Leagues

MUMBAI: Global fan engagement and data platform Stepathlon, today announced that it has added four senior professionals to its advisory board.

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Mar 13, 2018 14:03
NEW YORK: Twitter has signed a three-year deal with Major League Soccer that will provide MLS fans with a broad slate of weekly programming including live matches, highlights and features. US fans will be able to follow their favorite teams and players via MLS's Twitter handles, @MLS and @FutbolMLS, and can expect Twitter and MLS to collaborate on innovative executions during the season.
Mar 13, 2018 14:03
NEW YORK: Major League Baseball (MLB) and Facebook have unveiled a newly expanded partnership for the 2018 MLB season, highlighted by a historic agreement to produce and broadcast one game every week to a global audience on Facebook. 
Mar 12, 2018 14:03
MUMBAI: The eight teams in the cash-rich league will now receive a sum of Rs 2.5 billion a year, which is a more than four-fold increase from the Rs 600 million each team used to receive annually in the last 10 years of the league's existence, Mumbai Mirror reports. The news of the hike was conveyed to the franchise representatives in an IPL workshop in Ahmedabad on Sunday, the report added.
Mar 06, 2018 11:03
MUMBAI: In an attempt to prevent match-fixing, the AIFF has rescheduled the Hero I-League match between Gokulam Kerala FC and Mohun Bagan, which was earlier scheduled to be played on Tuesday, to March 8, the final day of the league.
Mar 03, 2018 16:03
MUMBAI: Probability Sports, organisers of the upcoming Twenty20 Mumbai League, have officially announced the owners of the six teams that will be competing at the Wankhede Stadium from 11–21 March.  The owners are: Mumbai North Consortium of Sandipkumar Gupta / Rajdipkumar Gupta / Sanraj Hotels & Resorts Private Limited
Mar 03, 2018 16:03
NEW DELHI: Spain's LaLiga is aiming to organise a friendly match involving its clubs in India in the near future, country head Jose Cachaza has revealed.  "Our plan, in the future, would also be to manage a LaLiga team coming to India to play a friendly match. I cannot forecast a date but it is definitely in our plans," Cachaza told Goal.com.
Feb 23, 2018 14:02
NEW DELHI:  Cricket Canada has become the first ICC associate member to secure the backing of the world governing body to launch its own franchise based Twenty20 league. Global T20 Canada, which was announced in the Indian national capital on Thursday, is set to take off from July this year at three venues in Toronto.   
Feb 22, 2018 11:02
SHARJAH: The organisers of the recently-concluded T10 League are planning to grow the format beyond Sharjah, including United States, West Indies, England, and Saudi Arabia. Shaji Ul Mulk, chairman of the T10 League, has said that they are in initial talks with the England and Wales Cricket Board, a report in UAE daily The National said.
Feb 22, 2018 10:02
MUMBAI: The Volleyball Federation of India (VFI) Wednesday announced a ten-year partnership with sports marketing and branding firm Baseline Ventures to promote and build Indian volleyball.  The agreement was concluded on the sidelines of the 66th Senior National Volleyball Nationals at Calicut with the core committee of the VFI in attendance. 
Feb 20, 2018 15:02
NEW DELHI: Eighteen teams comprising seven Indian Super League (ISL) clubs' reserve teams (except ATK, Northeast United FC, Mumbai City FC) will compete in the preliminary round of the Second Division League starting from March 16, the All India Football Federation (AIFF) said in a statement. The preliminary round will continue until May 15. Teams will play on a home and away basis within the group.