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Sportswear major adidas has announced the return of "Move For The Planet" – its global initiative "harnessing collective movement to create collective impact". 

adidas is calling on all athletes at every level across the world to track their physical activity across a variety of sports to raise money for projects in areas impacted by heat waves, flooding, and other extreme weather conditions.

Feb 25, 2019 14:02
ZURICH: UEFA confirmed on Friday that it has received bid dossiers from nine countries in total to host the final matches of club competitions in 2021. Importantly, for the Champions League final, Germany’s Munich and Russia’s St. Petersburg will go head-to-head as the winner will be declared by UEFA in September this year.
Feb 25, 2019 13:02
ZURICH: FIFA has begun promoting the upcoming Under-20 World Cup to take in Poland by launching national bison ‘Grzywek’ on Saturday as its official mascot. The mascot’s distinctive name comes from the Polish word for “mane, the long and coarse hair that adorns the neck of this striking animal – and also symbolises Poland’s pride at hosting its first-ever FIFA competition.
Feb 25, 2019 13:02
NEW DELHI: Following its latest round of elections, the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) has unanimously elected Brijbhushan Singh as its president for a third successive term. Singh alongside other re-elected office bearers will be holding their positions till 2022.
Feb 25, 2019 12:02
SRINAGAR: Football in the state of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) could brace itself to receive another setback due to the deteriorating security situation in the state following the Pulwama terror attacks recently.
Feb 23, 2019 17:02
MUMBAI: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) chief exective Rahul Johri, via a letter penned by Committee of Administrators chairperson Vinod Rai, on Friday shot off a letter to the ICC calling on its member boards to "boycott countries encouraging terrorism".  
Feb 23, 2019 14:02
BHOPAL: The Madhya Pradesh government is set to ban PUBG, one of India’s most popular mobile games amongst the youth following numerous complaints from BJP MLAs in the state assembly, Times of India reports.
Feb 23, 2019 14:02
ZURICH: FIFA announced Friday that it will be globalising its Women’s World Cup 2019 Trophy Tour for the first time in its history. It is set to be launched in Paris on Sunday, the venue for the first match of the competition as well between France and Korea on 7 June. The tournament will end exactly a month later.
Feb 23, 2019 13:02
NEW DELHI: The All India Tennis Association (AITA) has dismissed rumours that it has requested for a change of venue for India’s Davis Cup match against Pakistan in September this year following the recent terror attacks in Kashmir, IANS reports. "We have not requested for a change in venue. All such reports are baseless," AITA secretary general Hironmoy Chatterjee told the newswire.
Feb 22, 2019 13:02
LONDON: The Englich cricket board Thursday confirmed that the first-class Counties of England and Wales have agreed to a 100-ball format for the new competition, now officially known as The Hundred.
Feb 22, 2019 12:02
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court, in a written order issued Thursday, appointed Lt Gen Ravi Thodge as the third member of the Committee of Administrators constituted to oversee the functioning of the Board of Control for Cricket in India.