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  • Monster Energy welcomes Indian cricketer Hardik Pandya to the team

    Monster Energy welcomes Indian cricketer Hardik Pandya to the team

    Mumbai: Global energy drinks brand Monster Energy has partnered with its first cricketer globally, Indian all-rounder, Hardik Pandya. Hardik will be the new face of the brand in India. He is not only known for his aggression on the cricket field, but also for his unabashed confidence and irreverent attitude off the field. With this association, Monster Energy aims to further inspire the youth of India to become fierce, powerful and self – confident. Hardik will be the first Indian athlete to be signed by the brand.

    The brand has teamed up with some of the world’s most accomplished sports personalities to inspire the rising passion for action sports and motorsports across disciplines. These include Ultimate Fighting Championship Superstar, Conor McGregor, MotoGP Legend, Valentino Rossi, 6x Formula One World Champion, Lewis Hamilton, and 6x X-Games gold medalist Jackson Strong, the recent feature in a major video campaign with Monster Energy in India. The brand has also on-boarded a classic mix of sporting heroes pushing boundaries and testing limits in their chosen disciplines.

    Hardik Pandya commented, “I’m delighted to be a part of the Monster Energy family. I have always believed in living my passion and following my dream, which is what motivates me to approach every day with the same zeal, energy and fearlessness.”

    “I’m glad that Monster Energy also stands for the same philosophy through their collaboration with other sportspersons, which I admire. I look forward to this exciting and cool association,” added Pandya, who is managed exclusively by IMG-Reliance.

    John Ludeke, Senior Director of Marketing, Asia said, “Hardik’s supercharged personality and athleticism embody the Monster Energy ethos. With his fearless attitude and aggressive style, he is pushing the boundaries of world cricket which makes him a great fit for the Monster Energy brand.”
     
    For more information please visit https://www.monsterenergy.com/in/en   

  • Floyd Mayweather vs Conor McGregor boxing fight on Indian OTT VEQTA4

    Floyd Mayweather vs Conor McGregor boxing fight on Indian OTT VEQTA4

    NEW DELHI: The much awaited boxing match between the two biggest stars from the world of boxing and Mixed Martial Arts, Floyd Mayweather and Conor McGregor, in Las Vegas can be seen in India on the country’s only dedicated sports OTT service VEQTA.

    The OTT has bagged the broadcasting rights for the fight on 27 August at 9:00am (IST). VEQTA is the official broadcaster of the fight in India and will live stream the fight only on its digital platforms VEQTA.in and its Android and IOS Apps. This will be the first global mega sports event to be shown on OTT format in India.

    VEQTA in an official statement said today: “India currently has around 220 to 250 million smartphones and is expected to touch more than 500 million by 2020 reported by an industry analyst. So with rising smartphone sales, falling data tariffs, 4G rollout and improvement in payment gateways, OTT market, an important growth driver in India’s digital space, is growing at a dynamic pace of 35-40 % Y-O-Y”.

    VEQTA co-founder & director Gaurav Gill, “We will be Live Streaming all the action on VEQTA.in and the VEQTA Android & IOS Apps. Floyd Mayweather vs. Conor McGregor is a matchup that pits the legendary boxer Mayweather against the all-time MMA great McGregor in a one of its kind event.

    “As the home of global sports in India, VEQTA’s aim is to bring the best premium sports content to fans from all across the globe. Fight sports is the second biggest sports category in India and has a relatively young audience for whom digital is fast emerging as the first screen. With this event VEQTA aims to reach out to the fans of boxing, mixed martial arts, fight sports and sports fans in general,” he added

    Fans in the India will be able to watch the historic fight of the millennium live on VEQTA.in, on 27 August 2017 at 9:00am (IST), and the under-card fights will be broadcast Live on the platform from 6:30 am (IST) onwards. The fights will also be available on the platform for sports fans to view on a video on demand basis after the event.

    The event will take place in the T-Mobile Arena on the Las Vegas Strip in Nevada, U.S.A. Las Vegas hosts most of the major boxing championships and UFC fights.

    VEQTA will be Live Streaming all the action from the event on its digital platforms. The app can be downloaded and subscribed for Rs. 99 only, to get unlimited access to over 6000 hours of live sports all-round the year.

    · Website – https://veqta.in/

    · Android – https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.app.veqta&hl=en

    · iOS – https://itunes.apple.com/in/app/veqta/id1044161618?mt=8

  • Sony Pictures to telecast UFC 205 live in New York City

    Sony Pictures to telecast UFC 205 live in New York City

    MUMBAI: Sony Pictures Networks (SPN)’s sports cluster is all set to broadcast UFC 205 live. With its explosive line- up of fights, the event will take place at Madison Square Garden.

