The International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Laureus Sport for Good have announced a ground-breaking collaboration that will see both organisations each invest $1 million into a two-year programme to advance youth education and employability through sport in Africa.
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Feb 19, 2020 17:02
TOKYO: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Mattel have announced the launch of their first product collection across Mattel brands to celebrate the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.
The collection features a variety of unique products across Barbie, Hot Wheels and UNO.
Feb 17, 2020 18:02
NEW DELHI: Even as the uncertainty over Pakistani wrestlers' participation in the upcoming Asian Championships here was finally cleared after they were granted visas by the Union government, Chinese grapplers have not been granted visas due to the coronavirus outbreak there, a top official of the national federation said on Monday.
Feb 17, 2020 18:02
TOKYO: The organising committee of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games Monday revealed the official Games Motto, "United by Emotion".
The motto emphasises the power of sport to bring together people from diverse backgrounds to connect and celebrate in a way that reaches beyond their differences.
Feb 15, 2020 19:02
TOKYO: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is not considering moving the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and has no “contingency plans” despite concerns related to the ongoing coronavirus outbreak, its coordination commission head Johan Coates has said.
Feb 13, 2020 19:02
JAIPUR: Indian fantasy sports platform MyTeam11 announced Thursday the appointment of Dentsu X as their digital agency on record, in furthering their consumer and media outreach program for the upcoming season.
Feb 03, 2020 17:02
NEW DELHI: Decorated para-athlete and India’s lone woman Paralympic medallist Deepa Malik has been elected as president of Paralympic Committee of India though the results of the elections are subject to a pending case in the Delhi High Court, PTI reports.
Feb 03, 2020 17:02
MUMBAI: BCCI president Sourav Ganguly has said he will accept an invitation from the Indian Olympic Association to become the goodwill ambassador of the Indian contingent at the Tokyo Olympics this year.
Jan 31, 2020 15:01
MIES, Switzerland: The International Basketball Federation announced Thursday that Bengaluru will host the FIBA 3x3 Olympic qualifying tournament from March 18th to March 22, 2020.
"We are excited to welcome teams from 36 different countries to Bengaluru, a city which has played host to successful FIBA competitions in recent history", said BFI president Govindaraj Kempareddy.
Jan 30, 2020 18:01
LONDON: Global ad spend on sports sponsorships is predicted to total $48.4 billion this year, up 5% and the strongest rise in a decade, according to a new report from marketing intelligence firm WARC.
Sports Sponsorship Investment, the latest global advertising trends report from WARC Data, notes how recent market growth has been buoyed by record investment ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Jan 29, 2020 13:01
MUMBAI: Neeraj Chopra marked a memorable comeback to competitive throwing, registering a best throw of 87.86m – the second best throw of his career– to win the ACNW League Meeting in Potchefstroom, South Africa on Tuesday evening.