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Sep 21 Vol 01, Issue 1032 TODAY'S TOP HEADLINES IMG-Reliance fails to deliver live telecast of Federation Cup IMG-Reliance, which has been sitting on the commercial rights to pro football in India since December 2010, fails to secure live TV broadcast of ongoing Federation Cup BCB waits for better offer as Bangla cricket rights tender gets tepid reponse BCB will likely wait it out and go series by series if it cannot extract a better offer than the $6m Virgo Media has put on the table; or till such time as a broadcaster shows some interest Is AITA’s Two Year Ban On Bhupathi Justifiable? BY INVITATION - The refusal of the players to break up their team may be graver than a minor disciplinary offence but it should not be equated to the same gravity as doping or match fixing Tata Tea to sponsor Karthikeyan, HRT for Singapore and Indian GP Logos of Tata Tea brand will appear on the HRT cars at this weekend's Singapore Grand Prix and October's Indian race in a deal linked to Indian HRT driver Narain Karthikeyan Delhi HC injuncts cable ops from unauthorized t'cast of World T20 Court also permits ESS to take action against “unnamed” entities not party to the suit but found to be unauthorisedly utilising the feed of ESPN, Star Cricket HD and Star Cricket Infront Sports bags media rights for UCI Championships till 2016 Infront Sports & Media will become the UCI’s exclusive agency to distribute the federation’s media rights globally, with the exception of the USA and Japan Realty firm Homestead is Lanka cricket team sponsor for World T20 Homestead is team sponsor of the Sri Lanka national cricket team for the World Twenty20 2012, ICC Champions Trophy in UK in 2013 and World T20 in Bangladesh in 2014 Current Affairs – Howzzat! Appeal Process in Sports The excitement and frenzy surrounding a sporting event is usually fuelled by contentious umpiring and referee decisions which may whip up mixed reactions depending on whose favour they are in. .
FROM THE HOME PAGE VIEW POINT Buying IPL team Deccan Chargers is a very bad business decision The only reasons for buying this team, which finished second last in the fifth edition in 2012 and is mired in innumerable financial problems, can be indulgence and self-gratification COMMMENTARY The Wooden Spoon INSIDE OUT - It is only when sports such as Hockey, Football. Basketball and Tennis are promoted and encouraged that there will be the monetizing of sports other than Cricket
BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE
Merc goes ‘mass market’ to regain lost glory in India(Financial Chronicle ) Google becomes online advertising king: Study(Hindu Business Line ) Indian brands score more on Facebook than global peers(Business Standard ) New cola brands like Sosyo ready to take on biggies like Coke and Pepsi(Economic Times ) Steve James picks his 5 favorite sports films(wnem )
CRICKET
Choose new set of selectors wisely(The Hindu )
FOOTBALL
Foreigners improved standard of Indian football: AIFF VP(Times of India ) Manchester Utd. May Squeeze Nike After Record GM Jersey Deal(Bloomberg ) £1bn TV deal will damage the national side, claims Hodgson (Independent )
TENNIS
AITA was always unfair to Bhupathi(India Today ) Bhupathi-Bopanna 'ban' may be untenable: Expert(Times of India )
MOTORSPORTS
Vroom...vroom... Fresh greenery to keep dust away from F1 track this year(Hindu Business Line ) Rumours fly as F-1 enters ‘silly season’(The Hindu ) Singapore Grand Prix is like a Hollywood movie: McLaren boss (NDTV )
OTHER SPORTS
34 teams participate in National C’ship in Bengaluru(SportzPower ) PSA launches iPhone App(SportzPower ) Airtel announces ‘Join our pit crew’ for F1 fans(SportzPower ) Miffed IOC warns IOA of stern action(Deccan Herald ) IOA divided ahead of meeting(Hindustan Times )