NEW DELHI: Senior Congress leader and Member of Parliament (MP) Shashi Tharoor has taken the Private Members Bill called the Sports (Online Gaming and Prevention of Fraud) to Lok Sabha, the lower house of Parliament.
The development comes nearly two weeks after the same bill was first tabled in the Rajya Sabha (Upper House of…
MUMBAI: The All India Football Federation (AIFF) announced Monday that the men’s national team head coach Stephen Constantine has resigned following India’s 0-1 loss to Bahrain in the last AFC Asian Cup 2019 group game in Sharjah, due to which the team failed to qualify for the knockouin wake of t rounds.
AIFF general…
MUMBAI: One of India’s leading film actors and principal owner of Indian Super League (ISL) franchise Mumbai City FC, Ranbir Kapoor is understood to be finalising a multi-year endorsement deal with global beverage giant Coca-Cola, Business Standard reports.
If the deal goes ahead, this will be his second beverage deal after…
MUMBAI: The apex global governing body for the game of chess, the FIDE is keeping a close eye on the All India Chess Federation (AICF) and its controversies such as banning players and de-recognising several state chess federations, IANS reports.
MUMBAI: Former England coach Sven-Göran Eriksson, who is currently managing the Philippines team at the ongoing AFC Asian Cup, believes that the Beautiful Game needs countries like India, China and the United States to compete with the best in Europe in the next 10 to 15 years.
MUMBAI: India’s premier male badminton star Kidambi Srikanth has signed a four-year deal with leading Chinese sports brand Li-Ning.
Li-Ning will replace Yonex as Srikanth’s kit sponsor, the latter having been associated with the player since 2016.
The Li-Ning deal is valued at Rs 350 million, comprising of sponsorship…
MUMBAI: With less than a week left for the annual Tata Mumbai Marathon, the event has launched a promotional campaign ‘Inspire to Be Better’ that values the inspiring stories of people from all walks of life and recognises those who inspired them to be better.
The campaign is a creative outcome of the collaboration between…
NEW DELHI: A study named 'Benefits of Cycling in India: An Economic, Environmental and Social Assessment' by The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) has advocated for the uses of bicycles instead of two-wheeler and four-wheeler vehicles for short distance trips or going for the workplace.
MUMBAI: Indian cricket legend MS Dhoni has been named the new brand ambassador of LivFast, Pune-based conglomerate SAR Group’s brand of inverters, Economic Times reports. The company has come out with a 360-degree marketing campaign named ‘Faster Hai to Hai’ which features Dhoni unusual speed tests with a professional skipper…
PANCHKULA: Asian Games 2018 gold medallists in wrestling, Bajrang Punia and Vinesh Phogat will be in action today as their respective teams, NCR Punjab Royals and Mumbai Maharathi kick off the fourth season of the Pro Wrestling League (PWL) in the Haryana city.
Besides Punia and Phogat, the evening will also witness 2017…