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Tata Group bags five-year IPL title sponsorship rights for $300 million

Backed by celebrity franchise owners and featuring the best players in international cricket, IPL has become the world's richest T20 tournament with an estimated brand value of $8.4 billion

Govt working to host 2036 Olympic Games: PM Modi at Khelo India Youth Games

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said the government is striving to host the 2036 Olympic Games, provide international exposure to sports persons and making India the hub of global sports ecosystem. Inaugurating the Khelo India Youth Games 2023, Modi said in the last 10 years, his government has ended the 'games in sports' alluding to allegations of corruption and irregularities related to sports, during the UPA regime. Many were surprised about had happened after 2014 and Indian athletes have improved their performance. India achieved its best performance in Tokyo and paralympics, created history in Asian games and Asian para games. In the last 10 years, the "government brought reforms, sportspersons performed and the entire sports scene transformed," he said. Never was there any shortage in sporting talent and passion but in the last 10 years they have got new self-confidence, government support in every step, he added. So many sportspersons from Tamil Nadu are 'doing won

Jordan Henderson eyes move to Dutch club Ajax, blow to Saudi soccer league

England soccer international Jordan Henderson arrived in Amsterdam on Thursday amid reports he was about to sign a deal with struggling Dutch powerhouse Ajax to end his troubled six-month spell in the Saudi Pro League. Henderson was pictured in the Dutch city by British broadcaster Sky Sports, which said he met with Ajax representatives and would be signing a 2 1/2-year contract after taking a medical examination. The 33-year-old Henderson's transfer is seen as a move to consolidate his place in the England squad ahead of the European Championship in Germany starting in June. But it also is a blow for the Saudi league, whose cashed-up clubs have signed a slew of big-name stars, most notably Cristiano Ronaldo. Henderson signed in July for Al-Ettifaq where he joined another former Liverpool captain in Steven Gerrard, who manages the team. The move sparked a fierce backlash from the LGBTQ+ community. Amnesty International cautions that in Saudi Arabia, members of the LGBT community, .

India Open 2024: Upsets galore as world champ, All-England winner crash out

Kunlavut Vitidsar, Li Shi Feng and Jonathan Christie lost their matches against lower-ranked opponents in the men's singles draw of the India Open 2024

India Open 2024: Satwik-Chirag want to change strategy after opening win

Satwik and Chirag were the only Indians to win on Day 2 of the India Open 2024 as the number two seed moved to the Round of 16 in the men's doubles competition

WFI chaos: Singh refutes Lochab's claims of being unaware of panel meet

The suspended faction of the WFI on Tuesday held a meeting to discuss the suspension which was imposed by the Union Sports Ministry

India Open: Excited to face Prannoy Bhaiya, Rajawat has Paris-sized dreams

Priyanshu Rajawat beat Lakshya Sen in the first round of the India Open 2024. He will face HS Prannoy next with whom he has trained and calls him Bhaiya. He has eyes on a Paris Olympics berth as well

PKL 2024: Pro Kabaddi felicitate legends of the league in 1000th match

Five legends of the league Anup Kumar, Dharmaraj Cheralathan, Ajay Thakur, Manjeet Chhillar and Rishank Devadiga were facilitated for their amazing contribution to the growth of the brand PKL

India Open Badminton 2024: Live match timing, streaming and venue details

India Open is the premier badminton tournament in the country, placed in the Super 750 category. It will begin on January 16 with Round of 32 and will be live-streamed on Jiocinema

Malaysia Open 2024: Satwik-Chirag lose to Chinese pair, finish second

Liang Wei Keng and Wang Chang of China beat the Indian pairing of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty after losing the first set 9-21 and trailing 3-10 in third

Anisimova's comeback on track, reaches the 2nd round in Australian Open

An extended break from tennis has already done Amanda Anisimova some good at the Australian Open, where she reached the second round of a Grand Slam event for the first time since Wimbledon in 2022. Anisimova beat 13th-seeded Liudmila Samsonova 6-3, 6-4 on Sunday to advance in just her second tournament back. A teenager on the rise in 2019 when she beat reigning champion Simona Halep to reach the French Open semi-finals, Anisimova played her first match since May last week in Auckland after taking a break from tennis, citing burnout. The most important thing is that I feel a lot more refreshed. I'm enjoying practising. I'm enjoying every second that I'm out there, she said. Even when I was down today, I was still just enjoying the challenge. At the time she started her break last year, Anisimova said tennis had become unbearable and she had to prioritize her mental well-being. That meant missing the French Open, Wimbledon and the US Open, following first-round exits at the 2022 US

