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IOC TOP sponsor Samsung has announced new agreements to support competitions for three of the Olympics' newest sports in the lead-up to the Paris 2024 Games.

The collaboration will see Samsung work alongside the World Surf League (WSL), Street League Skateboarding (SLS) and Pro Breaking Tour (PBT) to celebrate the sports of surfing, skateboarding and breaking — and their communities — on the Road to Paris 2024 and beyond.

Nov 12, 2019 15:11
MUMBAI: Regional powerhouse India may not send teams for 10 out of 27 disciplines in the upcoming 13th South Asian Games in Nepal, which has seven nations participating. A two-day meeting of the participating nations took place in Kathmandu on Saturday and Sunday where the teams gave their preliminary lists of contingent sizes and disciplines.
Nov 12, 2019 15:11
MUMBAI: India Poker Championship (IPC) will kick-start on January 14 and will continue up to January 19, 2020.  The championship will take place at Big Daddy Casino, Goa. Organised by Spartan Poker, the event has a guaranteed prize pool of Rs 50 million. There also would a ‘main event’, touted as the main attraction of the championship. The winner of this event would be crowned as India’s Poker Champion 2020.
Nov 12, 2019 14:11
SAN FRANCISCO: Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos is reportedly planning to own a National Football League (NFL) team and is currently in talks with several current owners.  According to CBS Sports, Bezos “has spent considerable time around owners, including Washington Redskins’s Dan Snyder, and is in the process of moving to Washington”.
Nov 09, 2019 17:11
MUMBAI: After a series of meetings involving all the key stakeholders of the league, the Volleyball Federation of India (VFI) and Baseline Ventures India Pvt Ltd, with the support of the world governing body, FIVB, Saturday announced that the second season of the RuPay Pro Volleyball League would tip off on 7th February 2020. 
Nov 06, 2019 17:11
NEW YORK: Bruin Sports Capital (Bruin), the privately held global investing, operating and holding company Tuesday announced a wide-ranging, long-term strategic partnership with private equity firms CVC Capital Partners (CVC) and The Jordan Company (TJC). 
Nov 05, 2019 14:11
KOLKATA: The 2019 Tata Steel Chess India Rapid & Blitz will become the first GCT (Grand Chess Tour) event ever to be held in Asia when the event commences in the City of Joy on November 22. GCT is a circuit of chess tournaments where players compete for multiple prize pools. Major GCT tournaments include Norway Chess, the Sinquefield Cup, and the London Chess Classic. 
Oct 30, 2019 19:10
TOKYO: The Olympic and Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020 have another main venue ready for next year's Summer Games action. 
Oct 30, 2019 19:10
RIYADH: The first Saudi International Cycling Tour will be staged in Riyadh early next year, organised by Amaury Sport Organization, the French company that runs the Tour de France.
Oct 24, 2019 17:10
LONDON: The 2019 WSF Men’s World Team Squash Championship will be broadcast live across the globe between December 15-21, after an agreement was reached between the tournament hosts Squash On Fire, the World Squash Federation (WSF) and SQUASHTV, the broadcasting arm of the Professional Squash Association (PSA).
Oct 24, 2019 17:10
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla: U.S. Polo Assn., the official brand of the United States Polo Association (USPA), has unveiled its new global digital site: uspoloassnglobal.com. The customized site will be rolled out in multiple languages to some 100 countries worldwide over the next 24 months.