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IPL among the top leagues

The NBA has topped a list of leagues ranked by average pay at their teams, which threw up some surprising results including a second-place appearance for the Indian Premier League cricket competition, the Premier League only making fourth place, and the NFL only coming sixth.

The data comes from the inaugural Annual Review of Global Sports Salaries (ARGSS), to be published this week by research company sportingintelligence.
Major League Baseball's New York Yankees topped the list of teams ranked by average first team salary, with their players earning £89,897 per week each in 2009. They are followed by Real Madrid, Barcelona, Chelsea, and then a slew of teams from the top US leagues. Manchester United is the only other Premier League team in the top 30.
Nick Harris, the author of the review, said: “My aim was to find a meaningful comparison in average player pay between different sports, and to examine the extent to which pay equals success. I found wages higher than expected in cricket and Japanese baseball, and lower in American football and parts of the Premier League. In all sports the biggest spenders generally win, with notable exceptions, particularly in American Football's NFL and ice hockey's NHL.”

Cricket is beginning to draw a younger and wider demographic of fans, including more women, according to research by Sport+Markt.
The research agency reports that innovations including the Twenty20 format are behind the increasingly wide appeal of the sport, based on research conducted in India, the United Kingdom, South Africa and Australia.
The share of women who named cricket as one of their favourite sports on television increased 12 per cent in the UK, and 6 per cent in South Afrcia between 2008 and 2009. It grew by 1 per cent in India, although Australia bucked the trend with a 4-per-cent fall.
“During the same period cricket has also experienced an increase [in popularity] amongst the target audience of 16-29 year olds in countries such as Australia (+ 5%) and South Africa (+4%), whereas there was a marginal decrease of one percentage point in India and the United Kingdom,” said Ravi Chavan, of Sport+Markt.
"However, given the fact that there has been an overall increase in the total number of 16-29 year olds following cricket on TV has nevertheless increased in 2009 as compared to 2008.”

Asian Closed Junior Tennis Championships

Wednesday, May 26, 2010

As many as 13 out of the top 15 seeds advanced into the next round of the boys' singles of the Asian Junior Tennis Championships (a test event for the Commonwealth Games) being played here on Wednesday at RK Khanna Tennis Complex.
India’s highest seeded player in the boys section, Sai Kartik Nakireddi (No. 4) cruised into the next round with a 6-0, 6-4 victory over Dmitriy Borodkin of Kazakhstan. Ronit Singh Bisht (seeded fifth) and No. 6 seed Vaidik Munshaw also entered the next round with ease.
Other Indians to have progressed ahead are Sumeet Shinde, Mansingh Athare, Saurabh Singh, Rakshay Thakkar, Siddharth Rawat, Rishabdev Raman and Shahbaaz Khan.
Earlier, National Champion Ankita Raina silenced the challenge of spirited Pakistan player Ushna Suhail in two sets to make her way to the pre-quarterfinal in the girls’ singles.Ankita, 14th seed in this tournament was extended in the first set by Suhail who is from Lahore but managed to win the match at 7-6, 6-4.

Another seeded player Rishika Sunkara (7th) outplayed Abhilasha Ahuja 6-1, 6-1 to move into the last sixteen.Other Indian girls who have sailed into the last 16 are Kyra Shroff, Andya Naik, Natasha Palha and Sharon Sanchana Paul.
BOYS’ SINGLES:

Chuhan WANG (CHN) [1] beats Saurabh Patil(IND) 6-1, 6-2
Sumeet SHINDE (IND) [11] beats GARRY TOKAS(IND) 6-0, 6-3
Ronit SINGH BISHT (IND) [5] beats SAI SARAN REDDY B. 6-2, 3-0(Conceded)
Vaidik Munshaw (IND) [6] beats Justin TO(HKG) 6-4, 6-2
XIN GAO (CHN) [3] Beats Wen-Chun LIANG(TPE) 6-2, 6-0
Mansingh Athare (IND) beat Leander Lazaro (PHI) [16] 6-2, 2-6, 6-2
Saurabh Singh (IND) [12] Yash Deshpande (IND) 6-3, 6-1
Warit Sornbutnark (THA) [8] beat Jatin Dahiya (IND) 6-0, 6-0
Sai Kartik Nakireddi (IND) [4] beat Dmitriy Borodkin (KAZ) 6-0, 6-4
Rakshay Thakkar (IND) [9] beat Digvijay Singh Mehta (IND) 6-4, 6-2
Siddharth Rawat (IND) beat Rohit Bisht (IND) 7-6 (2), 6-1
Rishabdev Raman (IND) [14] beat Srikar Alla (IND) 3-6, 6-3, 6-2
Kaichi Uchida (JPN) [7] beat Wen-Jao Liang [TPE] 6-4, 4-6, 6-2
Chi-Shan Jao (TPE) [15] beat Tarun Nath Surath (IND) 6-0, 6-0
Bowen Ouyang (CHN) [2] beat Chih-Jen Ho (TPE) 6-1, 6-3
Shahbaaz Khan (IND) beat Artem Tarasov (UZB) 7-6 (6), 6-4
3rd round- Girls singles