Budweiser's AB InBev becomes Olympics' first beer brand global sponsor

The International Olympic Committee has signed Anheuser-Busch InBev as the first beer brand in the 40-year history of its sponsorship program, which earns billions of dollars for the organization and international sports. The deal was announced Friday by the IOC and AB InBev the Belgium-based brewing giant whose brands include Budweiser, Corona, Michelob and Modelo for the next three Summer and Winter Games. The Paris Olympics open on July 26, and the deal also includes the 2026 Winter Games in northern Italy, then the likely prize asset the Los Angeles Olympics in 2028. Corona Cero, the zero-alcohol version of the Corona brand that is ranked second most valuable worldwide in the brewing industry, will be global beer sponsor of the Olympic Games, the heads of the IOC and AB InBev said. The value of the deal was not disclosed, though the IOC has said some of its sponsors pay more than $300 million to be in the TOP (The Olympic Partner) program for a four-year commercial ...

Future opener to mental fatigue: Curious case of Kishan's place in India

Ishan Kishan was once considered someone who would replace either Rohit at the top or Kohli at number three and now, he has decided to make himself available for selection

Happy Birthday Rahul Dravid! India's head coach turns 51 today

Today, the head coach of the Indian cricket team turns 51. He has scored 24,000 runs and played over 500 matches. He has smashed 48 international centuries in his career

Divyakriti Singh: India's first woman winning Arjuna Award in Equestrian

Divyakriti Singh scored a gold in team dressage event in China Hangzhou, and she's ranked No.1 and No. 14 worldwide in the Global Dressage Rankings by the International Equestrian Federation

Golf legend Tiger Woods and Nike end sports partnership after 27 years

"Over 27 years ago, I was fortunate to start a partnership with one of the most iconic brands in the world," Woods said in a statement posted Monday on X, formerly Twitter

PM Modi congratulates winners of National Sports and Adventure Awards 2023

In the ceremony, Star India bowler Mohammed Shami, archers Ojas Pravin Deotale, Sheetal Devi, and Aditi Gopichand Swami, and wrestler Antim Panghal were among the stars who received the Arjuna Award

National Sports Awards: Shami, para archer Sheetal draw rousing applause

India's best-performing athletes were on Tuesday conferred with the national sports awards by President Droupadi Murmu in a regal ceremony where cricketer Mohammed Shami and para archer Sheetal Devi walked in to a rapturous applause at the Rashtrapati Bhawan. Shuttlers Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy were chosen for the coveted Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna award for a breakout 2023, during which they won their maiden Asian Games gold -- a first for India in badminton --, while also clinching the Asian Championships title and the Indonesia Open Super 1000 title. The duo is currently playing in Malaysia Open Super 1000 and therefore skipped the function. The awards ceremony, usually held on August 29 to commemorate the birth anniversary of hockey legend Major Dhyan Chand, was deferred because of the Hangzhou Asian Games from September 23 till October 8 last year. An atmosphere of gaiety pervaded the Rashtrapati Bhawan as 26 athletes and para-athletes were finalised for the

We do not consider Ad-hoc committee: Suspended WFI President Sanjay Singh

In defiance, Singh refused to acknowledge the committee, stating that they are an "autonomous body" and cannot be banned

Franz Beckenbauer, World Cup-winning captain and coach, dies aged 78

Franz Beckenbauer, the German soccer great who helped his country win the World Cup both as player and coach, has died, news agency dpa reported Monday. He was 78. It is with deep sadness that we announce that my husband and our father, Franz Beckenbauer, passed away peacefully in his sleep yesterday, Sunday, surrounded by his family, the family said in a statement to dpa, the German news agency. We ask that we be allowed grieve in peace and spared any questions. The statement did not provide a cause of death. As a player and coach, Beckenbauer did more than most to shape German soccer. He captained West Germany to the World Cup title in 1974. He also coached the national side that won the 1990 World Cup final against Argentina. In recent years the former Bayern Munich great struggled with health problems.