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Sportswear major adidas has announced the return of "Move For The Planet" – its global initiative "harnessing collective movement to create collective impact". 

adidas is calling on all athletes at every level across the world to track their physical activity across a variety of sports to raise money for projects in areas impacted by heat waves, flooding, and other extreme weather conditions.

Jul 18, 2019 17:07
AHMEDABAD: Union Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju has committed to provide "extra financial help" to boost the growth of Indian football, the All India Football Federation (AIFF) has declared.
Jul 17, 2019 16:07
NEW DELHI: Six I-League clubs (under the banner of the United I-League Clubs), which met here Tuesday, have made public their strategy to stay relevant. The clubs said they would seek redressal for their collective grievances from the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and FIFA, and, failing that, move court.
Jul 17, 2019 15:07
CHANDIGARH: Nearly three years after Haryana sports and youth affairs minister Anil Vij announced that the Sports School, Rai (Sonipat), will be upgraded to a Sports University, the state cabinet on Tuesday approved the proposal, Indian Express reports. To be named the Sports University of Haryana, this will be the first full-fledged sports university in the state.
Jul 16, 2019 17:07
NEW DELHI: India’s flagship national oil major in the downstream sector, IndianOil Corporation Ltd (IOCL), Tuesday announced its future roadmap towards sports promotion, which is in line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of supporting players across various sports.
Jul 16, 2019 17:07
NEW DELHI: The Sports Authority of India Monday approved financial proposals to the tune of Rs 5.7 million for elite athletes of five sporting disciplines under in its Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS). The sporting disciplines which will benefit are athletics, table tennis, wrestling, para-athletics and shooting, PTI reports.
Jul 16, 2019 17:07
PANAJI: Politics has entered the fray and how in the matter of the future status of the I-League in the Indian football pecking order, the bragging rights for all practical purposes currently being with the Indian Super League (ISL).
Jul 16, 2019 16:07
NEW DELHI: The capital will be hosting next year’s International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Combined World Cup from March 15-26. The dates were finalised after the ISSF’s approval Monday, PTI reports. The Combined World Cup involves events in rifle, pistol and shotgun.
Jul 16, 2019 15:07
MUMBAI: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Monday invited fresh applications for various positions in the Indian men’s team including head coach Ravi Shastri. India’s next assignment is a tour to the West Indies after which the home season starts with the series against South Africa from September 15.
Jul 15, 2019 19:07
LONDON: Eight years after the BCCI first expanded the Indian Premier League to a ten-team competition in 2011 (and ditched it within the next two years owing to multiple controversies), the "once failed" proposition is back on the agenda. The matter was discussed here during a meeting of the IPL franchise owners and "other stakeholders" last week, multiple reports have confirmed.
Jul 15, 2019 18:07
LONDON: The annual conference of the International Cricket Council, which kicked off Monday, a day after the World Cup final at Lord's, is expected to see the ICC working group for "sanctioning of events and players release" introduce a proposal wherein the players who are no longer centrally contracted and in national reckoning be allowed to play in global Twenty20 leagues.