BARCELONA: The Catalan government has confirmed it will grant financial backing to fund the Spanish Grand Prix for 2020 to “guarantee the celebration of the 30th consecutive edition of this event” at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.
Barcelona is one of four races whose contract expires at the end of the current season.
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MADRID: International Sports Broadcasting (ISB), which successfully cooperated with host broadcaster ATM at The World Games in 2017, will be the host broadcaster for The World Games 2021. The agreement was signed here Thursday.
NEW DELHI: Decathlon India has opened its largest store in the country (as yet) at the DLF Mall of India in Noida.
The French sports retailer’s new 3,000 sqft experiential retail outlet features dedicated activity and community zones for fitness and sports enthusiasts, as well as offering digital services such as self-checkout…
MINNEAPOLIS: In honour of their fourth FIFA World Cup title, General Mills cereal brand Wheaties, in partnership with Serena Williams, announced the release of a commemorative limited-edition box featuring the champion US Women’s National Soccer Team (USWNT), as they kick off their Victory Tour this Saturday.
The team will…
MUMBAI: All India Football Federation (AIFF) general secretary, Kushal Das, confirmed to Sportstar on Thursday that Guwahati's Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium and Kolkata's Salt Lake Stadium will host the Indian football team's opening two World Cup qualifiers home games.
The Indian football team has been drawn…
MUMBAI: To cater to the growing popularity of tennis and to give a platform to the nation’s young talent, Tennis Premier League (TPL), Wednesday announced dates for its second edition.
TPL will be held from December 12 to 15 at the Celebration Sports Club in Andheri, Mumbai. A total of eight teams featuring 88 players, across…
DAKAR, Senegal: The Basketball Africa League (BAL) Thursday announced Cairo (Egypt), Dakar (Senegal), Lagos (Nigeria), Luanda (Angola), Rabat (Morocco) and either Monastir or Tunis (Tunisia) as the host cities where the inaugural BAL regular season will take place and Kigali (Rwanda) as the host city for the first-ever BAL Final Four…
MUNICH: The DFL Deutsche Fußball Liga has extended its engagement with Sportradar Integrity Services to protect against match fixing in connection with sports betting.
This cooperation ensures the integrity of all of the DFL’s competitive matches for the next two years. The partnership, which was initially established in 2005,…
NEW DELHI: Two inter-related actions by the Sports Ministry are the clearest indicators yet that the rules of engagement between the government and the Board of Control for Cricket are a-changing (hat tip to Bob Dylan), and how!
First is the fact that the Sports Ministry, in a strongly worded letter, has heavily criticised the…
FRANKFURT, Germany: The Saudi Arabian government's brazen stonewalling of long ongoing efforts to act against pirate network beoutQ's operations in the autocratic kingdom, has forced football's governing bodies and Europe's top leagues to declare Tuesday they would pursue a solution by "other means".
In an unprecedented…