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CHENNAI: The Madras Motor Sports Club made history on Wednesday, as it took its first baby steps towards full-fledged night racing in the future at the MMRT by conducting a four-hour floodlit test session, the first of its kind in India,  that attracted over 100 participants, a clutch of “super cars”, including a Rolls Royce Phantom,…

LONDON: Sports betting data company Betradar has launched the Virtual Football Champions Cup, adding to its gaming solutions portfolio.

The new Virtual Football Champions Cup gives operators the chance to further leverage the increased betting activity that typically occurs when Europe’s best football teams go head-to-head in…

NEW DELHI: Amid rising diplomatic tensions with Pakistan, the All India Tennis Association is expected to approach the International Tennis Federation seeking a neutral venue for the upcoming Davis Cup tie against the "enemy nation" which is scheduled to take place in Islamabad on September 14 and 15.

Following the revocation…

MUMBAI: Sony Pictures Sports Network (SPSN), the official broadcaster of the UEFA events in the Indian sub-continent, announces special screenings for the upcoming UEFA Super Cup on 14th August 2019 in association with India’s leading multiplexes, INOX, PVR and Cinépolis.

NEW DELHI: In a departure from convention, the national sports awards for athletes and coaches this year will be decided by a single 12-member panel, featuring the likes of six-time world champion boxer MC Mary Kom and former football captain Bhaichung Bhutia, PTI reports.

The awards will be given away on August 29, the birth…

HONG KONG: Fans across key countries in Asia will have unprecedented access to Rugby World Cup 2019 in Japan after World Rugby announced the appointment of beIN Asia Pacific as exclusive rights holders for Cambodia, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Timor-Leste and Singapore.

MUMBAI: Indian sprinter Dutee Chand will get custom-made gear in her bid to qualify for next year’s Tokyo Olympics after signing a two-year deal with Puma, the German sportswear company said on Thursday.

Like South African Olympic champion Caster Semenya, Chand suffers from hyperandrogenism but was cleared to race in 2015…

NEW DELHI: Hockey India on Wednesday donated Rs 3.1 million to the Odisha CM's Relief Fund.

HI said that this was in appreciation of the state's efforts to ensure the smooth conduct of the FIH Men''s Series Finals in Bhubaneshwar in June despite the damage caused by Cyclone Fani.

An HI statement said that its president…

LAUSANNE: World Archery has suspended the Archery Association of India effective Monday 5 August 2019. A previous executive board decision gave a deadline of the end of July for the election situation to be resolved.

No resolution has been reached.

Indian athletes will be permitted to compete in the 2019 World Archery…

MUMBAI: India’s sole TV viewership measurement company and the world’s largest audience measurement company, BARC India, Thursday launched a new online service called the “Self-Service Portal”.

Aimed at empowering professionals who are in the business of data and analytics, the self-service portal offers a wide-range of TV…