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Vol 01, Issue 215
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| TODAY'S TOP HEADLINES |
Dikshit assures world class road infrastructure
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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. |
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Force India to have new COO from next season
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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. |
