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Oct 10 Vol 01, Issue 1048 TODAY'S TOP HEADLINES Chautala fires first salvo in IOA president polls campaign "The fact remains that ever since I have become the president of the Indian Boxing Federation, we have produced some very good results, whether it be in the Asiads, Commonwealth Games or the Olympics," says Chautala BILT in three-year associaiton with PGTI Two-time champion Jyoti Randhawa and defending champion Chiragh Kumar lead an elite field Newcastle signs 4-year commercial deal with digital finance company Wonga In addition to sponsoring the team shirt from the start of the 2013-14 season and working on a range of other initiatives with fans, Wonga will invest at least £1.5 million in two of the club's most important projects ICC accepts Mustafa Kamal’s nomination as VP As a consequence of his nomination, Kamal will now be required to stand down as the President of the BCB CVL Srinivas quits Starcom, to join GroupM as South Asia CEO CVL "Srini" Srinivas, currently chairman, Starcom MediaVest Group India, and managing director, LiquidThread APAC, will join GroupM early in 2013 to succeed Vikram Sakhuja as GroupM South Asia chief executive Airtel launches mobile apps ‘F1TM’ Available for free download on Google Play Store and iTunes App Store, this all new application will help Formula OneTM lovers stay tuned into all the latest action on the F1TM circuit including race results, standings, schedule and latest news FIBA appoints Inverleigh to distribute television series ‘FIBA World Basketball’ DSI by Inverleigh, the dedicated distribution arm of Inverleigh, will be responsible for the exclusive worldwide marketing of the series and is holding discussions with potential broadcast partners at MIPCOM and Sportel Eurosport signs deal to broadcast ATP Power Horse Cup The deal includes digital rights for all matches and Eurosport will also become the host broadcaster of the tournament. It will be the first time Eurosport is the host broadcaster of an ATP event 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. The BWF banned the players from China, Korea and Indonesia who were deemed to have not used their best effort to win qualifying matches.
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BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE
YouTube to make TV foray by launching 60 new channels(Financial Express) TV viewership variation worries advertisers(Mint ) Judicial custody of ex-Reebok officials extended (Mint ) How Micromax cracked the code(Business Standard)
CRICKET
Sachin draws blueprint to promote sports(Indian Express) Mumbai Cricket Association to scrap CIC?(Indian Express) HC grants Deccan Chargers 2-day extension(Times of India) Clear the mess at DDCA, says Kirti Azad(The Hindu) KCA among seven associations suspended(The Hindu ) Hawk eye on the umpires(Indian Express) SLC, PCB begin investigations into sting op(Deccan Herald ) ‘Rumours about corrupt umpires started with IPL’(Indian Express) Breeding grounds for fixing?(Hindustan Times)
HOCKEY
Stand-byes to stand out!(Deccan Herald)
FOOTBALL
Germans to earn 20,000 euros for each World Cup qualifier(Reuters)
MOTORSPORTS
Non-F1 events lead race to monetise Buddh circuit(Business Standard ) Sahara Force India aims podium finish in last five races (Times of India )
BADMINTON
Gopichand to train junior shuttlers ahead of Worlds(Indian Express )