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US pro pickleball assn signs first international deal in India

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Apr 26, 2024 20:04

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DALLAS, TX: Pickleball, billed as America’s fastest-growing sport, is going after a new frontier - India. The United Pickleball Association (UPA), which was created after a merger between Major League Pickleball and the Professional Pickleball Association in the US last February, and India-based Global Sports have inked a deal to bring the PPA Tour and Major League Pickleball to the country.

As a part of the partnership, the organizations will launch key initiatives to the country, promoting the rapidly-growing sport to a young market.

Nov 22, 2019 18:11

MILO NIDJAM launch pad for AFI's Olympics plans

MUMBAI: The upcoming MILO National Inter-District Junior Athletics Meet (NIDJAM) 2019 is the platform from which the Athletics Federation of India's (AFI) plans for the 2028 and 2032 Olympic Games will be launched.

Nov 20, 2019 14:11

U.S. Polo Assn. adds to global brand ambassador roster

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.: U.S. Polo Assn., the official brand for the United States Polo Association (USPA), has announced polo player Henry Porter as the newest member of its growing roster of global brand ambassadors.

Nov 19, 2019 18:11

Muaythai 'national championship' in Mangaluru

MANGALORE: Another IPL templated leagues is set to debut - the Pro Muaythai League. Or so the organisers would like to believe.

Nov 19, 2019 17:11

VFI terminates Pro Volleyball League agreement with Baseline

MUMBAI: A little over a month after Baseline Ventures India Pvt Ltd, commercial rights holders for the Pro Volleyball League, confirmed the dates for PVL's second season, in an announcement that was endorsed by the Volleyball Federation of India, the national body on Monday did a complete volte-face.

Nov 19, 2019 17:11

For certain sports, concussion rates higher in female athletes: Study

NEW YORK: Many female athletes encounter higher concussion rates than their male counterparts, according to two studies conducted by researchers at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS).

Nov 18, 2019 12:11

IAAF name, brand switch to World Athletics completed

LAUSANNE: The International Association of Athletics Federations is now officially World Athletics, a statement said.

Nov 16, 2019 15:11

Brave Combat Fed set for 2nd India event; league follows

HYDERABAD: Asian mixed martial arts organization, Brave Combat Federation (BCF), with Mercury Sports LLP, has announced its next fight in India. After its event last year with Brave 20, Brave CF India is back with Brave 30 at Gachibowli Indoor Stadium, in Hyderabad on 23rd November.

Nov 15, 2019 18:11

IOA will likely ok shooting c'ships alongside CWG 2022

NEW DELHI: Indian Olympic Association president Narinder Batra on Thursday said that the IOA's threat to withdraw from the 2022 Commonwealth Games in protest against the exclusion of shooting still stands... though there are enough indications that the extreme step remains an outside possibility.

Nov 14, 2019 15:11

No shooting to 2022 Games, CGF official confirms

NEW DELHI: Shooting WILL NOT be added to the roster of the 2022 Birmingham Games despite Indian Olympic Association's boycott threat, a Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) official told PTI Thursday, ahead of a crucial meeting between the two sports bodies. CGF chief Louise Martin and CEO David Gevemberg will meet IOA chief Narinder Batra and secretary general Rajeev Mehta on Friday.

Nov 14, 2019 15:11

Dutee Chand named in TIME 100 Next list

MUMBAI: TIME magazine has named Dutee Chand, India’s fastest woman & Olympian, to its first-ever TIME 100 Next, a new expansion of the TIME 100 list of the most influential people in the world, covers 100 emerging personalities who have been and are expected to be influential in the field of business, entertainment, sports, politics, health, science and activism.

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