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Sep 29 Vol 01, Issue 1039 TODAY'S TOP HEADLINES Sportsman and Red Bull becomes new global partner of FIA WRC The promoter will be responsible for investing and developing the WRC with a view to increasing its profile, reputation and commercial value Cricket Australia appoints 3 independent directors onto new 9-member board 3 top corporate leaders nominated to take their place as independent directors on the new, streamlined nine-member Cricket Australia board next month Lewis Hamilton to race for Mercedes AMG Petronas from 2013 Following signature of commercial agreement with FOM earler this week, Mercedes F1 confirm that Lewis Hamilton has signed a three-year agreement to race for the team Rajasthan Royals launch talent hunt program ‘Cricket Star Rajasthan’ Rajasthan Royals and Dainik Bhaskar announce launch of Cricket Star Rajasthan, a talent hunt program that seeks to uncover cricket talent in Rajasthan FIA renews agreement with Eurosport Events till 2017 This is the second renewal of the agreement among the parties, since the FIA appointed Eurosport Events as WTCC championship promoter back in 2005 Tissot becomes official timekeeper of 2014 Asian Games Tissot has been named official timekeeper of the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, Korea Puma launches new TVC 'evoSPEED' The quirky commercial features Usain Bolt alongside a galaxy of Puma sports stars such as cricketer Yuvraj Singh, golfer Rickie Fowler, footballer Sergio Aguero and F1 racer Fernando Alonso TOP STORY PICKS OF THE WEEK Competition Commission greenlights News Corp buyout of ESPN from ESS JV News Corp’s proposal to buy out Walt Disney owned ESPN's stake in the ESPN Star Sports 50:50 joint venture gets green signal from Competition Commission of Indiao IPL 2013 likely to a 10-team affair; high possibility of Deccan Chargers and new team participation All fingers point towards terminated franchise Deccan Chargers getting fresh lease of life for at least another year and BCCI issuing a tender to bring in one more team 'UFC does not look at SFL as competition; we will concentrate on doing our thing right' POWER INTERFACE - Ultimate Fighting Championship chairman and CEO Lorenzo Fertitta asserts UFC is putting serious money to ensure that brand grows and maintains its leading position worldwide 'BCCI at liberty to advertise for another franchise' POWER INTERFACE - BCCI president N Srinivasan announces the various new committees and shares some other highlights after the board's EGM Rhiti Sports taps top Nokia exec and former ESPN India finance head as COO Rhiti Sports ropes in Sanjay Agrawal, business controller at Nokia India, earlier ESPN Software India director - Finance & Operations, as its new chief operating officer TEN ready to telecast Fed Cup if IMG-R provides feed: Atul Pande Speculation raised for first time since IMG-Reliance secured 15-year commercial rights to Indian football in December 2010 that its partnership with AIFF could be headed for splitsvilleo 29-yr-old Abhishek Matoria elected IBF president; Chautala made chairman in newly created post Barred by Sports Ministry from making constitutional changes that could have facilitated continuation of incumbent set of office-bearers, Indian Boxing Federation works around ito IBF polls: 2 newly-elected office bearers decline to accept their posts The IBF election results, which were "scripted" to ensure that outgoing president Abhay Chautala retained control over the association, appears to be unravellingo Cricket Australia asks players to skip IPL 2013; could affect Indian league’s star power CA worried that participation in the IPL during April-May will tire the players and the team’s fortunes in the Ashes tour to England in early June could be affected Big opportunity for TATA Motors would be to manufacture their own F1 engines PIT 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 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 Doubling Up INSIDE OUT - In an era of uncertainty, the irony is that the single-handed backhand has been the most reliable and bankable aspect of the golden era in tennis 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 HC sets 18 Oct date to hear IHF plea; rules maintain status quo till then Delhi High Court to hear petition filed by "HC recognised" IHF challenging IOA decision to declare HI as the central body for administering hockey in India Pune to host Asian Rugby Sevens Women C’ship on 6 Oct 15 teams, including defending champion China and runner-up Kazakhstan, confirm participation in continental championship, where top 3 finishers will qualify for the 2013 World Cup TEN Sports extends TV rights for US Open Tennis C'ships for 4 yrs Four-year television rights cycle covers India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Maldives, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bhutan and Bangladesh; includes rights to mobile, internet and video-on-demand Court asks police to work with CBI on Sheila Dikshit CWG 2010 corruption charges A Delhi court has now asked the police to work with the Central Bureau of Investigation on charges against the Delhi chief minister relating to the scam-tainted Games EFLI adds Pak entrepreneur and 'American football mom' to its board Laila Hamdan, a US based entrepreneur and "first lady" of American football in Pakistan, joins EFLI's board of directorss Headliner – What a Racket! Fair Play and the Olympic Games In the recently concluded London 2012 Olympic Games (“Games”), eight female badminton players from three Asian nations were disqualified by the International Olympic Committee (“IOC”) and the Badminton World Federation (“BWF”) for trying to lose their matches on purpose in order to gain a more favourable draw in the knockout stages of doubles competition.
FROM THE HOME PAGE   VIEW POINT '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 Doubling Up INSIDE OUT - In an era of uncertainty, the irony is that the single-handed backhand has been the most reliable and bankable aspect of the golden era in tennis