1. Rishika Sunkara (IND) [7] beat Abhilasha Ahuja (IND) 6-0, 6-1
2. Kyra Shroff (IND) [10] beat Anushka Bhargava (IND) 6-2, 6-2
3. Eri Hozumi (JPN) [1] beat Nova Patel (IND) 6-3, 6-1
4. Lin ZHU (CHN) [5] beats Sharmada Balu(IND)7-5, 3-6, 6-2
5. Andya Naik(IND) beats Tanaporbn THONGSING (THA)[16] 6-2, 3-6, 6-1
6. Zhaoxeuan Yang (CHN) [11] beat Bhuvana Kalva (IND) 6-1, 6-1
7. Miyu Kato (JPN) [3] beat Sri Vaishnavi Peddi Reddy (IND) 6-1, 6-2
8. Zi Yang (CHN) [4] beat Nao Hibino (JPN) 6-2, 6-3
9. Sabina Sharipova (UZB) [8] beat Shweta Rana (IND) 6-0, 6-1
10. Ankita Raina (IND) [14] beat Ushna Suhail (PAK) 7-6, 6-4
11. Napatsakorn Sankaew (THA) [6] beat Natalla Khaniejo (IND) 6-1, 6-1
12. Ran TIAN (CHN) [2] beat Vaniya Dangwal (IND) 6-1, 6-0
13. Miho KOWASE (JPN) [9] beat Prarthana G. Thombare (IND) 6-0, 6-2
14. Li-Yun “Stefanie” Tan (SIN)[13] Beats Aishwarya Agrawal(IND) 6-0, 6-3
15. Natasha Palha (IND) Beats Ayaka Okuno (JPN) 7-5, 6-1
16. Sharon Sanchana Paul(IND) [15] Beats Riko Sawayanagi (JPN) 5-7, 7-5, 6-2

Get ready for a designer ride

Using gramophones, colours of Bollywood and inspiration from the clean lines of a paper plane - fashion designers have designed rickshaws to give visitors a fancy ride during the Commonwealth Games.

Imagine taking a ride on a cycle rickshaw which has a telephone, gramophone and clocks of three different time zones for your convenience. Not only this, the seat and hood, made up of silk with gold works will give you a royal feel. This is no ordinary transport but a designer's prized creation as these humble rickshaws have undergone a much needed facelift to ply visitors during the upcoming Common Wealth Games.

These fancy rickshaws were recently showcased in the Capital. Designer Samant Chauhan's rickshaw Victoria on wheels aims to recreate the magic of British era. Explained he, "If you look into the history you would find that the British were very fond of this medium of transport. So, I have used antics from the colonial period like gramophone and telephone on two sides of the passenger seat to give passengers the feel of the bygone era. The backside of the seat has three watches that showcase the timings of three different countries (South Africa, London and Sydney). The rickshaw has also a lamp at the front." He added, "The unique thing about the telephone is that it will only be functional on the move and many service providers are willing to provide their connection." The designer has also taken into account the adversities of rising temperatures. "The reason I have incorporated recycled silk," he said.

Designer duo Rahul and Gunjan titled their creation, Ghungroo ki awaz, which they said took just three days to design it to perfection. Inspired from the 1980's chartbuster Ghungroo ki awaz, their designer rickshaw has ghungroo fitted all over the body. The wheels have pink and green beads and peddles have kolhapuri chappal fitted in it. The hood has moon and stars drawn from inside and the outside has peacock feathers pasted on it. "When we were designing it we had only one thing in our mind that we will try to show people for things that our country is famous for. So, we have selected Bollywood as the main inspiration and rest of the materials such as pea-cock feather, ghungroo, kolhapuri chappal followed one after other," said Rahul.

