JANUARY 24: Mumbai can now take pride in having an internet site solely dedicated to all the sport events taking place in the city. expressindia.com launched this exclusive site for city sports mumbaisportsline.com on January 21. The site has live updates and news coverage of sports and events in the city in addition to rich information on various other aspects of sports in Mumbai covering schools, colleges and clubs. mumbaisportsline.com is intended to serve both a casual surfer as well as anyone who is keenly chasing events in Mumbai city.
All the sport schedules and rankings given by individual schools, colleges and clubs are updated regularly, even as there is the facility on the site for online coaching. There is a special photo gallery section too.
The mission statement of the site clearly states that the site will be a one-stop destination for all that is a sport in Mumbai. Fourteen different sports including cricket, tennis, billiards, badminton, horse-racing, swimming, athletics, hockey, football, squash, golf, table tennis, basketball, volleyball are the main games covered by mumbaisportline.com.
The site also has to its credit, live coverage of The Indian Express Cricket Talent Hunt, a unique event promoting young cricket talent in Mumbai. The site endeavours to cover more such events live on the net and make live coverage a hallmark of mumbaisportline.com. Online merchandising, online betting and online sale of tickets will be shortly introduced.
Features like Opinion Polls, eBate and chatrooms make the site interactive and open to the suggestions of netizens, completing the metamorphosis of this site to an all-encompassing sports site.
In the sections for sports clubs there is a unique opportunity offered to clubs in Mumbai to be featured free on the internet, with profiles of all its major members, its sportsmen who have brought laurels and and coverage of all inter-club events in Mumbai.
The section on colleges serves as a platform for all aspiring sportsmen to be known the world over. With all-pervading lack of funds, this will be the chance for deserving candidates to get corporate sponsorship.
In the section for schools, coverage of events and also inter-school meets will be featured on the net. It is a website which would inspire students at a very young age to excel in sports.
The section on sports institutions and clubs there is an opportunity for surfers to get latest statistics, schedules and rankings related to various sports.