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Oct 03, 2018 13:10

Dish TV names business head - Sports & Exclusive Content

NEW DELHI: Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited has shifted Mukund Cairae, ZEEL's CEO - Middle East North Africa and Asia Pacific to Dish TV, where he has been designated as business Head - Sports & Exclusive Content - of the Indian media major's DTH subsidiary.  

Cairae will report in to Dish TV CEO Anil Dua.

In…

Oct 03, 2018 13:10

Spurs, New Era enter into headwear alliance

LONDON: Premier League side Tottenham Hotspur continue to attract a wide range of sponsors and partners around the world with American headwear brand, New Era coming on board recently as per a multi-year agreement.

Being the club’s official headwear licensee, New Era will provide dual-branded headwear for the Spurs’ global…

Oct 03, 2018 13:10

Cisco checks in as USGA’s new technology partner

NEW YORK: The United States Golf Association (USGA), the apex governing body of golf in the USA Monday named Cisco as its new official technology partner worldwide. The collaboration will focus on Cisco assisting in transforming fan experience at the U.S. Open and U.S. Women’s Open championships by strengthening the network throughout…

Oct 03, 2018 13:10

T10 League asserts all systems go on 2nd season

DUBAI: T10 League, the world’s first 10-over international professional cricket league that has been sanctioned by the International Cricket Council (ICC) and licensed by Emirates Cricket Board (ECB), is now preparing for the second edition of 2018.

ICC is the cricket’s governing body and its anti-corruption unit examines each…

Oct 03, 2018 13:10

Kevin Roberts to become Cricket Australia’s new CEO

MELBOURNE: Cricket Australia (CA) Wednesday named Kevin Roberts to succeed James Sutherland as the board’s new chief executive officer (CEO) after a comprehensive international search process.

Roberts will take over on 25 October, the day when CA will conduct its annual general meeting (AGM) where Sutherland will formally step…

Oct 03, 2018 12:10

Fox announces leadership changes ahead of Disney's 21CF buyout closure

NEW YORK: Lachlan Murdoch, the future chairman and CEO of Fox, the company to be spun-off in connection with the merger of 21st Century Fox with The Walt Disney Company, has announced key leadership appointments across the company's sports, distribution, ad sales operations and corporate functions. 

The New York-based company…

Oct 03, 2018 12:10

NADA holds random doping tests at National Tennis Championships

NEW DELHI: The National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) has targeted tennis for the first time in India as it collected samples from nearly 20 players participating in the ongoing National Tennis Championships in the capital city, Press Trust of India reports.

Players such as top seed Arjun Kadhe, Siddhant Banthia, Ishaque Eqbal and…

Oct 03, 2018 12:10

Raj Kundra’s poker league ties up with MTV for Season 3

MUMBAI: Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty and her industrialist husband, Raj Kundra will be back with the third season of the Match Indian Poker League (Match IPL). The former owners of Indian Premier League side, Rajasthan Royals had launched the tournament under their umbrella corporation Viaan Industries Ltd. which is a gaming,…

Oct 02, 2018 15:10

HJC Helmets title sponsor of the German GP in 2019, 2020

MADRID: MotoGP commercial rights holder Dorna Sports has announced HJC Helmets as title sponsor of the German Grand Prix in both 2019 and 2020, with the popular event to take place at the celebrated Sachsenring once again. 

The HJC Helmets Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland will take place from the 5th to 7th July in 2019.

Oct 02, 2018 14:10

Bruin Sports Capital acquires creative agency Soulsight

NEW YORK: Bruin Sports Capital has acquired strategic branding, design and creative agency Soulsight. 

Headquartered in Chicago, Soulsight's work has created  hundreds of millions in commerce for many of the world's most important and valuable brands, an official release states.