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July 21 Vol 01, Issue 984
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| TODAY'S TOP HEADLINES |
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2nd season Coca-Cola U-16 cricket tourney to reach 780 schools |
| Coca-Cola
India announces 2nd season of its Under-16 cricket tournament would
feature 780 schools across 10 states, an increase of 80 schools from the
previous season |
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India to play in Champions Trophy at Melbourne |
| India will play in the 34th Men’s Championship Trophy to be held at Melbourne, Australia from December 1-9 |
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Out of turn promotion for outstanding sportspersons: Govt |
| Cabinet
approves giving upto three out of turn promotions in their service
career for winning medals in Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, Asian
Games and World Championships
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Asset Management Ventures to manage Yuvraj Singh’s portfolio |
| Asset
Management Ventures, a new venture of the Sanjay M. Lal-led Assetz FZC,
has announced bagging the exclusive rights to manage cricketer Yuvraj
Singh’s entire brand portfolio |
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BCCI declares domestic season schedule; Ranji Trophy kicks off 2 Nov |
| BCCI
anounces its domestic calendar of events for the upcoming season;
itinerary for Irani Cup, Ranji Trophy, NKP Salve Challenger Trophy,
Duleep Trophy declared. |
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BAI promises Rs10m cash award for London 2012 badminton gold winners |
| Badminton
Association of India announce cash awards of Rs10m for gold medal
winners, Rs5m for silver medallists and Rs2.5m for bronze at the
upcoming London Olympics. |
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Korean Air sponsors the Aiba 'Road to London' program |
| Aiba
signs sponsorship agreement with Korean Air which supports the Road to
London Program currently being held in Cardiff until 24 July. |
| TOP STORY PICKS OF THE WEEK |
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India to resume cricketing ties with Pakistan |
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yesrs after ties were snapped following the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks
that left 166 people dead, India will resume cricketing relations with
Pakistan, the BCCI has confirmed. |
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BCCI Move A Back Door Entry For Pak Players Into IPL? |
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COMMENT - It is more likely that the decision is a step towards testing
the waters for Pakistani players to participate in the IPL, a more
important aspect for the BCCI bosses than paving the way for better
relations with the neighbour. |
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Focus On Superstar Players To Hit Cricket In India |
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COMMENT - Over-dependence on stars and the lack of a proper future team
development plan is going to hurt the game of cricket in India, sooner
than later. |
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AIFF, IMG-R discuss modalities of new league |
| AIFF
and its commercial partner IMG-Reliance have had another round of
discussions on the franchise based league which both the stakeholders
want to start next year. |
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Tata Steel to start I-League football club |
| Tata
Steel has decided to enter the professional football arena after 25
years of operating on the CSR side of sports development.. |
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Deccan Chargers puts sale price of Rs15bn: Report |
| The
Deccan Chargers IPL franchise is available for sale at a value of
Rs15bn, its owners, publisher Deccan Chronicle Holdings (DCH), have
reportedly indicated. |
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Spain to expand India presence with top sports brands |
| Barcelona
and Real Madrid to open football schools in India, send their teams;
tennis ace Rafael Nadal will also play an exhibition match in Mumbai. |
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New law to cover control over BCCI irregularities |
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government might finally have some oversight over the BCCI through a
new law which governs societies with presence in multiple states. |
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81 athletes in 142-member London 2012 contingent cleared by Sports Ministry |
| Contingent
includes 81 athletes in 13 disciplines; 36 coaches, 4 managers, 8
medical staff, 6 “P” category officials and 7 contingent officials. |
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Age fraud the biggest challenge for AIFF |
| All
India Football Federation has informed that at the U-14 camp held in
Kalyani recently, 84 of the 120 selected boys were found to be overage,
some as old as 17. |
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Wimbledon to move back one week from 2015 |
| Changes
effective from 2015 as there will be some impact on the hard court
swing leading up to the US Open and enough time needs to be given to
allow for planning accordingly. |
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Olympics 2nd most valuable global brand after Apple - study |
| The
Olympics ‘Brand’ is valued at $47.6bn with an 87% increase since the
Beijing Olympic Games in 2008 (where it was valued at $25.4bn),
according to a new study. |
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Mumbai Marathon 10th anniv ups Indian prize fund, looks to raise Rs 250m for charity |
| Richest
marathon in Asia and IAAF Gold level event, Standard Chartered Mumbai
Marathon 2013 will now offer an enhanced prize purse of $350,000, an
increase equivalent of $10,000. |
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ManU tops Forbes' '50 Most Valuable Sports Teams' list |
| Manchester
United world’s most valuable sports team according to Forbes magazine,
and is now worth $2.23bn, 19% more than No. 2 Real Madrid, which is
worth $1.88bn. |
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Soccer Reigns, When It's Spain |
| GAMES
PEOPLE PLAY - Spain closed out Euro 2012 in signature style, along the
way throwing established paradigms out of the proverbial touchline of
conventional footballing strategy. |
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2012 Sports Events Tourism Exchange: A Sporting Love Affair |
| Speakers
from London 2012, SportzPower, Visit Britain, Qatar Olympic committee,
etc, to present case studies, workshops at 2012 Sports Events Tourism
Exchange, Durban. |
| Feature – Transformative Use in Video Games and Player Attributes: The ‘Hart’ of the Matter” |
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law protects original works of authorship that are expressed in a
tangible form, which includes writings, drawings, video games, movies,
songs, etc. and restricts others from using such protected work.
However, there are a few exceptions which limit the monopoly of authors
over their creations. |
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