The duo has also taken special care of passenger comfort. "We have provided cushions also on the seats to have a comfortable journey. The materials which we have used are all natural fibres such as cotton and linen as our moto behind designing this mode of transport is to go green," said Rahul adding that he love traveling in a rickshaw rides but unable to enjoy as they are banned in most of the places. The duo now aims to design a bus.

Taking inspiration from the paper planes made by the kids, designer Nitin Bal Chauhan has designed his cycle rickshaw light so that it can be easily pulled while ferrying. His rickshaw is coloured white, all from the seat to the hood. "The white colour will automatically generate a light feeling among the pullers. I have prepared this rickshaw right from scratch. I have designed this paper weight rickshaw with an error dynamic shape keeping in mind the plight of the rickshaw puller. I have also provided a basket for them to keep their belongings. Also provided a metal foot stand for the passenger," said Chauhan, who never misses a chance to hitch a rickshaw ride whenever he visits Old Delhi.

Instead of just giving it a plastic makeover, designer Rajesh Pratap Singh focussed on improving the technical aspects of his rickshaw. He coloured it in white with red seat to give it a classy look. For example, he used shockers under the seat to give the passengers a bump free ride. Also, there is a rear view mirror which others don't have.

Commonwealth Games are our big chance, says India's Rugby Captain |

India’s rugby team get set for their big year. India captain Nasser Hussain spoke to The Tribune about the sport that in a country of a billion, is still struggling to find a top class pool of players.




Lighting up rugby
India to play in Asian5 Nations tourney in New Delhi
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, May 19
Rugby India will host its first-ever HSBC Asian5Nations competition on June 2 and 5, at the newly-constructed Delhi University Rugby stadium (North Campus), which is also the site for the upcoming Commonwealth Games to be held in October. Rugby enthusiasts will witness International action under lights and watch an India-China face-off on Indian soil like never before. The four teams that will battle it out at the prestigious tournament are India, China, Thailand and Philippines. All the four nations have been performing well at the international level and the competition promises to be fierce.

The winner of this Division II tournament will earn their spot to participate in Division I and the team that finishes last will be relegated to Division III. This is also the first time that Rugby will be played under lights in India, providing a whole new dimension to the game, and much excitement for Rugby fans in Delhi. Entry to the stadium is free of cost.

Govt ready to fight air pollution ahead of Games

The Delhi government is planning to go all out against air pollution during the Commonwealth Games.

In a high level meeting of top officials chaired by Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, many suggestions were discussed to contain pollution level during the 12-day event in October this year.

It was decided that polluting vehicles from neighbouring states will not be allowed to enter Delhi during the Games.

The Chief Ministers of Haryana and Uttar Pradesh will be contacted so that pollution check of vehicles coming to Delhi is carried out inside their respective territories.

The timings of plying trucks in the Capital will be strictly enforced and restriction on light vehicles carrying goods during daytime might also be considered. Extensive pollution check drives will also be carried out in Delhi during September and October.

Parking charges might also be hiked during Games to discourage use of private vehicles.

Parking at unauthorised places will invite a heftier charge but that can happen only after an amendment in Motor Vehicles Act.

To overcome problem of parking mafia, the government is planning to deploy ex-servicemen to counter the menace.

The government is also planning to expedite work on the Western Peripheral Expressway to ensure its completion before October, 2010.

The expressway will take the load of non-destined vehicles that enter Delhi. Around one million vehicles enter the Capital every day.

In the meeting, a suggestion was also presented to shut down coal-based power stations during the Games. The government may consider this in case of Rajghat Power Station which is generating 135 MW power. During the Games schools and colleges will remain closed and this will mean that 1,200 school buses and 2,500 maxi cabs will remain off the roads.

Wrestling: More medals for india

On Day 4 of the Asian Wrestling Championship, the Indian Greco-Roman team proved that they are a force to reckon.

The hosts added two more medals to the four they have already picked up. Four Indians were in the fray, and all four came within a whisker of medals. Rajender Kumar lost to Kyun Jin Choi of Korea in the 55 kg final to settle for the silver. Sunil Kumar got the better of Tahi Sutep Oomchompoo in the 66kg category repechage final to bag India's second medal of the day. In other encounters of the day, Manoj Kumar lost to Iran's Davoud Abedinzadeh 0-3, 0-1 in the bronze medal play-off in the 84 kg category.

Dharmender Dalal was also in the running for a bronze, but he too missed out, losing narrowly, 0-1, 0-2 to Liu Deli of China in the 120 kg category.

With Saturday's wins, India's tally in the championships rose to six - two gold, one silver and three bronze medals.

Wrestling b/w Journalists & Cops

From mud to mat - Indian Wrestlers

The heavy thud of wrestlers hitting the mat sent shock waves through the room. Emzar Makhardze, the Georgian coach of the Indian wrestling team, singled out a grappler in the mess of twisting bodies, screwed his face in disgust and shouted: "Two points. You just lost two points. Balance! Where's your balance?"

In the large room at the training centre of the Sports Authority of India in Sonepat, near New Delhi, a 12x12m yellow square mat was the centre of all the action. Earlier this week, we visited Sonepat to watch how the Indian wrestling team was preparing for the Asian Championship, which ends in Delhi on Sunday, and the Commonwealth Games which will be held in October.

Olympics bronze medallist and Asian champion Sushil Kumar entered the ring after the rest of the team finished its session. He went straight down on the floor with his sparring partner. They circled each other with intense concentration before Kumar lunged forward at lightning speed, grabbed his partner's waist and twisted him around the back in a graceful arc that ended with a bone-crunching fall on the mat. For the next hour, the two wrestlers sweated it out silently, moving with surprising speed and agility for such muscle-bound men. The silence was broken only when one of them fell on the mat.

The new training centre comes equipped with two Olympic-size wrestling mats, a state-of-the-art gymnasium and a running track. The wrestlers have air-conditioned lodgings. A massive new gym and training centre, almost the size of a football field, is nearing completion. This infrastructure renders new-age wrestling a world apart from the traditional sport whose rules, techniques and training regimens were described in the 13th century text Malla Purana, and the mud-pit akharas where Indian team wrestlers, including Kumar, began their journey from. "There were only a handful of wrestling mats in India before Sushil won at the Olympics," says Jagminder Singh, India's freestyle wrestling chief coach. "Now, you will be hard-pressed to find a single akhara or club in India that does not have a mat along with the traditional mud pit."

Kumar says the changes are positive, but the secret to his success is that he started in the traditional way in an akhara, which shaped not just his physique, but also made him mentally strong. The wrestlers still straddle both worlds at the training centre, following a diet popularized by the akharas. Kumar begins his day with a big glass of milk blended with crushed almonds. He prepares this himself, as do most other Indian wrestlers. "Traditionally, a wrestler in India prepares all his food. It is like making an offering at a temple; in this case, his own body," says Singh.

Kumar follows the milk and almond shake with half a cup of ghee, a bowl of porridge with full-cream milk, a bowl of fruits, two bananas, a few pieces of toast and a protein shake. Enough energy there for the training routine that follows-20 minutes of running, 500 push-ups, 500 squats, stretching, and then an hour of wrestling practice.

After every practice session, the wrestlers drink copious quantities of sweet lime or orange juice (another age-old akhara tradition) and more protein shakes. In the evening, it's time for three more hours of brutal training-climbing up and down a 20ft-long rope without using the feet to grip the rope (Kumar can do it 50 times in a day). This strengthens their upper body. It's followed by a session of weight training at the gym and finally, a brief bout on the mat.

There is a big change from the 2008 Beijing Olympics, where coach Satpal Singh doubled up as the masseur for Kumar. It's not just the wrestling surface or training facilities that have changed-the Indian wrestling team now has two foreign coaches, two Indian coaches, two physiotherapists, a doctor and a masseur.

The Mittal Champions Trust, set up to help elite athletes in India, has also thrown its weight behind the team, with its director of athletic performance, South-African Heath Matthews, spending time in Sonepat trying to fine-tune the training and recovery procedures followed by the grapplers. "The support we are getting now is unprecedented," says Kumar, "I think (that) with this kind of backing, we are looking at a large medal haul at the Commonwealth Games."

The Asian Wrestling Championship is on at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium, New Delhi, till 16 May (2-9.30pm).

China dominate as hosts grab bronze at Asian Wrestling Championship

It's rare that even when all the host athletes are out of contention for gold or silver, the atmosphere is still electrifying.

This rarity came to the fore on Day Three of the Asian Wrestling Championship at the refurbished Indira Gandhi Stadium on Friday. It wasn't because the largely Indian crowd was rooting for grapplers of other countries, but because as many as six Indian women had a chance of bagging bronze.

