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”…
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 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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Manchester united striker and England’s captain Wayne Rooney launched his new website http://www.officialwaynerooney.com/ today. The 29 year old Rooney announced the new website launch through his Facebook page. “Thanks to Lightmaker for my new website, it looks great! Check it out here……….”,…
Vinesh Phogat, one of India’s prominent wrestlers, has promised to bring the gold medal in wrestling that she missed in the recently concluded Olympics in Rio. “I promise you that the gold medal which I missed in Rio, I will surely get…
GAIL, one of the largest natural gas processing and distribution company, has offered finiancial support of Rs 6.8 lakhs to Asmita Pal, a fifteen year old gymnast, who is said to be the next Dipa Karmakar in the making. The offer involves an…
“We tried everything during the 90 minutes”, said Juan Mata though his blog after the 1-0 victory over Hull city. Manchester United beat Hull city last saturday, thanks to a injury time goal by Marcus Rashford to continue their unbeaten run this…
Dwayne Bravo held his nerve to concede just 6 runs of the last over to take West Indies to a 1 run win against India in the first Paytm T20 International at Central Broward Regional Park, Florida. Chasing a target of 246…
