Made in India > Make in India. This was essentially the key takeaway from the panel titled, ‘Made in India – The Manufacturing Muscle’, at the PlayCom 2025: Business of Sports Summit at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi, on Friday. The session saw Vivek Kohli (Owner, Stag International) and Dr. Kanishka Pandey (Faculty and Head- Centre…
Home side Jaipur Pink Panthers will kick off the Jaipur leg of the twelfth season of Pro Kabaddi League when it faces Bengaluru Bulls at the SMS Indoor Stadium in Jaipur on September 12. Following that, Tamil Thalaivas and Bengal Warriorz will face off in the second match of the day. LIVE STREAMING INFO When…
Collaboration between major players will determine the growth and future of the corporate ecosystem in sports, felt industry leaders during a panel discussion at PlayCom 2025: Business of Sports Summit at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi, on Friday. The session, titled ‘Moneyball India – Where Capital Meets Competition’, featured Satyam Trivedi (CEO, GMR Sports), Sanjay Adesara…
Three-time former world high jump champion Mutaz Barshim announced his withdrawal from the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo because of a foot injury on Friday. The 34-year-old Qatari, who won world titles in 2017, 2019 and 2022, also claimed Olympic gold at the Tokyo Games in 2021. He won bronze at last year’s Paris Olympics. “I’ve…
PlayCom 2025: Business of Sports Summit, hosted by Sportstar in partnership with KPMG, convenes the sharpest minds and the most influential voices in sport. This two-day event saw multiple leaders and global changemakers participate in multiple panels, sharing a single stage to exchange ideas, drive conversations, and shape innovations that promise to redefine what sport…
Sebastian Coe, the head of World Athletics, on Friday said the organisation is sticking to its long-held position that Russian athletes won’t be allowed at the upcoming world championships and other big events until a peace settlement is reached in its war in Ukraine. Track and field’s hard-line stance is an outlier among Olympic sports,…
The recently enacted National Sports Governance Act will provide stability to Indian sports administration, believes Vidushpat Singhania, Managing Partner, Krida Legal, during a panel discussion at PlayCom 2025: Business of Sports Summit at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi, on Friday. The panel, titled ‘Breaking Down the National Sports Governance Act’, saw Singhania, one of India’s foremost Sports…
India’s long wait for a world medal in recurve archery stretched further as 15-year-old Gatha Khadake, the country’s last hope, went down fighting to world No. 1 Lim Si-hyeon in the pre-quarterfinals, ending the campaign in the Olympic discipline at the World Championships, here on Friday. Before Gatha could even settle into the contest, it…
Kabaddi is considered to be one of the most ancient sports in India, with a few historians even suggesting that it dates back to the Vedic period. Till about a couple of decades ago, this contact team sport was considered a rustic sport, predominantly played in the rural backdrop of the country. But today, it…
Manchester United suffered a 1-0 loss at Brann in the first leg of their women’s Champions League third qualifying round tie on Thursday, while Real Madrid beat Eintracht Frankfurt in Germany. Marc Skinner’s United dominated for long periods in Norway but was hit by Ingrid Stenevik’s close-range header in the 76th minute from a Signe…