Things didn't begin too well though, Nirmala Devi and Babita Kumari lost in the 48 and 51kg respectively.

That was when 2006 Doha Asian Games and 2009 Asian Championship bronze-medallist Alka Tomar (59kg) took to the mat against Kazakhstan's Miruert Dynbayeva. Tomar had earlier lost a closely contested semifinal to the eventual gold-medallist, Liu Fengming of China, and she looked unwilling to take any chances. Both wrestlers took their time, sizing each other up, before attempting to score any points. In the end, Alka came up trumps without difficulty, but she was visibly disappointed.

"I made a tactical mistake against the Chinese girl. I tried to apply a hold, but ended up putting myself in a difficult position. I had worked towards gold and am disappointed. I know I can do better than bronze."

Her coach Mohinder Singh added that there was a need to toughen up the girls before the Commonwealth Games. "Many girls representing other countries are really tough. Our girls are technically gifted, but we need to work on their strength and toughness. This is what we are going to do between now and the Games," he said.

Soon after Tomar's win, there was more reason to cheer for the Indian camp as Suman Kundu (63kg) comfortably bagged the bronze beating Kazakhstan's Olga Kalinina.

Geetika Jakhar, the 2006 Asain Games silver-medallist was up next against China's Chen Ying. It proved to be a tough bout for both the wrestlers as they could only earn a point each in the first round. In the deciding round though, Chen scored, and despite Geetika's attempts to get back, Chen's defence proved too strong.

Anmol was the final Indian in the fray in the 72kg category, but she went down 12-0 to her Japanese opponent.

All in all, it was a mixed day for the hosts. There was plenty of potential on display, but the dominance of the Chinese women, whose national anthem was easily the most heard tune on the PA system, also showed that there is a lot of work to be done by the Indians.

Sushil kumar rocked at Asian Wrestling Championship !!!

INDIAN WOMEN WRESTLER TODAY WON TWO BRONZE MEDAL

IN Senior Asian Wrestling Championship that commenced at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Sports complex Today INDIAN WOMEN WRESTLER WON TODAY TWO BRONZE MEDAL
The well known Indian women wrestler ALKA TOMAR WON BRONZE IN 59 kg and
SUMAN KUNDU in 63 kg.
GITIKA JAKHAR and one other women wrestler lost their bronze in close fight.
The China,Japan dominates in different weight categories.
Some Korean women wrestler also shows good fight in championship.

Narsingh the wrestler lands GOLD on day 1

Narsingh Pancham Yadav did the unthinkable. Not only did he get India’s first gold at the Senior Asian Wrestling Championship, he did so by overcoming Iran’s Saeed Nematollah Riahi in the 74kg freestyle category.

Nobody doubted his credentials before the bout, but taking on one of Iran’s best in the title clash wasn’t exactly going to be a cakewalk. Indian chief coach Jagmender Singh had predicted the fight to be one of India’s toughest in the campaign, and that’s exactly how it turned out.

The Iranian’s quick reflexes and fluid footwork had Yadav struggling to have a say in the bout as Riahi took the first point after he had the Indian youngster pinned on the mat. But the crowd favourtie hit back immediately make it all square at the end of the first period. The second peiord got off to a similar start, with both wrestlers earning a point each, but Yadav clinched another in the winning moments to lead India to its first gold medal in the tournament.

India bag gold in Asian wrestling championship/press operation CWG

India started their campaign with a gold medal in Senior Asian Wrestling Championship that commenced at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Sports complex on Wednesday. Reigning national champion and last year’s Commonwealth Wrestling Championship gold medalist Narsingh Yadav beat Iran’s Saeed Riahi in the final of the 74 kilogram freestyle category. Earlier India’s Rahul Mann lost to Japan’s Maeda Shogo in the 60 kilogram freestyle category while Mausham Khatri was beaten by Korea’s Kim Jae Kang in the 96 kilogram category.




2008 Beijing Olympic bronze medalist Sushil Kumar will take on Kyrgyzstan’s Romonov A in 66 kilogram freestyle category and the host nation’s Rahul Aware will fight Mongolian wrestler T Davaahuyg in 55 kilogram freestyle wrestling. India’s Anuj Kumar will face Turkmenistan’s Bayramov Maksat in 84 kilogram freestyle wrestling. In the 120 kilogram category India’s Rajiv Tomar will take on Tajikistan’s Mutalimov Marid.



2nd day/ Matchs list


SENIOR ASIAN WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIP

Tapis / Mat : A

Category Tour Match Rouge Bleu A. J. CT.

