LONDON: British Airways announced as Principal Partner to Twickenham Stadium and the Official Airline Partner to England Rugby British Airways will become the Official Airline Partner to England Rugby, flying the Men’s and Women’s squads to tournaments around the world. The multi-year, ground-breaking new partnership will also see the airline become the first ‘Principal Partner’ to Twickenham Stadium, the home …

BIZ TODAY REPORT DUBAI: Emirates SkyCargo, the freight division of Emirates, has successfully transported the first group of 67 horses for the FEI World Equestrian Games™ Tryon 2018. The horses were flown from Liege, Belgium to Greenville-Spartanburg, USA in an Emirates SkyCargo Boeing 777 freighter aircraft. This is the first of the nineteen flights that Emirates SkyCargo will be operating as …

By Rafiq Vayani KARACHI: Under this MoU Signing, KPMG as a part of its CSR activities, agreed to provide pro bono services to act as the tax & financial advisors of SAF. These services will include tax advisory on routine tax matters, assistance in tax compliances, provide financial advisory services i.e development of financial systems for the organization, development of …

DUBAI: The International Cricket Council (ICC) Monday released an Invitation To Tender (ITT) for LIVE Cinema Screening Rights to the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019. Established cinema chains, individual cineplexes and theatres are being offered the opportunity to submit proposals for regional or worldwide rights, for which the ITT provides further details. Media rights agencies may also bid to syndicate the …

DUBAI: T10 Cricket League – the world’s first 10-over cricket league sancionted by the International Cricket Council, starts Season 2 with the Team Draw led by Kerala Kings and Punjabi Legends – the Champions and Runners-up teams of the first T10 League. Eight teams – Kerala Kings, Punjab Legends, Maratha Arabians, Bengal Tigers, Karachians, Rajputs, Northern Warriors and Pakhtoons – …

KARACHI: A total of 144 players participated in the UMA Independence Day Golf Tournament 2018 here at the Karachi Golf Club on Tuesday August 14, 2018. Golfers from the city exhibited great interest in the tournament which was planned to celebrate the 71st Independence Day of Pakistan by KGC and United Marine Agencies (UMA), the sponsors of the event. The …

BIZ TODAY MONITORING DUBAI: The Dubai Duty Free Shergar Cup, the world’s premier international jockeys’ competition returned to Ascot Racecourse, UK, on Saturday, 11 August when a team of three elite female riders beat-off competition from some of the world’s top international jockeys. Four teams compete in the points-based competition which is played out over six ten runner handicaps in …

By Rafiq Vayani KARACHI: The third edition of Memon Super League (MSL) starting in Karachi in last week of August is all set to become the first local T-20 cricketing league tournament in Pakistan to use the option of third umpire. The third edition of MSL, which will be played from late August till October, 2018 at the three sporting …

KARACHI: Red Bull Campus Cricket (RBCC) is the only global T20 cricket tournament for university students where campuses from 8 countries contest for national pride and become the world champions. On August 5, 2018, Red Bull Campus Cricket unveiled super 8 teams of Future Gladiators at Moin Khan Cricket Academy. From 96 campuses to 8 and 1500 players down to …

DUBAI: Virat Kohli has achieved another personal milestone by becoming the seventh India batsman and first since Sachin Tendulkar in June 2011, to top the MRF Tyres ICC Player Rankings for Test Batsmen, which were released on Sunday morning following the conclusion of the Edgbaston Test. Kohli scored 149 and 51 in India’s 31-run defeat and has gone up by 31 …