Infrastructure

Sport Star Academy, one of the leading sports academies in Australia run by professional coaches, announced its entry into the Indian market through a strategic collaboration with Franchise India.

Franchise India lays claim to being Asia's largest integrated franchise and retail solution company.

Per an official release, the alliance marks a significant milestone in the company’s global expansion strategy and also "aims to revolutionize the sports academy franchise landscape in India".

Apr 09, 2019 15:04
NEW DELHI: Hyderabad’s Rajiv Gandhi Stadium and Bengaluru's M Chinnaswamy Stadium will remain as standby venues for the Indian Premier League’s playoffs and final on May 12 if the impasse regarding three stands at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai, which have remained closed for seven years and counting, is not resolved. The has not been able to procure the fit certificate since 2012, remains unresolved.
Apr 08, 2019 18:04
NEW DELHI: Grant Thornton in India wins the Best Sports Services Consulting Firm at Assocham’s Sports Excellence awards 2019 during their “National Summit & Awards on Sports Business: Infrastructure, Investment, and Merchandising” held here.
Apr 08, 2019 09:04
LAUSANNE, Switzerland: As one of the best shooters of his generation, Abhinav Bindra became, at Beijing 2008, the first Indian athlete to win an individual Olympic Gold medal, and has won multiple medals at both the Commonwealth Games and the Asian Games.
Apr 05, 2019 18:04
MOSCOW: Budweiser, an official sponsor of the 2018 FIFA World Cup™, has hit the back of the net by launching a unique football pitch created from its recycled plastic cups in Sochi, Russia. More than 50,000 cups collected at arenas and at the FIFA Fan Fests after the summer tournament have been used to create a new sports facility, the Budweiser ReCup Arena.   
Apr 02, 2019 15:04
PUNE: The Abhinav Bindra Targeting Performance (ABTP) centre has opened its fifth facility in the country in Pune with the suport of Bajaj Auto. Mohali, Delhi, Bengaluru, and Bhubaneswar are the four cities where ABTP centres, not-for-profit ventures managed by the Abhinav Bindra Foundation, are already in operation.
Mar 30, 2019 10:03
BEIJING: The National Basketball Association (NBA) has collaborated with Nike, its official on-court apparel provider and Topsports, a leading sports retailer in China for opening the league’s biggest retail outlet outside of North America and by far the largest in the Asian country.
Mar 28, 2019 18:03
MUMBAI: LaLiga Football Schools, a grassroots development initiative by the Spanish football league, along with India On Track (IOT), will be providing comprehensive training to Indian children and coaches across a range of cities in the country.
Mar 27, 2019 15:03
NEW DELHI: American sports apparel company Under Armour Inc may be coming in late to this market but believes it has the "advantage of not being up against legacy" in its efforts to catch up with the dominant international names in the Indian game - Puma, adidas, Reebok and Nike.
Mar 22, 2019 13:03
GWALIOR: The All India Football Federation (AIFF) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the reputed Lakshmibhai National Institute of Physical Education (LNIPE) in the Madhya Pradesh city for developing football in the state as well as using its facilities for training by national teams.
Mar 19, 2019 15:03
LONDON: Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Rajasthan Royals on Tuesday launched its inaugural cricket academy in the United Kingdom. The Royals have teamed up with the popular Star Cricket Academy in Surrey, against whom the likes of Sachin Tendulkar had played against at the age of 15 back in the year 1988. It has now been rechristened as the ‘Rajasthan Royals Academy’.