Crypto exchange Bitso inks 3-year jersey sponsorship deal with São Paulo football club
Jan 10, 2022 23:48 pm UTC| Digital Currency Sports Economy
Latin American cryptocurrency exchange Bitso inked a 3-year jersey sponsorship deal with the São Paulo Football Club, the Brazilian club with the most international titles. Through the sponsorship, which takes...
Australian Open offers fans chance to get art ball NFTs with real-time match data
Jan 10, 2022 23:48 pm UTC| Sports Digital Currency Economy
Australian Open organizers have partnered with Decentraland, Run It Wild, and Metakey to offer tennis fans the chance to purchase non-fungible tokens (NFTs) that automatically update with metadata collected from the first...
Sinclair secures $600 million financing to carry NBA games on local streaming service
Jan 10, 2022 23:47 pm UTC| Sports Economy Business
Sinclairs Diamond Sports Group (DSG) has secured US$600 million of financing to support the launch of its broadcast partnership to carry National Basketball Association (NBA) games on its new streaming service. DSG, the...
Jeju tourism industry gets boost hosting sports teams on off-season training
Jan 05, 2022 23:47 pm UTC| Economy Sports Life
Jejus tourism industry is being bolstered by visits of sports teams for off-season training. Around 2,400 players from 76 professional, business, and student football and baseball teams arrived in South Koreas southern...
Jan 05, 2022 23:47 pm UTC| Sports Economy
Adidas will release a red, yellow, and dark navy edition that honors the McDonalds All-American Game as part of the Adidas Trae Young 1 colorway cycle. While the zig-zagged color-blocking design is consistent with...
Nike’s fifth Russell Westbrook basketball shoe debuts in four color variants
Jan 04, 2022 22:33 pm UTC| Economy Business Sports
Four color schemes will ring in the new Russell Westbrooks fifth signature shoe dubbed the Jordan Why Not .5 basketball shoe. One of those dubbed Inner City, which comes in tonal cream with primary-colored accents, was...
Shinhan Card reports increasing popularity of golf among women in 30s and 60s
Dec 30, 2021 23:10 pm UTC| Economy Business Sports
Shinhan Card Co. reported that South Korean customers spent 31 percent more on golf-related activities this year than before the onset of the pandemic in 2019. The number of female players in their 30s and 60s that...
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