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NEW YORK: The NFL has unveiled a new five-year sponsorship deal with Accenture naming the US professional services firm as Official Business and Technology Consulting Partner of American football's top-tier league.  

Per an official release, throughout the five-year partnership, the NFL will harness Accenture's technology and data expertise to "help shape the future of football".

Dec 21, 2018 16:12
MUMBAI: The National Rifle Association of India (NRAI), the apex body for the Olympic sport of Shooting in India and the $13 billion Indian conglomerate JSW Group Monday announced the signing of an exclusive partnership to identify, train and develop sports shooting talent in the country for Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024 Summer Olympics Games. 
Dec 21, 2018 15:12
NEW YORK: Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA) jointly announced today an agreement with the Cuban Baseball Federation (FCB) that will provide Cuban baseball players with a safe and legal path to sign with an MLB club.
Dec 13, 2018 13:12
NEW DELHI: Indian table tennis champion Manika Batra on Wednesday became the first from the country to be conferred with the ‘Breakthrough Table Tennis Star’ award at the prestigious International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Star Awards in the Indonesian city of Incheon, Press Trust of India reports.
Dec 08, 2018 17:12
MUMBAI: The Madras High Court on Friday conditionally cleared the decks for Pro Volleyball League to go ahead, refusing to stay the operation of an agreement entered between the Volleyball Federation of India and PVL's commercial rights holders Baseline Ventures.
Dec 06, 2018 16:12
NEW DELHI: The player draft and auction for Pro Volleyball League's inaugural season will take place here on 14 December. The league is scheduled to kick off its first season in February 2019. Over 100 Indian players as well as several top international stars will go under the hammer in the auction that will see six franchises participate. 
Dec 05, 2018 13:12
MONACO: Budapest will host the IAAF World Athletics Championships in 2023, the International Association of Athletics Federations announced here Tuesday.
Dec 05, 2018 13:12
LONDON: World Rugby has appointed Marissa Pace as its new chief marketing officer (CMO). Vastly experienced, with an in-depth knowledge of the global sports and major brand marketing environment, Pace will begin her new role as head of a newly-formed marketing department in mid-January.
Dec 04, 2018 13:12
TOKYO: World Rugby has announced the appointment of Ernst & Young (EY) as the official professional services supplier of the Rugby World Cup 2019 in Japan.
Dec 04, 2018 12:12
MONACO: The IAAF announced Monday the appointment of Jon Ridgeon as its new CEO following approval by the IAAF Council on the first day of its 215th Council meeting here. He will take up his new role in March 2019, replacing acting CEO Nigel Garfitt.
Dec 03, 2018 16:12
MUMBAI: Raninder Singh has become the first Indian to be elected one of the four vice-presidents of the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF), the apex governing body of shooting, Press Trust of India reports. Singh is also the head of the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI).