SportzPower Daily Sep 25

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Sep 25 Vol 01, Issue 1035 TODAY'S TOP HEADLINES Centre gives go-ahead to AIFF to bid for hosting U-17 Fifa World Cup Fifa executive committee, which meets on 26-27 September, can discuss India's candidature to host the Under-17 World Cup in 2017 after Centre gives its approval to providing necessary financial and security guarantees BCCI dependence on IPL earnings grows; nearly 70% comes from cash awash league BCCI's surplus earnings have risen by nearly 102% to Rs3.82bn in 2011-12, up from Rs1.9bn; total income up 63% to Rs33.08bn from Rs20.26bn IOA announces poll date; terms age, tenure guidelines 'illegal & unconstitutional' IOA announces elections to the apex sports body will be held on 25 November and a general body meeting has been called on 18 October to announce the poll process SFL teams with Invicta to develop women talent; Mary Kom face of Friday Night Fight Nights SFL partners Invicta Fighting Championships to develop women's MMA talent out of India; Mary Kom is brand ambassador for Friday Night Fight Nights, which kicks off 12 Oct Court asks Deccan Chargers, BCCI to go in for arbitration; team joins Royals and Kings XI Deccan Chargers joins Rajasthan Royals and Kings XI Punjab on list of franchises that have arbitration proceedings ongoing with the BCCI About Loosening The Choke GAMES PEOPLE PLAY - In living up to excessive expectations, few things can help as much as having access to the counsel of someone, who has been there and done that Airtel Delhi Half Marathon will raise Rs40m through charity Since inception, Delhi half Marathon has helped raise around Rs137.4m benefiting in excess of 200 NGOs; this time around target is to cross Rs40m mark in clearly tracked funds raised for charity Feature – Taxing Times: Professional Athletes and Tax Professional athletes or sportsmen are perhaps among the most mobile and high income individuals in the world today. The income earned or generated by such individuals is diverse and is spread across various jurisdictions.
FROM THE HOME PAGE   INTERVIEW 'UFC does not look at SFL as competition; we will concentrate on doing our thing right' ULTIMATE Fighting Championship (UFC) chairman and CEO Lorenzo Fertitta COMMMENTARY Big opportunity for TATA Motors would be to manufacture their own F1 engines IT STOP PUNDIT - Sahara Force India now 21 points clear of Williams and chasing down 6th place Sauber, who are 26 points ahead; battle of mid-field teams will only get more exciting
BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE
Nike launches ‘Parallel Journeys’ campaign(SportzPower ) SAI to invest Rs162.6m in Kerala(The Hindu ) Fila expects Adidas-Reebok problems to benefit its business in India(Economic Times ) Mirah to open 10 ManU Cafe Bar outlets in India(Financial Chronicle ) ‘Free-to-air channels pose challenge for meeting DAS deadline’(Hindu business Line ) Mercedes aiming at 30% market of luxury car segment in India(Financial Chronicle ) Emirates to tap India traffic to feed global network(Mint )
CRICKET
Is Dalmiya succumbing to pressure?(Telegraph ) Rajasthan Royals' Raj Kundra upbeat over IPL's future(Times of India )
FOOTBALL
The AIFF is taking a legal opinion on whether the I-League can be a separate legal entity or not – Kushal Das(Goal ) FIFA sets ball rolling on grassroots mission(Times of India ) Football on demand on Dish TV (Hindu Business Line )
MOTORSPORTS
McLaren hatch £2m plan to lure Hamilton into signing new deal(Daily Mail ) Room for improvement at an already tremendous event(Hindustan Times )
OTHER SPORTS
Mary wants more women to take up contact sport(Times of India ) English clubs warned they could face European isolation by ERC chairman Jean-Pierre Lux (Telegraph )