ZURICH: The FIFA Council has unanimously agreed to a proposal to expand the number of teams taking part in the Women’s World Cup from 24 to 32, with effect as of the next edition of the tournament in 2023.
Since the bidding process for the Women's World Cup 2023 is already underway − with the nine bidders initially expected to…
ANDOVER, Mass.: California Sports Surfaces, an industry-leading manufacturer of sports surfaces and division of ICP Building Solutions Group, announced Tuesday that its brand DecoTurf has been selected as the tennis court surface for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.
NEW DELHI: ASICS announced here Tuesday its association with Olympic Bronze medalist wrestler Sakshi Malik as the Japanese sports shoe maker's brand athlete.
The 26-year-old grappler, managed by JSW Sports, won Silver at the United World Wrestling ranking series in the 65kg weight category recently in March. She is one of the…
MUMBAI: Sony Pictures Sports Network (SPSN), the official broadcaster of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, kick-starts its initiatives for the upcoming prestigious multi-sporting event starting with its on-air campaign, ‘Hum Honge Kamyab’.
SPSN marks the one-year countdown to one of the world’s greatest sports event with the…
TORONTO: Uninterrupted, the athlete empowerment brand founded by LeBron James and Maverick Carter, is launching in Canada in partnership with multi award-winning artist and entrepreneur Drake.
Uninterrupted Canada is the first international expansion for Uninterrupted, which launched in the US in 2015, bringing Uninterrupted's…
TOKYO: Mitsuyuki "Mike" Nakamura, global & Asia Pacific president, dentsu X, has been given additional charge as executive director of Dentsu Aegis Network (DAN) Entertainment & Sports.
DAN Entertainment & Sports is to focus on production, rights and distribution of content and entertainment, as well as exploring…
TORONTO: Mediapro has been appointed as the global consultant to Global T20 Canada League, the ICC-sanctioned limited overs cricket tournament that runs through to August 11 at the CAA Centre in Brampton, Ontario.
The three-year global consultancy agreement is a wide-ranging global collaboration involving five Mediapro Group…
HONG KONG: LaLiga presented its transformative technologies of LIVE match broadcasting through an interactive innovation showcase in Hong Kong, coinciding with the RISE 2019 Conference.
The showcase was created by LaLiga, together with its production partner Mediapro, a leading group in the European audiovisual sector, and in…
CHANDIGARH: Minerva Punjab FC, the 2017-18 I-League champions, Tuesday announced a 50-50 merger with RoundGlass Sports Private Limited, another Punjab-based company focused on grassroots development of football.
The merger allows RoundGlass Sports access to Minerva Punjab's players from the under-11 to under-18 teams. The…
SINGAPORE: Leading Asian MMA promotion ONE Championship has announced the official launch of what it claims is Asia’s largest esports world championship series with ONE Esports’ first confirmed events of the 2019-2020 season.
In addition, Carlos Alimurung has been named CEO of ONE Esports, and will be responsible for designing…