FS - 55 Qualifications 51 3 - MGL - T DAVAAHUYG 4 - IND - RAHUL AWARE

FS - 55 Qualifications 52 5 - VIE - NGUYEN HUY HA 6 - KOR - LEE WOO JU

FS - 55 Qualifications 53 7 - IRI - HASSAIN RAHIMI 8 - TPE - CHANG CHIN YUAN

FS - 55 Qualifications 54 9 - TKM - REJEPOV RAMIL 10 - JPN - YUMOTO SHINICHI

FS - 120 Qualifications 63 8 - JPN - SHIMONAKA TAKAHIRO 9 - KGZ - LAZAREV A

FS - 55 Qualifications 64 11 - KAZ - NIYAZBEOV D 12 - SIN - GABRIEL HUANG

FS - 55 Qualifications 65 13 - PRK - YANG GYONG JI 14 - KGZ - ALIMBAEV .A

Tapis / Mat : B

Category Tour Match Rouge Bleu A. J. CT.

FS - 66 Qualifications 55 2 - TJK - ANDROSOV IGNATY 3 - TPE - LU YI CHE

FS - 66 Qualifications 56 4 - IND - SUSHIL KUMAR 5 - KGZ - ROMONOV A

FS - 66 Qualifications 57 6 - JPN - SATO TSUKASA 7 - UZB - NAVRUZOV IIKHTIYOR

FS - 66 Qualifications 58 8 - QAT - ABDUL QADER 9 - VIE - BIU TUAN ANH

FS - 66 Qualifications 66 10 - CHN - SHAN CHENGDE 11 - KAZ - DUKENBAYEV

FS - 66 Qualifications 67 12 - KOR - KIM DAE SUNG 13 - IRI - HOSSEIN KHAN MOSTAFA

FS - 66 Qualifications 68 14 - TKM - KAMBAROV RAMAZAN 15 - MGL - P UNERBAT

Tapis / Mat : C

Category Tour Match Rouge Bleu A. J. CT.

FS - 84 Qualifications 59 5 - TKM - BAYRAMOV MAKSAT 6 - IND - ANUJ KUMAR

FS - 84 Qualifications 60 7 - KOR - LEE DONG WOOK 8 - CHN - ZHANG FENG

FS - 84 Qualifications 61 9 - MGL - D TUGJDORJ 10 - KGZ - AIBEK SUUPOV

FS - 84 Qualifications 62 11 - IRI - LASHGARI,EHSAN 12 - UZB - ISMANOV UMIDJON

FS - 84 1/4 Finale 69 1 - KAZ - SEMENOV S 2 - TPE - LEE CHEN FU

FS - 84 1/4 Finale 70 3 - JPN - MATSUMOTO SHINYA 4 - SIN - GABRIEL YANG

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Sport 18 plans 12 Cyclothon events by 2012

MUMBAI: Network 18 Group’s sport marketing arm Sport 18 plans to create a chapter a year for its Cyclothon and have 12 Cyclothon events in a year by 2012 for the property that was launched in October last year in Bangalore.

Besides, Sport 18 also looks after the TV production for all the three Procam International promoted marathons namely Mumbai, Delhi and Bangalore marathons.

Sport 18 operates in the vertical of rights management, sports sponsorship and sales management, sponsor servicing, international representation, sports broadcasting and production and sports consultancy. The company is also involved in a research and consultancy especially in motorsports.

Talking about the industry trends, Menon feels that brands’ have changed their attitude towards non-cricket sports, giving example of Aircel, which is sponsoring PGTI, “Our clients have been fantastic. Aircel has been extremely supportive and I think they clearly see a market for themselves there (Golf),” he affirmed.

So going forward do you believe that brands will start assigning marketing budgets specifically for sports related marketing activities? “That’s the indicator; look at the kind of money that has flowed into IPL some 3,000-4,000 crores (Rs 30-40 billion) has come into IPL alone,” Menon avers

Wrestling federation finds team sponsor

NEW DELHI: It was happy tidings for the Wrestling Federation of India which has found a team sponsorship. ”We are on the final stage of a deal with a corporate for team sponsorship, and it will be inked in the next 10 to 15 days,” GS Mander, president of the federation told SportzPower on the sidelines of a press meet to announce the test event for the CWG.

However, he requested not to be pressed for the details right now, as the talks are going on.

