in the UAE to be the face of the app. 
Sep 11, 2018 17:09
VIENNA: One of the rising stars in the ATP circuit, World No.9 Dominic Thiem’s matches can be viewed by audiences free of costs in his home country, Austria on kia.com, the official website of the global automobile manufacturer, Kia Motors. Kia also happens to be one of Thiem’s top sponsors.
Sep 11, 2018 16:09
LONDON: The city’s iconic cricket stadium, The Kia Oval has declared that its partnership with ‘Sky Ocean Rescue’, Sky Sport’s environmental initiative has resulted in the ground preventing the dumping of more than six tonnes or 690,000 pieces of single-use plastic in its very first year.