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Indian sports and athleisure company Agilitas Sports has acquired exclusive licensing rights to design, manufacture, and distribute Italian shoe brand Lotto in India, Australia, and soon South Africa for a period of 40 years for an undisclosed fee.

Agilitas Sports, which acquired the rights from WHP Global, is co-founded by former PUMA India and South-East Asia managing director Abhishek Ganguly. 

Jul 19, 2019 15:07
NEW DELHI: Minerva Punjab Football Club are in talks to sell part or half of the club, its combative owner and AIFF bugbear Ranjit Bajaj told Hindustan Times Thursday.
Jul 18, 2019 15:07
LONDON: The global sports market reached a value of nearly $489 billion in 2018, having grown at an annual growth rate of more than 4% since 2014, and is expected to grow at an annual growth rate of about 6% to almost $614 billion by 2022.
Jul 18, 2019 14:07
NEW DELHI:  Recognizing the increasing impact of stress, rampant in the lives of Indian professionals and the need to rejuvenate and recharge, Airbnb, the world's largest community-driven hospitality platform today, announced the launch of ‘Thrive Retreats’ as Airbnb Experiences.  
Jul 18, 2019 12:07
NEW DELHI:Japanese global apparel retailer UNIQLO Wednesday announced its plans to make a foray into the Indian market and will open three stores in the first year in Delhi-NCR. Given the size and fast growth of the Indian market, the launch will involve three separate stores. The first of the three UNIQLO stores will open in October in New Delhi, the company said in a statement.
Jul 17, 2019 15:07
LONDON: Glasgow-based smart mobile marketing agency Digitonic is expanding into Asia with the opening of an office in Lucknow. The Uttar Pradesh state capital was chosen due to its relatively close proximity to all Indian Premier League cricket teams, Scottish media reported.
Jul 17, 2019 15:07
CHANDIGARH: Nearly three years after Haryana sports and youth affairs minister Anil Vij announced that the Sports School, Rai (Sonipat), will be upgraded to a Sports University, the state cabinet on Tuesday approved the proposal, Indian Express reports. To be named the Sports University of Haryana, this will be the first full-fledged sports university in the state.
Jul 15, 2019 19:07
LONDON: Eight years after the BCCI first expanded the Indian Premier League to a ten-team competition in 2011 (and ditched it within the next two years owing to multiple controversies), the "once failed" proposition is back on the agenda. The matter was discussed here during a meeting of the IPL franchise owners and "other stakeholders" last week, multiple reports have confirmed.
Jul 15, 2019 18:07
CHICAGO & LONDON: STATS and Perform completed regulatory and closing requirements Monday to officially combine creating the leading sports company in artificial intelligence (AI) and data, operating under the new name Stats Perform (www.statsperform.com).
Jul 13, 2019 16:07
NEW YORK: Sports and entertainment agency Wasserman has announced announced the formation of The Collective - a new division dedicated to raising the visibility of women in sports and entertainment.
Jul 13, 2019 15:07
MUMBAI: US-based e-commerce giant Amazon has made an equity investment of Rs 510 million in QDigi, an after-sales support company for electronic products.