MUMBAI: Former India fast bowler Zaheer Khan and Hindi film actor Suniel Shetty have joined hands with Ferit Sports India Pvt Ltd, founded by serial entrepreneurs Jasmeet Bhatia and Mitesh Sharmato, to launch Ferit Cricket Bash (FCB), which lays claim to being the country's first nationwide cricket league for amateur cricketers.…
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MLB strikes historic deal with Cuban Baseball Federation
NEW YORK: Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA) jointly announced today an agreement with the Cuban Baseball Federation (FCB) that will provide Cuban baseball players with a safe and legal path to sign with an MLB club.
BCCI picks Raman as women's team coach from 3 'finalists'
MUMBAI: The BCCI has appointed WV Raman as head coach, Team India (senior women), the Indian cricket board announced Thursday.
The announcement was immediately followed up by the disgruntled half of the now thoroughly discredited Committee of Administrators - Diana Edulji - lashing out at CoA chairman Vinod Rai, accusing him…
NBA to play 2 pre-season games in India
MUMBAI: The National Basketball Association (NBA) announced here Thursday that the Indiana Pacers and Sacramento Kings will play in two preseason games in Mumbai in 2019, marking the first games the NBA has played in this market and the first games staged in the country by a North American sports league.
The NBA India Games…
Kabaddi’s ‘Captain Cool’ Anup Kumar announces retirement
PANCHKULA: India’s legendary Kabaddi player Anup Kumar, also known as ‘Captain Cool’ in the world game, announced his retirement Wednesday as his team Jaipur Pink Panthers took on Gujarat FortuneGiants in a home match during the VIVO Pro Kabaddi League.
The Arjuna Award winner concludes a historic 12-year career, where he has…
NBA expands Junior Global Championship for 2019 edition
NEW YORK: The National Basketball Association (NBA) Tuesday announced details of the 2nd annual Junior NBA Global Championship, a youth basketball tournament for the top 13 and 14-year-old boys and girls teams from around the world that will be held 6-11 August at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at Walt Disney World near Orlando,…
Rohan Bopanna Tennis Academy associates with The Sports School
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.
Spread over a sprawling 19 acres campus, the school…
PBL joins hands with Indian NGO CRY
MUMBAI: The Premier Badminton League (PBL) on Wednesday announced its association with Child Rights and You (CRY), an NGO working for child rights for the last four decades to use it as a vehicle to promote children's cause through sports, IANS reports.
CRY operates in five Indian cities – Mumbai, Bengaluru, New Delhi, Chennai…
BCCI shortlists 10 candidates for Indian women’s team coach
MUMBAI: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Wednesday shortlisted ten names for the position of the head coach for the Indian women's team head coach, ANI reports.
The shortlisted candidates include Venkatesh Prasad, WV Raman, Brad Hogg, Ramesh Powar, Dimitri Mascarenhas, Trent Johnson, Herschelle Gibbs, Gary…
Mohun Bagan, East Bengal likely for ISL 6: Kushal Das
NEW DELHI: All India Football Federation (AIFF) general secretary Kushal Das has left the door open for the likes of Mohun Bagan and East Bengal to enter the Indian Super League (ISL) next season as part of a proposed restructuring of the competition, Press Trust of India reports.
Point to note though. As things stand, a…