NEW DELHI: Fast&Up, India’s leading homegrown nutrition brand, proudly celebrated the outstanding achievements of their supported elite athletes who recently brought laurels to India at the Asian Games. The felicitation ceremony held on Monday witnessed the presence of Avinash Sable, Rutuja Bhosale, and Srihari Natraj, three exceptional athletes who demonstrated unparalleled dedication and sportsmanship.
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Sep 19, 2018 09:09
NEW DELHI: The Indian arm of German sportswear giant adidas announced here Tuesday the appointment of India's teenage track sensation Hima Das as its new brand ambassador.
adidas is Das’s first endorsement deal.
While financial terms were not disclosed, Mint reports Das's annual endorsement fee as between Rs 1-1.5 million, along with racing and training brand merchandise.
Sep 18, 2018 19:09
MUMBAI: Leading private life insurance company IDBI Federal Life Insurance on Tuesday named cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar as its first ever brand ambassador.
Tendulkar has previously been associated with IDBI as the face of the firm’s marathon events since 2016.
Sep 18, 2018 13:09
DUBLIN: Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) champion Conor McGregor of UFC fame announced on Monday that his company, Eire Born Spirits has launched an Irish whiskey brand ‘Proper No. Twelve’ in the country and the USA as part of its initial plans, which will evolve into expanding in other countries in 2019. Proximo has been named its global distribution partner.
Sep 18, 2018 12:09
MUMBAI: The Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award, the highest sporting honour in the city, has many athletes contesting for it this year as India’s cricket captain Virat Kohli, weightlifting champion Mirabai Chanu and badminton ace Kidambi Srikanth are three more names recommended for the award, Press Trust of India reports.
Sep 18, 2018 12:09
MUMBAI: World Archery (WA), the sport’s global governing body has given an ultimatum to the now de-recognised national archery federation of the country, Archery Association of India (AAI) of getting its act right by registering its constitution as per the Sports Code and conducting fresh elections for proper governance and recognition.
Sep 17, 2018 13:09
KOLKATA: The player status committee of the All India Football Federation (AIFF) has penalized East Bengal from any transfer activity until next year in the I-League on the count of illegally approaching a player named Sukhdev Singh.
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 15:09
LONDON: FIFPro, the player’s representative body in world football has nominated as many as seven players from France’s FIFA World Cup 2018 winning team in the list of 55 professional footballers out of which the FIFPro’s World XI 2018 will be selected.
Sep 12, 2018 12:09
MUMBAI: The inaugural Afghanistan Premier League (APL) held its player draft on Monday and confirmed that five teams will be participating in the competition namely Kabul, Kandahar, Balkh, Paktia and Nangarhar. As many as 34 overseas players were bid for amongst the franchises, hailing from countries such as England, Australia, New Zealand, Pakistan, West Indies, South Africa, Bangladesh, Nepal, Ireland and Netherlands.
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.