India has gained one more festival -- the season of Black Friday.
Usain Bolt turned the centuries-old rooftop, once a stage for spice trading, kite flying, and festivals, into a relay of champions.
Sprint legend Usain Bolt will trade his running spikes for football boots as he is set to visit India for a unique exhibition match in Mumbai on October 1.
Non-metro cities drove this year's online Diwali shopping boom, accounting for nearly three-quarters of total e-commerce volume, with tier 3 cities contributing over 50 per cent, according to industry data. As per the industry data analysis of over 4.25 crore shipments by logistics intelligence platform ClickPost, these regions now represent the fastest and largest drivers of festive e-commerce, solidifying non-metro India's role as the epicentre of order volumes and growth.
And in a once-in-a-lifetime moment, the finalists got to race and dream in front of the eight-time Olympic champion himself.
Puma has ventured into badminton by signing up double Olympic medallist P V Sindhu.
It has charted an ambitious target. Japanese premium sports goods giant Asics - which sells 75 per cent of its shoes in the country at over ~12,000 a pair - wants to be the No. 1 running shoe player in the $90-a-pair organised market in India, currently dominated by Nike, Adidas and Puma. To do so, it is making an aggressive push into Tier-II and Tier-III cities, where customers are ready to lap them up - as well as setting up company-owned stores in four to five locations across key metros.
As fans celebrated his bold leadership, a black Nike vest he sported during the drinks break has triggered questions about a potential breach of BCCI's apparel deal with Adidas.
Amazon's latest Prime Day sale event broke records with over 18,000 orders per minute - a 50 per cent jump from 2024. Nearly 70 per cent of new memberships came from Tier-III cities.
Whether in cricket or business, Kohli continues to play the long game.
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The seven-time world champion, the sport's most successful driver with 105 grand prix victories and 202 podiums, said at an event for Ferrari partner Puma on Tuesday night that the excitement was building.
Chiranjeevi celebrated the festival of Pongal with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Union Minister G Kishan Reddy's home in Delhi.
Buys bid document, Adidas too could enter fray.
Puma, the German sports brand, is foraying into swimwear segment in India. The company's Indian arm is eager to repeat the Chak De! India experience through its product placements. Puma is introducing 20-30 designs of swimwear for men and women, comprising performance and leisure wear. Puma feels that the category has immense potential in the leisure space. The beachwear concept is picking up. It operates in 20 exclusive brand outlets & is looking at closing this year by 35.
When the going gets tough for P V Sindhu, the star badminton player dives into her highly successful past to seek inspiration to keep going in her quest for more glory.
The mesh around the sides gives the shoe an airy feel, which essentially means that the shoe breathes well despite its heavy-knit exterior, says Dhruv Munjal.
Taiwanese footwear major Hong Fu Industrial Group - a supplier to Nike, Converse, Vans, UGG, Puma, Adidas, Reebok, HOKA, Under Armour, and ON (a Swiss sportswear brand) -marked its India entry on Monday, with the ground breaking ceremony of the Rs 1,500-crore footwear manufacturing facility at the SIPCOT Industrial Park in Panapakkam, nearly 85 kms from Chennai.
Cricketer parted ways with Adidas in November.
Olympic sprint champion Usain Bolt renewed his long-standing sponsorship deal with Puma until after the 2016 Games in Rio, the German sportswear company said on Tuesday.
The state is in the process of grooming a supplier ecosystem, for which India is almost entirely dependent on imports.
Lionel Messi and Major League Soccer's Inter Miami were awarded a spot in next year's 2025 FIFA Club World Cup on Saturday and will host the opening game of the 32-team tournament featuring top clubs from around the world.
German sportswear company Puma will become the kit supplier to English soccer club Arsenal from next season in a deal worth more than 30 million pounds a year to the Premier League leaders.
Kit manufacturer Puma said it had traced a problem with ripped shirts for the Swiss team at Euro 2016 to a defective batch of material used only in a limited number of home jerseys for the team.
Decathlon is expecting to double its business in the country in the next three to five years, Decathlon India CEO Sankar Chatterjee said, according to local media reports.
Sports goods makers Adidas and Puma, founded by two feuding brothers, buried a 61-year-old grudge by playing a soccer match at their German hometown of Herzogenaurach to mark International Peace Day on Monday. With Adidas chief executive Herbert Hainer and Puma CEO Jochen Zeitz taking part, employees played in mixed teams to mark the annual day of global ceasefire and non-violence with the first reconciliation since brothers Adi and Rudolf Dassler split in 1948.
'Our conversations were usually brief and limited to 'Apna 100 per cent dena hai (we have to give our 100 per cent)'. Apart from that, we enjoyed some banter. Sometimes I would make fun of her, sometimes she would of me.'
2023 was the worst for the tiger population, recording the highest number of mortalities in a decade with 178 tigers dying.
Nine-year-old Hurmat Irshad from Sopore has stunned the internet with her extraordinary batting skills.
Mandaviya, Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Hardeep Singh Puri, and Indian Olympic Association President PT Usha unveiled the ceremonial outfit, playing kits, performance shoes and travel gear for the Indian team.
Immediately after returning from Goa, where she was shooting for her new film The Crew, Kareena Kapoor headed to the Monaco Grand Prix.
Alves had maintained the sex was consensual. The prosecutor was seeking a nine-year prison term.
The couple made an unannounced visit to a residential society in the city and challenged two residents to a friendly mixed doubles match.
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The court also imposed a restraining order barring Alves from coming within 1,000 metres (3,300 feet) of the victim.
'The top two reasons for the low participation of kids are lack of time and need to focus on studies.'
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Last month, Puma roped in Shami as its brand ambassador, joining the likes of Virat Kohli and Usain Bolt on its roster.
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