CRICKET: WHAT IS THE HUNDRED?
Cricket’s newest format makes its debut this summer in England. The Hundred is a 100-ball cricket competition that will feature some of the biggest names across world cricket. Eight teams, branded across eight cities, will have women’s and men’s teams fighting for the ultimate glory over a period of five weeks. The tournament starts on...
SONY SCORES BIG BEFORE THE TOKYO OLYMPICS 2020
Days ahead of the Tokyo Olympics, official broadcasters Sony Pictures Sports Network have signed a multimillion-dollar deal with 11 sponsors for the upcoming event. The deal sees Coca-Cola, Hero Motocorp, JSW and MPL come on board as Co-Presenting Sponsors while RBI, Visa, Lenovo, Byju’s, Herbalife Nutrition and Association of Mutual Funds in India join as...
Why is cricket not an Olympic sport?
Pierre de Coubertin, founder of the modern Olympics, wanted cricket to be included in the very first modern Olympiad in 1896. Although that did not happen, the sport did make a one-off appearance at the 1900 Games in Paris, where an amateur team from Britain comfortably defeated a weak French side, but since then cricket...