    Headlined by the UFC Lightweight Championship between Eddie Alvarez and Conor McGregor, the league will be simulcast live on 13 November at 08:30 pm on Sony Six, SONY ESPN and SONY ESPN HD. It will also be available for live streaming on the Sony Liv app and website.

    UFC 205 will kick off with the Bantamweight bout between former champion Miesha Tate and Raquel Pennington and will end with Conor McGregor attempting to be the first fighter to hold two championship titles in two different categories in UFC history with his fight against Eddie Alvarez in the Lightweight bout.

    Main Fight Card:

    · Eddie Alvarez v/s Conor McGregor – Lightweight Title

    Both these fighters have been involved in a constant war of words as both of them prepare for the biggest bout in UFC. Alvarez went on to predict that his fight with McGregor will end in a similar fashion as UFC 196, where the latter lost brutally to Nate Diaz. However, the Irish mixed martial artist, who is known to have a very sharp tongue retaliated saying that the upcoming fight will be Alvarez’s last.

    · Tyron Woodley v/s Stephen Thomson – Welterweight Title

    The state of the UFC welterweight title chase appears to be relatively clear-cut heading into UFC 205, as reigning champion, Tyron Woodley will take on Stephen Thomson in the Welterweight bout, which is just one of the many reasons why the UFC debut event in New York is a blockbuster

    · Joanna Jedrzejczyk v/s Karolina Kowalkiewicz -Strawweight Title

    The two Polish contenders will battle it out in the Octagon with Joanna Jedrzejczyk heading into her fourth title defense against Karolina Kowalkiewicz at UFC 205 and will be defending her title on the biggest stage possible

    · Chris Weidman v/s Yoel Romero – Middleweight Category

    Former Champion Chris Weidman was perhaps the most active of all fighters on the UFC roster and he will be facing Yoel Romero in the Middleweight bout

    · Kelvin Gastelum v/s Donald Cerrone – Welterweight Category

    Cerrone will look to move up in the Welterweight rankings as he faces Kelvin Gastelum, the former The Ultimate Fighter winner, in UFC 205

    · Miesha Tate v/s Raquel Pennington – Bantamweight Category

    This fight is extremely important for Pennington as it represents both the greatest challenge and opportunity of her personal life. The bout marks Tate’s return to action after being usurped as the division’s champion. She’ll hope to put the one-sided thrashing behind her and get back to turning in the kind of performance that allowed her to win five straight prior to the recent defeat.

  • Sony Pictures to telecast UFC 205 live in New York City

    Sony Pictures to telecast UFC 205 live in New York City

    MUMBAI: Sony Pictures Networks (SPN)’s sports cluster is all set to broadcast UFC 205 live. With its explosive line- up of fights, the event will take place at Madison Square Garden.

    Headlined by the UFC Lightweight Championship between Eddie Alvarez and Conor McGregor, the league will be simulcast live on 13 November at 08:30 pm on Sony Six, SONY ESPN and SONY ESPN HD. It will also be available for live streaming on the Sony Liv app and website.

    UFC 205 will kick off with the Bantamweight bout between former champion Miesha Tate and Raquel Pennington and will end with Conor McGregor attempting to be the first fighter to hold two championship titles in two different categories in UFC history with his fight against Eddie Alvarez in the Lightweight bout.

    Main Fight Card:

    · Eddie Alvarez v/s Conor McGregor – Lightweight Title

    Both these fighters have been involved in a constant war of words as both of them prepare for the biggest bout in UFC. Alvarez went on to predict that his fight with McGregor will end in a similar fashion as UFC 196, where the latter lost brutally to Nate Diaz. However, the Irish mixed martial artist, who is known to have a very sharp tongue retaliated saying that the upcoming fight will be Alvarez’s last.

