World ski body and UN weather agency team up to help winter sports plan for climate change

GENEVA — Facing a long-time crisis in winter sports because of climate change, the International Ski and Snowboard Federation teamed up with the United Nations weather agency on Thursday. The initial five-year partnership between FIS and the World Meteorological Organization aims to help national ski federations, venues and race organizers better understand weather forecasting to…

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SpaceMantra pulls out resolution plan for Future Lifestyle

Mumbai: SpaceMantra, the winning bidder to take over Kishore Biyani’s retail brand outlet Future Lifestyle Fashions (FLFL), has withdrawn its resolution plan for the company days before lenders overwhelmingly voted for it, putting creditors of the debt-laden company in a quandary. SpaceMantra, promoted by former NBCC chairman Anoop Kumar Mittal, along with two individuals, Sandeep…

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Queensland urged not to panic over 2032 Olympics amid criticism of ‘cringeworthy’ suburban stadium plan | Brisbane Olympic Games 2032

Queensland’s Liberal National party leader says people are “embarrassed” by a Labor proposal to host major Olympic events at a suburban athletics stadium, which the 2032 Games’ organising committee says needs to be properly costed. David Crisafulli on Wednesday renewed criticism of the bid to use the ageing Queensland Sport and Athletics Centre (Qsac) for…

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