Mander said that federation is also looking for marketing and promotion of wrestling.

“We are now financially sound, so our next target is to promote wrestling in India and also try to collect some funding through marketing”, said Mander.

Mander announced the details of the Senior Asian Free Style, Greco Roman Style and Female Wrestling Championship.

This championship will be held in the wrestling stadium in Indira Gandhi Sports Complex from 12 to 16 May.

When asked about expenditure for the championship, Mander said that it’s difficult to give an exact figure, because too many agencies are working together. “The OC provides the highest volume of the finances and the rest is being spent by the federation itself,” he said.

“I think the total cost of championship will come to more than Rs 10 mn,” said Mander. In this championship a total 257 grapplers from 21 countries will participate.

Mander was confident that Indian grapplers will shine in the event. "This is a big tournament.”

“We are leaving no stone unturned to make it successful. I hope that the Indians will put up good performances in the event,” he added.

We are participating in all the categories," said Mander. "Wrestling is very strong in Asia and a very high level of competition is expected,” he stressed.
The Commonwealth Games are coming up and then there will be the Asian Games, which is the other big targets ahead of us," Mander added. Wrestling world body FILA president Raphael Martinetti along with a large number of FILA officials will supervise the event, he revealed.

Doordarshan will live telecast of the competition – a test event for the CWG event in October on all five days.

He admitted that the wrestling stadium is not 100 per cent complete, but added: “These things happen and everything will be in place before the championship,” he stressed.

INTERNATIONAL WRESTLING Championship in INDIA

Wrestling ke deewano diz event s "FREE" Of "COST", khali ne dokha diya but apna Sushil kumar & many more wrestler wont DITCH u.

I'm going 4r diz event 4r sure it would b so mch fun 2 see dem fightin @ muft muft muft (free, free, free)

Yar m soooo excited 2 watch our wrestler's.... actually live dole shoole dekhne mein jo maaza hai woh TV mein dekhne mein kaha & i want pic'z with every wrestler yar, i hope il able 2 get some pic'z

The Great Khali aka Dalip Singh Rana failed to turn up in Gurgaon

Haryana lived up to its reputation of being India's "Wild West" on Saturday night.
Models, which were to walk the ramp for fashion designer Sanjana Jon, had to face the ire of over 50,000 Jats as their hero Dalip Singh Rana aka The Great Khali failed to turn up at a wrestling event.


Over 50,000 people attended the event.

"Yoddhao Ka Sangram", held at the Tau Devi Lal stadium in Gurgaon, saw more action outside the ring than inside after the organisers announced at the eleventh hour that The Great Khali would not turn up.

The stadium, packed to four times its capacity, erupted in anger with the crowd damaging the property and pelting stones at the convoy of Sanjana Jon, who reached the venue a bit too late for the action, which had already started.
When we reached the stadium, I was shocked to see the security arrangements at the venue. So I along with my models returned to the hotel, and waited for things to settle down. After an hour or so we were assured of the security arrangements and we went again to the venue only to be mobbed by the angry crowd," Jon told MiD DAY. "I asked the models to stay in the car and not open the door. We had brought lovely gift items for the poor girls out there, all of which were stolen," the fashion designer alleged.

Even the models complained of eve teasing, bomb scare, gunshots and misbehaviour. Khushboo, who was part of the show, said, "Someone even threatened me with a gun. It was completely maddening out there. We were left at the mercy of the hooligans.

Sanjana and I where in the same car, and she decided not to conduct the show. We went to her place, changed and returned to our respective homes." Another model Sanjana Bhatia who was supposed to walk the ramp said, "I heard someone shouting that there's a bomb and some people have opened fire. We left the venue."

Repeated attempts to contact the organiser of the show D S Babbar yielded no results.
Another wrestler Sangram Singh proved to be the saviour, as he tried to placate the mob even as there was no sign of the organisers. Singh, who is also the brand ambassador for Commonwealth Wrestling, said, "It was my duty to attend to the people as they were feeling cheated. I am also from Haryana and we don't leave people in the lurch. I had to chip in as even Babbar was absent."

IPL-4 to be taxed

In a new twist to the IPL controversy involving the ruling NCP, Deputy Chief Minister Chhagan Bhujbal of the NCP said here on Saturday that the Maharashtra government had decided to levy the entertainment tax on IPL from the next season in 2011.

"At a meeting held last month, the State Cabinet decided to impose entertainment tax on IPL from the next season. The minutes that meeting were confirmed by the State Cabinet at a meeting held on Thursday," Bhujbal told The Pioneer here.