    · Tyron Woodley v/s Stephen Thomson – Welterweight Title

    The state of the UFC welterweight title chase appears to be relatively clear-cut heading into UFC 205, as reigning champion, Tyron Woodley will take on Stephen Thomson in the Welterweight bout, which is just one of the many reasons why the UFC debut event in New York is a blockbuster

    · Joanna Jedrzejczyk v/s Karolina Kowalkiewicz -Strawweight Title

    The two Polish contenders will battle it out in the Octagon with Joanna Jedrzejczyk heading into her fourth title defense against Karolina Kowalkiewicz at UFC 205 and will be defending her title on the biggest stage possible

    · Chris Weidman v/s Yoel Romero – Middleweight Category

    Former Champion Chris Weidman was perhaps the most active of all fighters on the UFC roster and he will be facing Yoel Romero in the Middleweight bout

    · Kelvin Gastelum v/s Donald Cerrone – Welterweight Category

    Cerrone will look to move up in the Welterweight rankings as he faces Kelvin Gastelum, the former The Ultimate Fighter winner, in UFC 205

    · Miesha Tate v/s Raquel Pennington – Bantamweight Category

    This fight is extremely important for Pennington as it represents both the greatest challenge and opportunity of her personal life. The bout marks Tate’s return to action after being usurped as the division’s champion. She’ll hope to put the one-sided thrashing behind her and get back to turning in the kind of performance that allowed her to win five straight prior to the recent defeat.

  • Sony Pictures Network to LIVE telecast UFC 202 in India

    Sony Pictures Network to LIVE telecast UFC 202 in India

    MUMBAI: After the success of the most anticipated fight of the year, UFC 200, the Sports Cluster of Sony Pictures Network (SPN) will now broadcast the explosive, UFC 202. The highly volatile fight card will see current Featherweight Champion, Conor McGregor take on Nate Diaz in the Welterweight bout. The much awaited event will be telecast LIVE and exclusive, on 21 August, 2016, at 0730 hrs on Sony SIX, Sony SIX HD and SONY ESPN, and the repeat telecast at 1730 Hrs on Sony SIX, Sony SIX HD and SONY ESPN, SONY ESPN HD. UFC 202 will also be available for live streaming on SonyLIV -http://www.sonyliv.com/

    Nate Diaz is a dangerous striker, with a ferocious ground game. In UFC 196, Nate submitted Conor McGregor in the second round itself making him one of the most exciting mixed martial arts fighters in the world. On the other hand, Conor McGregor fully believes that that he can avenge the second-round submission loss against Nate Diaz at UFC 202. MMA fans all over the world, waiting to see this rivalry at the Octagon, makes UFC 202 possibly one of the biggest fights of all time.

    The UFC 202 fight card also features other high profile fights, where Anthony Johnson takes on Glover Teixeira and Rick Story faces Donald Cerrone amongst a few others.

  • Sony Pictures Network to LIVE telecast UFC 202 in India

    Sony Pictures Network to LIVE telecast UFC 202 in India

    MUMBAI: After the success of the most anticipated fight of the year, UFC 200, the Sports Cluster of Sony Pictures Network (SPN) will now broadcast the explosive, UFC 202. The highly volatile fight card will see current Featherweight Champion, Conor McGregor take on Nate Diaz in the Welterweight bout. The much awaited event will be telecast LIVE and exclusive, on 21 August, 2016, at 0730 hrs on Sony SIX, Sony SIX HD and SONY ESPN, and the repeat telecast at 1730 Hrs on Sony SIX, Sony SIX HD and SONY ESPN, SONY ESPN HD. UFC 202 will also be available for live streaming on SonyLIV -http://www.sonyliv.com/

    Nate Diaz is a dangerous striker, with a ferocious ground game. In UFC 196, Nate submitted Conor McGregor in the second round itself making him one of the most exciting mixed martial arts fighters in the world. On the other hand, Conor McGregor fully believes that that he can avenge the second-round submission loss against Nate Diaz at UFC 202. MMA fans all over the world, waiting to see this rivalry at the Octagon, makes UFC 202 possibly one of the biggest fights of all time.

    The UFC 202 fight card also features other high profile fights, where Anthony Johnson takes on Glover Teixeira and Rick Story faces Donald Cerrone amongst a few others.

  • Sony ESPN and Sony ESPN HD to live telecast UFC 196 in India

    Sony ESPN and Sony ESPN HD to live telecast UFC 196 in India

    MUMBAI: The latest addition to Sony’s sports cluster Sony ESPN channels will broadcast the highly anticipated UFC 196, live and exclusive, on 6 March 2016, at 0830 Hrs on Sony ESPN and Sony ESPN HD.

    Witnessing UFC’s consistent viewership in the market, Sony ESPN is taking a step forward in growing the sport’s popularity and has launched an MMA Fan Club called The Octagon. 

    The Octagon was formed for people who simply love MMA and will create unique community experiences for fans. The Octagon’s first fan initiative is hosting a special breakfast screening of UFC 196, live at the Hard Rock Café. Sony ESPN is conducting an on air & social media contest for viewers who can win an exclusive opportunity to be a part of The Octagon experience.

