VIEW FROM THE GROUND - The allegory is that like in the Indian wedding, there is chaos till the last minute, but after the first notes from the shehnai, everything falls in place. The unfortunate truth for the long suffering Indian citizen is this: everything is not falling in place...
BEHIND THE NEWS - The best possible deal that addresses the concerns of players, the Indian cricket board and the ten franchises. That's what has been delivered as far as the Indian Premier League's new 74-game formula, effective from season IV, is concerned.
VIEW FROM THE GROUND - Like all ideas coined in the West which carries sufficient depth of meaning in their cultures, Indians borrow the word and drop out the content. Like CAT, or DINKI, or YUPPY of the past, we are glibly mouthing Legacy in every second or third sentence, but what does it mean? Practically nothing!
Kicking off a World Cup South Africa 2010 Special Series exclusive to SportzPower, Tam Sports takes a look back at the 2006 World Cup, held from 9 June to 9 July 2006 in Germany, and for which the footballing powerhouse had won the right to host the event in July 2000.
WORLD CUP SA INTERFACE - With the entire world including India gripped by soccer mania, these are exciting times for ESPN Star Sports, which has the Fifa World Cup South Africa broadcast rights for South Asia region, as ESPN Software director - business development & corporate communication Rathindra Basu explains.
An event of the magnitude and stature of the Fifa World Cup with passionate fans in each and every country, including cricket crazy India, has many tangible and intangible benefits for the stakeholders in the event, apart from the highest level of competitive football that is on display.
VIEW FROM THE GROUND - If OC is the public sector, and industry the private one, then silence over the CWG seems a public-private enterprise, for sure. The question is, will we emerge in glory from behind the layers of curtains, or will India’s name be muck?
COMMENT - If Lalit Modi is accountable for all his actions, if things in IPL have to be transparent, the same logic should apply to team selection as well. Everyone within the BCCI is so engrossed in dealing with the suspended IPL commissioner, that the follies of the selection committee are not being taken note of at all.
SPECIAL COMMENT - As hosts of the Hockey World Cup, India were expected to put up a much better show than what they did. Although eighth position sounds somewhat better than eleventh, which is what India finished at the last World Cup in 2006, the fact remains that the Indian team recorded just one victory and had four defeats.
SPECIAL COMMENT - As people came in droves to support the Indian team at the Major Dhyan Chand stadium since the World Cup got underway, one thing is clear; that hockey if supported adequately can still deliver. Sponsors - Hero Honda, SAIL and lately Shree Cement - have come forward to support the game.
VIEW FROM THE GROUND - The allegory is that like in the Indian wedding, there is chaos till the last minute, but after the first notes from the shehnai, everything falls in place. The unfortunate truth for the long suffering Indian citizen is this: everything is not falling in place...
BEHIND THE NEWS - The best possible deal that addresses the concerns of players, the Indian cricket board and the ten franchises. That's what has been delivered as far as the Indian Premier League's new 74-game formula, effective from season IV, is concerned.
VIEW FROM THE GROUND - Like all ideas coined in the West which carries sufficient depth of meaning in their cultures, Indians borrow the word and drop out the content. Like CAT, or DINKI, or YUPPY of the past, we are glibly mouthing Legacy in every second or third sentence, but what does it mean? Practically nothing!
Kicking off a World Cup South Africa 2010 Special Series exclusive to SportzPower, Tam Sports takes a look back at the 2006 World Cup, held from 9 June to 9 July 2006 in Germany, and for which the footballing powerhouse had won the right to host the event in July 2000.
WORLD CUP SA INTERFACE - With the entire world including India gripped by soccer mania, these are exciting times for ESPN Star Sports, which has the Fifa World Cup South Africa broadcast rights for South Asia region, as ESPN Software director - business development & corporate communication Rathindra Basu explains.
An event of the magnitude and stature of the Fifa World Cup with passionate fans in each and every country, including cricket crazy India, has many tangible and intangible benefits for the stakeholders in the event, apart from the highest level of competitive football that is on display.
COMMENT - If Lalit Modi is accountable for all his actions, if things in IPL have to be transparent, the same logic should apply to team selection as well. Everyone within the BCCI is so engrossed in dealing with the suspended IPL commissioner, that the follies of the selection committee are not being taken note of at all.
SPECIAL COMMENT - As hosts of the Hockey World Cup, India were expected to put up a much better show than what they did. Although eighth position sounds somewhat better than eleventh, which is what India finished at the last World Cup in 2006, the fact remains that the Indian team recorded just one victory and had four defeats.
SPECIAL COMMENT - As people came in droves to support the Indian team at the Major Dhyan Chand stadium since the World Cup got underway, one thing is clear; that hockey if supported adequately can still deliver. Sponsors - Hero Honda, SAIL and lately Shree Cement - have come forward to support the game.
