Dikshit assures world class road infrastructure

15 Oct 2009

SportzPower Daily

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Vol 01, Issue 215

TODAY'S TOP HEADLINES

Dikshit assures world class road infrastructure

Buoyed by a successful Commonwealth Games general assembly delegates visit, most of who were kept at arm's distance from the media, Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit promises world class road infrastructure in the national capital during next year's Commonwealth Games.

Oz foreign minister satisfied with CWG works progress

Australian foreign minister Stephen Smith satisfied with the preparations, including security set up, for next year's Commonwealth Games to be staged in the capital; says worries about works progress always made in run-up to any Games.

Till 10 Oct, Cl T20 averages 1.16 TVRs , 37.1mn cumm reach

As the Airtel Champions League Twenty20 moves into the business end of the tournament with all the slots for the Super Eights decided, the viewership figures appear to be range bound between 1.5 and 2 TVRs for matches where local teams are playing and around 0.5 TVRs for the non-India matches.

CWGOC members cool to independent panel

The CGF President’s decision to have an 'independent technical committee' to monitor the progress of Delhi’s preparedness for the 2010 Games has not gone down too well with members of the Organising Committee.

Force India to have new COO from next season

Force India chief operating officer Simon Roberts, who has been on secondment from McLaren as part of a cooperation agreement, is stepping down effective 2 November and will be replaced by former Honda executive Otmar Szafnauer for the next season.

Mumbai to host 2011 Cricket World Cup finals

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has named the eight venues for the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup (ICC CWC) with the finals slated to be staged at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.

ITF to promote wheelchair tennis in India

The International Tennis Federation has selected India as one of the 20 countries where Wheelchair Tennis will be introduced and promoted vigorously.

Fifa executes first ever transfer matching system

The Scottish Football Association recently issued the first ever electronic International Transfer Certificate in favour of the French Football Association, thereby helping Fifa realise its objective of better regulating international football transfers by switching over to an electronic system.

FROM THE HOME PAGE

THE CONTRARIAN: SUNIL NARULA
	IPL And CL T20 Are Now The In Thing The majority of players want to be a part of these tournaments. Based on the evidence so far, the inaugural T20 Champions League is already proving a big hit. Although, sceptics do exist. You can ask Dhoni and Harbhajan, who were in Nagpur when all the action was taking place in Bengaluru.

INTERVIEW
	‘Champions League will deliver as much value as IPL if not better’ - Sunder Raman, Airtel Champions League T20 chief executive

INTERVIEW
	'Despite all the negativity, we are on the right track' - Vijay Kumar Gautam, COO, Commom Wealth Games Organising Commitee

INDUSTRY SPEAK: PETER HUTTON

EPL Match Day Experience A Target For IPL Franchises To Keep In Mind

It's become fashionable for the IPL franchises to compare themselves to the English Premier League football clubs as a business model. Given that I was at the Premier League's Chelsea against Liverpool game, I thought it might be interesting for Indian sports fans to compare their sporting experience against matchday at Chelsea.

BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE

New GSM operators steal the thunder (The Hindu Business Line)
Castrol in top gear (Business Standard)
Tata Tele aims at 20% VAS revenue growth (DNA)
PepsiCo India grows 50 per cent in Q3 (Business Standard)

UNIVERSE OF CRICKET

Sandeep Patil to take over from Whatmore at National Cricket Academy (SportzPower)
Nigeria to install three cricket turf pitches (SportzPower)
Dwayne Bravo helps Somerset through as T&T halt IPL 2.0 champions Deccan Chargers (The Guardian)

COMMONWEALTH GAMES 2010

Deserved rap on knuckles (Business Standard)
Bolt casts big doubt over 2010 Commonwealth Games (Inside the Games)

FOOTBALL

Visa woos fans in US for 2010 Fifa WC (SportzPower)
AIFF may bring back failed refs (The Telegraph)
Argentina scrape into World Cup finals (AFP)

FOOTBALL

11th edition of Raid-de-Himalaya concludes (SportzPower)
Mohit, Parth to represent India in Rotax Max Challenge 2009 in Egypt (SportzPower)
Williams conclude engine partnership with Toyota (Formula 1)

OTHER SPORTS

Fiba Asia U-16 women's meet in Pune from 30 November (SportzPower)
TSA, S&V team up with Professional Squash Association (SportzPower)
IBM renews deal with NFL (SportzPower)
IMG extends representation deal with WSL by five years (SportzPower)