    The fight card will be headlined by Featherweight Champion, Conor McGregor who will take on lightweight contender Nate Diaz in the highly anticipated match-up. McGregor’s popularity grew exponentially after he defeated Jose Aldo in 13 seconds to win the Featherweight title in UFC 194. He had hoped to win the lightweight belt simultaneously before Dos Anjos pulled out, citing an injury. His new opponent for UFC 196, Nate Diaz, whose brash style is expected to make a strong draw, has already grabbed eyeballs from a lot of MMA fans worldwide.

    Women’s Bantamweight Champion, Holly Holm will put her title on the line against No. 2 Miesha Tate in the co-main event. This will be Holly Holm’s first title defence after she dethroned former champion, Ronda Rousey in November. 

    Tate’s recent fight was a one-sided win over Jessica Eye, with her striking technique and is expected to put up a tough show against Holm in the upcoming fight. As a result, UFC 196 could prove to be a colossal of an event.

    The UFC 196 fight card live screening will be taking place on March 6, 2016, at 0800 Hrs at the: Hard Rock Café, near Fun Cinema Lane, Off Veera Desai Road, Andheri West, Mumbai – 400053. The screening is also open to walk in consumers who would like to be a part of the community experience.

  • Sony ESPN and Sony ESPN HD to live telecast UFC 196 in India

    Sony ESPN and Sony ESPN HD to live telecast UFC 196 in India

    MUMBAI: The latest addition to Sony’s sports cluster Sony ESPN channels will broadcast the highly anticipated UFC 196, live and exclusive, on 6 March 2016, at 0830 Hrs on Sony ESPN and Sony ESPN HD.

    Witnessing UFC’s consistent viewership in the market, Sony ESPN is taking a step forward in growing the sport’s popularity and has launched an MMA Fan Club called The Octagon. 

    The Octagon was formed for people who simply love MMA and will create unique community experiences for fans. The Octagon’s first fan initiative is hosting a special breakfast screening of UFC 196, live at the Hard Rock Café. Sony ESPN is conducting an on air & social media contest for viewers who can win an exclusive opportunity to be a part of The Octagon experience.

    The fight card will be headlined by Featherweight Champion, Conor McGregor who will take on lightweight contender Nate Diaz in the highly anticipated match-up. McGregor’s popularity grew exponentially after he defeated Jose Aldo in 13 seconds to win the Featherweight title in UFC 194. He had hoped to win the lightweight belt simultaneously before Dos Anjos pulled out, citing an injury. His new opponent for UFC 196, Nate Diaz, whose brash style is expected to make a strong draw, has already grabbed eyeballs from a lot of MMA fans worldwide.

    Women’s Bantamweight Champion, Holly Holm will put her title on the line against No. 2 Miesha Tate in the co-main event. This will be Holly Holm’s first title defence after she dethroned former champion, Ronda Rousey in November. 

    Tate’s recent fight was a one-sided win over Jessica Eye, with her striking technique and is expected to put up a tough show against Holm in the upcoming fight. As a result, UFC 196 could prove to be a colossal of an event.

    The UFC 196 fight card live screening will be taking place on March 6, 2016, at 0800 Hrs at the: Hard Rock Café, near Fun Cinema Lane, Off Veera Desai Road, Andheri West, Mumbai – 400053. The screening is also open to walk in consumers who would like to be a part of the community experience.

  • LIV Sports to bring UFC 189 action as Chad Mendes takes on Conor McGregor

    LIV Sports to bring UFC 189 action as Chad Mendes takes on Conor McGregor

    MUMBAI: Will the luck of the Irish hold against Mendes or would Latino heat be too much to handle for McGregor? That is the question every UFC fan is asking. The answers will be found on LIV Sports, Multi Screen Media (MSM)’s premier digital sports destination, on Sunday, 12 July at 07:30 am.

     

    Watch the two featherweight fighters; the No.2 American Chad Mendes and the No. 3 Irishman McGregor go head-to-head in an exciting round of fights in UFC 189LIVEon the LIV Sports website and app. The ultimate digital sports destination will also allow viewers to indulge in a high-quality interactive user experience with on-demand video content.

     

    The fight will feature an interesting clash of styles which viewers can immerse in real time online on www.LivSports.in  and on the LIV Sports Mobile App available on iOS and Android. Mendes is known for his grappling and takedown moves, whereas McGregor is a striker who relies on his quick kicks and powerful punches. With both contestants undergoing grueling training regimes to be in peak physical condition, the Mendes-McGregor fight promises to be a smash hit with the audience. The temperatures are already soaring between the two camps, with taunts, videos and comments all over the web adding spice to the already rich flavour of the fight.