Leagues

MUMBAI: Global fan engagement and data platform Stepathlon, today announced that it has added four senior professionals to its advisory board.

Stepathlon is a unique initiative in fan/customer engagement with clients including Manchester City, CVC owned IPL Team Gujarat Titans, AFL Team Richmond FC, World Tennis League and a growing global blue-chip client base. Their proprietary fan engagement and data platform focuses on active participation and engagement to deliver a powerful turnkey fan and consumer engagement platform for rightsholders and brands.

Mar 12, 2019 16:03
MADRID: In a major turn of events, La Liga giants Real Madrid have named French legend Zinedine Zidane as their full-time manager for a second term which will last till 30 June 2022.  'Zizou’ will replace Portugal’s Santiago Solari, who was at the helm of the club for just five months and miserably failed in keeping up with Real’s high standards.
Mar 12, 2019 12:03
MUMBAI: NBA India has launched a 36-second promotional campaign to announce the return of Primetime Sundays in the country for the second year in a row.
Mar 09, 2019 12:03
MUMBAI: The Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) will be holding the player auction for its seventh season in the city from 8-9 April this year. The league has confirmed that it is set to return to its previous start month of July for the coming season as well as the succeeding one in 2020.
Mar 08, 2019 13:03
MUMBAI: Discovery Communications’ sports channel DSport has begun telecasting live matches of the city-based underarm cricket tournament, Dreamz Premier League (DPL). DPL has been founded by Wasib Peshamim, the founder of recruitment and project infrastructure solutions firm Al Samit International. It has found a title sponsor in Realta Spaces, a real estate company founded in 2014.
Mar 06, 2019 13:03
MANCHESTER: Premier League heavyweights Manchester United will finally see its management act upon improving the atmosphere around Old Trafford, something which has come under criticism in the past from the likes of former captain Roy Keane and ex-manager Jose Mourinho.
Mar 04, 2019 17:03
MUMBAI: Poor on and on the field performances seem to have taken a toll on the future of Hero Indian Super League (ISL) team FC Pune City, which has opted to release its entire 2018 squad due to financial constraints, Goal.com reports.
Mar 04, 2019 16:03
BANGKOK: The aftermath of political tensions between India and Pakistan have affected the Pakistan Super League (PSL) adversely once again as the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced Sunday that it will be shifting the Lahore leg of the tournament to the port city of Karachi. Earlier, Indian companies such as DSport, Dream11 and IMG-Reliance had snapped their association with the league.
Mar 04, 2019 16:03
MUMBAI: The Premier League, in collaboration with the Hero Indian Super League (Hero ISL), the UK Department for International Trade (DIT) and broadcaster Star Sports, began conducting the Premier League Football Development Week in Navi Mumbai and Central Mumbai from Sunday. The event will run till Wednesday.
Mar 02, 2019 16:03
MADRID: Global financial consultancy firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) presented Thursday an independent study on the socioeconomic impact of the professional football industry in Spain, which generates a total of 185,000 jobs, €4.1 billion ($4.7 billion) in taxes and a turnover equal to 1.37% of the country's GDP (gross domestic product).
Mar 01, 2019 14:03
NEW YORK: Major League Baseball (MLB), one of the richest sporting properties in the world and Sportradar, the global leader in sports data intelligence, Thursday announced a wide-ranging, multi-year partnership to enhance and expand distribution of MLB’s real time game statistics around the globe.