An order by the district police chief of Wayanad, a hill district of Kerala known for its sports enthusiasts and academies, has riled sports lovers across the state. The order issued by District Police Chief Aravind Sukumar two days ago has made it illegal to operate flood-lit football turfs — scores of which have sprung […]
Hindustan Media Ventures, the HT Media subsidiary that runs Hindustan — one of India’s largest newspapers — said it has decided to bid for an IPL team in the ongoing auctions. With this, Hindustan Media Ventures joins a longish list of companies interested in owning the two new franchises. Companies who win the auction will […]
Maharashtra, one of the states worst affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, has decided not to pass on most of the relaxations allowed by the central government as far as the Coronavirus lockdown 5.0 is concerned. Key among the relaxations that WILL NOT not be allowed in Maharashtra are the opening of religious places of worship, […]
Hotstar, India’s largest premium streaming platform, said 15.6 million (1.6 cr) people used its video streaming app at the same time on June 16, when India played Pakistan in the ICC World Cup in England. In all, 10 cr people logged into the service some time during that day. This is a record for the […]
Hero MotoCorp, the world’s largest manufacturer of motorcycles and scooters, said it renewed its ‘global partner deal’ with golf player Tiger Woods, originally inked in 2014. Hero Motocorp said it will be the title sponsor of the 2018 Hero World Challenge golfing tournament hosted by Tiger Woods that will be played at Albany, Bahamas from […]
Infosys, the Indian IT services company, has been roped in to make the Australian Open tennis tournament more engaging for the fans. Infosys CEO Salil Parekh said the idea is to “change the way the Australian Open is watched, analysed and played” Australian Open is one of the top five tennis tournaments in the world. […]
Thomas Cook, India’s largest travel services company, said it was chosen as the hospitality partner for government of India’s national school games that was held as part of the ‘Khelo India’ (Play India) program last week. Without disclosing the financial details of the contract, Thomas Cook said it provided accommodation and meals for 5,000 students […]
The Supreme Court today sent notices to relevant parties on cricketer Sreeshant’s plea to lift a lifetime ban on him imposed by the Mumbai-based Board of Control for Cricket in India. This is the third hearing on the matter. In August last year, a single judge bench of the Kerala High Court lifted the ban […]
Star India, part of Rupert Murdoch’s media empire, has won the rights to broadcast Indian Premier League matches for the next five years, edging out Sony India. The company bid Rs 16,347 cr for the privilege, edging out other groups such as Discovery. This comes to about Rs 3,250 cr per season and Rs 54 […]
India will establish its first National Sports Museum at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi, and has appealed to citizens to contribute any memorabilia held by them for permanent display in the National Sports Museum. The contributors will be recognized and acknowledged, the ministry of youth affairs and sports said in a statement. “The aim […]
At 9:45 AM today, Kidambi Srikanth will step on to the Olympic Stadium in Sydney with a chance to create badminton history — with a chance to bring a third badminton ‘superseries’ cup to India within one year. A victory for the Indian player will also mean that Indian players would have won three out […]
India’s ace shuttler PV Sindhu is in top form in her match against the World No.1 at the Australian Open being held at the Olympic Stadium in Sydney. The Indian player, who will turn 22 next month, took just 15 minutes to finish the first game of her quarter final by taking 21 points, against […]
India won the toss and chose to bat first in the third Paytm test match at Holkar Stadium, Indore. The pitch will favour the bowlers and batting would be difficult, was Sunil Gavaskar’s opinion. “It will be a batman friendly wicket”, said Virat Kohli after winning the toss for the third time in the series. […]
New Zealand will be playing for pride in the third Paytm test match tomorrow at Holkar Stadium in Indore after India secured an unassailable 2-0 series win against them at Eden Gardens. Skikhar Dhawan’s injury to his thumb, coming in the midst of a poor run of form, gives the comeback man Gautam Gambhir a slot […]
The Supreme Court today asked the Board of Cricket Control in India not to disburse any money to state associations and directed state associations not to utilize any funds obtained from BCCI after its last order. If any of the state units utilize the recently disbursed funds, they will also face action, the court warned. […]
The Ministry of Finance said sports infrastructure will be included under the harmonized master list of infrastructure subsectors, easing the flow of investments and incentives to the sector. The decision was taken after a series of meetings and discussions with different agencies including RBI. This inclusion would bolster investment in sports infrastructure sector which will […]
New Zealand got of to a good start after the reduced India to 57-3 at the end of first session of the second Paytm test match at the Eden Gardens, Kolkata. Choosing to bat first, India lost Shikhar Dhawan early after he chopped a Matt Henry ball on to the stumps to be dismissed for […]
HTC Corporation said it has renewed its association for the third consecutive year as principal sponsor of John Abraham’s football franchise North East United at the forthcoming Hero Indian Super League 2016. As the principal sponsor, HTC will occupy the front chest position on the NEU-FC Jersey. The team that represents the 8 states of […]
Following the terror attack in the army camp in Uri which killed 18 Indian army personnels, the BCCI has made it clear that India will not play cricket with Pakistan in the near future. BCCI president Anurag Thakur said, “There will be no question of playing cricket with Pakistan.” The two countries last played in the ICC […]
Intex Technologies, the Indian electronic products manufacturer, said it has appointed Indian cricketer Suresh Raina as brand ambassador for its speaker range of products. “Welcoming @ImRaina as the Brand Ambassador of Intex speakers. We are way too excited! Are you? Share your excitement with us!”, said the company through its twitter handle. The company has […]
