NEW YORK: NBA commissioner Adam Silver surprised many at the recent All-Star Technology Summit in Charlotte by unveiling ‘smart jerseys’ of the future.
It involves fans having the ability to use the NBA app on their smartphones to change the number and name of the player on the back of a jersey which they purchase. For…
KOCHI: The government of Kerala is set to organise the first-ever Champions Boat League (CBL), an IPL-style tournament across the state which will involve boat race across nine teams, IANS reports.
The CBL aims to draw more tourists from the sport and will begin on 10 August this year with the Nehru Trophy Boat Race in…
MUMBAI: The much-coveted ‘Laureus Sport for Good’ honour, which is bestowed to an organisation bringing positive social change through sport, has been won by an Indian NGO named Yuwa this year.
Based out of Jharkhand, Yuwa was founded by the American duo of Franz and Rose Gastler in 2009 with the aim of making young girls and…
MUMBAI: The International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) has confirmed that the World Cup 2019 in New Delhi will have the largest broadcast ever for the sport’s marquee event, following a new deal with South Africa’s top private sports broadcaster, SuperSport.
With the event starting on Thursday, SuperSport will be…
LONDON: Formula 1 giants Scuderia Ferrari will be aiming to go one step further from their best performance in the turbo-hybrid era in the 2018 season in which they finished second, with the ‘SF90’ car it launched at its test track in Italy’s Fiorano on Friday.
MUMBAI: Sportstar ACES Awards, supported by the Qatar Supreme Committee for delivery and legacy for the 2022 Football World Cup and MRF, honoured sporting heroes here on Thursday.
The awards, that ran from 1994 to 2003 in their first stint, were reinstituted as Sportstar marked its 40th anniversary in 2018.
NEW DELHI: PokerBaazi, one of India’s top digital poker platforms, announced Friday that it will be launching ‘Game Changer’ on 20 February, which will be the biggest international level competition held in India online offering prize money of Rs 20 million.
The organisers have set an entry fee of Rs 11,000 for each…
CHENNAI: The sixth edition of the Open National Race Walking Championship, which is set to take place in the city this weekend, has received roughly 200 registrations in total, with some being from countries such as Malaysia, Chinese Taipei and Portugal.
Press Trust of India reports that there is enough international interest…
MANCHESTER: Premier League heavyweights Manchester United is set to gain more from the sponsorship component of its revenues in the first quarter of 2019 as it finalised a deal on Friday with Hawaii’s leading eyewear and lifestyle company, Maui Jim.
ATLANTA: The Coca-Cola Company has named Lisa Chang chief people officer, overseeing the company's global human resources operations. Chang will join the company March 1.