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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.

Nov 19, 2018 13:11
LONDON: Premier League has announced that it will be returning with the ‘Premier League Mornings Live’ in the USA as the fan festival lands in New York City on December 8 this year. After the spectacular success of the first festival in Washington DC in September, when more than 2,000 fans attended the rooftop event overlooking the USA capital city, downtown Manhattan will host the second edition.
Nov 19, 2018 13:11
CAPE TOWN: South Africa’s Mzansi Super League (MSL) have announced USA-based NGO, Global Citizen as an official partner for the event’s first ever edition as both entities seek to play a role towards changing the lives of surrounding and international communities in the 32 tournament matches with the final on 16 December.
Nov 17, 2018 14:11
LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced Wednesday that HBL, the largest bank in the country will continue to be the title sponsor of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) T20 competition till 2021. HBL initially partnered with PSL for the first three years of the tournament. During this period, the PSL went on to become the single largest and most loved sporting platform in Pakistan.
Nov 17, 2018 14:11
DUBAI: Emirates Cricket Board (ECB), the apex governing body of cricket in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), announced Thursday that it will not being going ahead with its flagship T20 franchise-based tournament, the UAE T20x league which was scheduled to take place from December 2018-January 2019.
Nov 17, 2018 14:11
LONDON: The Premier League announced Thursday that clubs have agreed to its proposal of handing outgoing chairman Richard Scudamore a total of 5 million pounds ($6.4 million) as a token of their appreciation for his services. Each club is expected to provide a sum of 250,000 pounds ($320,000) over a period of three years to pool in the funds.
Nov 17, 2018 13:11
LONDON: Premier League clubs have agreed in principle to introduce Video Assistant Referees (VAR) to the competition in the 2019-20 season.
Nov 16, 2018 16:11
MUMBAI: The long in the pipeline Pro Volleyball League (PVL) finally has a launch date and hosting venues. PVL will tip off on February 2, 2019 and will be played in Kochi and Chennai, with the latter hosting the final, league CEO Joy Bhattacharjya told Sportstar.
Nov 16, 2018 12:11
TURIN: Juventus Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) Giorgio Ricci opines that playing a regular season game overseas each year will be a ‘good option’ for the Serie A, which has commercially fallen behind the likes of the Premier League, BBC Sport reports. The Premier League’s latest TV rights deal is said to be 770 million pounds ($985.4 million) greater than that of the Serie A per annum.
Nov 14, 2018 13:11
LONDON: The Premier League (PL) has awarded DAZN its exclusive broadcast rights in Spain in a deal beginning from the next season (2019-20) till 2021-22. The live and on-demand sports-streaming service will screen all Premier League matches which will amount to more than 235 per season.
Nov 14, 2018 13:11
DUBAI: The International Cricket Council (ICC) charged former Sri Lanka international Dilhara Lokuhettige with three counts of breaching the Emirates Cricket Board (ECB) Anti-Corruption Code on Tuesday. ECB is the apex governing body of cricket played throughout the United Arab Emirates (UAE).