Bhujbal's statement came as a big surprise considering that the state had all along maintained that no decision had so far been taken in this regard even during the hearings of a PIL - filed by Shiv Sena leader Subhash Desai seeking the levy of entertainment tax on IPL - held before the division bench of the Bombay High Court on April 23 and May 5, 2010.

In the April 23 hearing the high court had demanded to know from the DF government as to why it was dithering on deciding to levy entertainment tax on IPL matches played in Maharashtra, while the HC division observed in the May 5 hearing: ". prima facie this activity (IPL matches) is covered under entertainment tax. If there is no exemption, then state has no option but to recover it".

The State government had remained silent even when it tabled (April 24) in the State Legislature the latest report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG), which rapped the Ashok Chavan administration for its failure to levy entertainment tax on the IPL matches played in Maharashtra to the extent of Rs 4.99 crores during 2008.

When asked as to why the state government did not inform the Bombay High Court on May 5 that it had decided to levy entertainment tax on IPL from the next season, Bhujbal simply said: "I don't know anything about it".

In this regard, both Chief Minister Ashok Chavan and Revenue Minister Narayan Rane of the Congress were not available for comment.

Income Tax dept gets Rs 400 cr as TDS from IPL

The Income Tax department probing alleged financial irregularities in the IPL has collected TDS of nearly Rs 400 crore from the third edition of the T20 tournament. The department has accrued the amount as Tax Deducted at Source (TDS) from the remuneration paid to players, umpires, coaches, commentators and from payment of overseas publicity rights.

I-T authorities are putting together the "final figures" of TDS collections as they are collecting information from various of their offices across the country where the IPL franchises are registered.

"The TDS collections from the third edition of the IPL are cruising towards Rs 400 crore-mark. The department is finalising the collections from across the country," a top I-T officer said. The I-T department is currently not only probing the source of money into the tournament but is also investigating the "taxation aspects of transactions relating to the Indian Premier League" including the flow of money from offshore destinations into the tournament.

After the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) were crowned winners of the IPL in on April 25, the department started collating and collecting the taxes under the TDS category paid by the various franchises to "professionals and professional services".

The department had collected documents related to bidding, payment of taxes and various other financial details during its countrywide survey operations on various IPL franchises, with the first such operation being conducted at the BCCI and IPL premises including at the office of former IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi on April 15.

The I-T department in has created a special cell of officers to monitor the IPL as the metropolis hosts the IPL marketing and advertising offices. Almost eight investigation wings of the dept in various cities are also probing the IPL transactions.

भारत में क्रिकेट किसी खेल की तरह रहे और अंग्रेजी किसी भाषा की तरह तो किसी को कोई आपत्ति क्यों होगी ? डॉ.वैदिक

•अंग्रेजों के लिए अंग्रेजी उनकी सिर्फ मातृभाषा और राष्ट्रभाषा है लेकिन


‘भद्र भारतीयों’ के लिए यह उनकी पितृभाषा, राष्ट्रभाषा, प्रतिष्ठा-भाषा,

वर्चस्व-भाषा और वर्ग-भाषा बन गई है। अंग्रेजी और क्रिकेट हमारी गुलामी

की निरंतरता के प्रतीक हैं।



•जैसे अंग्रेजी भारत की आम जनता को ठगने का सबसे बड़ा साधन है, वैसे ही

क्रिकेट खेलों में ठगी का बादशाह बन गया है।



•जैसे अंग्रेजी माध्यम के स्कूलों में भोले लोग अपने बच्चों को अपना पेट

काटकर पढ़ाते हैं, वैसे ही लोग क्रिकेट-मैचों के टिकिट खरीदते हैं, टीवी

से चिपके बैठे रहते हैं और खिलाड़ियों को देवताओं का दर्जा दे देते हैं।



•हमारे नेता जैसे अंग्रेजी की गुलामी करते हैं, वैसे ही वे क्रिकेट के

पीछे पगलाए रहते हैं। अब देश में कोई राममनोहर लोहिया तो है नहीं, जो

गुलामी के इन दोनों प्रतीकों को खुली चुनौती दे।



•भारत में क्रिकेट किसी खेल की तरह रहे और अंग्रेजी किसी भाषा की तरह तो

किसी को कोई आपत्ति क्यों होगी ? लेकिन खेल और भाषा यदि आजाद भारत की

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