Lionel Messi said he will not be part of Argentina's squad for the Paris Olympics.
'I guess only the top players' images matter. I guess only the independent tribunal's opinion on the top players is taken as sound and right.'
The Kerala high court on Wednesday permitted Doordarshan to telecast the India-Bangladesh ODI series.
It could deprive viewers the action in the India-Bangladesh and Pakistan-Australia series.
Neeraj Chopra said he is focussing on training and strengthening his blocking leg.
The public broadcaster accused ESPN-Star Sports of misuse of cricket footage in the ongoing Indian-Pakistan series.
Taskin was dropped from T20 WC match against India after missing team bus, pacer denies
'Now, because of these mistakes, I'm not feeling that confident to continue with them. I was struggling a lot in the last months. I was waiting for the result. The only thing I need right now is some clean air.'
The broadcaster had already signed up with cable operators, including Incable and Siticable and DTH service providers Tata Sky and Dish TV.
The ICC announced ESPN-Star Sports as its global media and production partner for its audio-visual rights for ICC events from late 2007 to 2015.
Irked by the Cabinet decision which asked television channels to share the cricket rights with Prasar Bharati, private sports broadcasting major ESPN Star Sports
The Bombay high court said the highest bidder would be granted the rights to broadcast national and international cricket matches played in India between October 2004 and September 2008.
Zee Network were the highest bidder but did not qualify since they did not have prior experience of broadcasting live matches.
The Bombay high court said if the conditions of BCCI's tender are strictly adhered to then both are ineligible to bag the telecast rights.
The two sports broadcasters are hoping to win the telecast rights for the Asia Cup and and international matches played in India.
It said it will make a fresh bid for the BCCI's telecast rights only if Zee agrees to make one.
ESPN-Star Sports is willing to match Zee Telelfilms' bid of $260 million for the rights to telecast cricket matches conducted by the Board of Control for Cricket in India in the country for the next four years.
Managing Director Rik Dovey said ESPN-Star Sports were not give any opportunity for discussion, further clarification or to alter their bid.
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India said on Thursday it may intervene to mend differences between ESPN and its distributors in conditional access system areas of Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata to ensure that subscribers get to watch the sports channel.
India will start their T20 World Cup campaign on June 5 against Ireland at the newly constructed Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in New York.
Star Cricket will be the second 'only-cricket' channel after Neo Sports from Nimbus Communications, the company that has television rights for all the first-class cricket being played in the country.
The Asian Cricket Council awarded the rights to ESPN-Star after Nimbus bagged out of the deal citing the absence of big names in the tournament.
US sports television network ESPN has invited the five candidates in FIFA's presidential election to participate in a debate on the future of the crisis-hit governing body for world football.
Last month, Manu Sawhney took charge as executive vice president, programming and marketing, ESPN-Star Sports.
Glenn Maxwell pulled out of RCB's previous match against Sunrisers Hyderabad stating that 'physical and mental toll probably just wore me down a little bit'.
Sports broadcaster ESPN Star Sports and direct-to-home operator Tata Sky may soon get entangled in a legal battle as Tata Sky has dropped ESPN, Star Sports and Star Cricket from its basic package offerings. The move, according to ESPN's lawyers, may go against a recent Delhi high court order that restrains Tata Sky to do so, but the second largest DTH operator maintains that it is operating within the permissible rules.
Liverpool midfielder Steven Gerrard is close to signing an 18-month contract with Major League Soccer's (MLS) Los Angeles Galaxy, ESPN reported on Saturday.
ESPN-Star Sports on Wednesday announced a rate of Rs 32 per month for its two sports channels for consumers under the conditional access system on an annual contract basis.
We are left with no other option but to resort to the law ' Rik Dovey, Managing Director, ESPN STAR Sports, Asia, said.
"After the expiry of our agreement in March, we are still providing them signals as we are involved in another litigation with them. Taking advantage of the situation they are doing whatever they want with our signals under the direction of TDSAT," ESPN Software India Managing Director RC Venkateish told PTI. "We will be moving the Delhi high court against TataSky on two-three specific aspects," Venkateish said, however, declining to share the details.
The bid includes a commitment by ESPN Star Sports to spend $75 million to market the tournament, which is the international version of the popular Indian Premier League Twenty20 tournament.
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India is recommending the cancellation of sports broadcaster ESPN STAR Sports' downlinking licence for non-compliance with the DTH platform's pricing formula.TRAI's proposed action follows its direction and a show cause notice to ESPN Software India in the last two months asking it to fall in line with its DTH pricing formula.
After months of speculation, Rupert Murdoch's 16-year-old equal joint venture (JV) with sports broadcaster ESPN has broken up. STAR will buy out ESPN's 50 per cent equity stake in the JV, ESPN-STAR Sports (ESS).
Fans raise questions over USA's ability to control crowds after the chaos at Copa America final and hoped that the organisers of the 2026 World Cup, being co-hosted by the USA, Mexico and Canada, would take steps to prevent a repeat of the same.
Novak Djokovic's bid for a record 25th Grand Slam title kicked off on Monday with an easy win over qualifier Radu Albot in the US Open first round.
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