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Pune Warriors Withdraw From Indian Premier League After Row With BCCI05 / 22 / 13The scandal-hit Indian Premier League on Tuesday "suffered yet another blow" with the Sahara Group-owned Pune Warriors India "withdrawing from the cash-rich event" due to the Board of Control for Cricket in India's decision to "encash the team's bank guarantee following a prolonged financial di... Tags: Franchises, India |
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NRL Asks Fans To Bail Out Stadium
National Rugby League fans are being asked to "bail out Eden Park, which is cash-strapped and weighed down by debt in the wake of the Rugby World Cup's euphoria," according to Bernard Orsman of the NEW ZEALAND HERALD. The cup's legacy is a 50,000-seat stadium NZ$55M ($45.8M) "in debt and struggling ...
Tags: Facilities, Asia
BCCI To Appoint New Selection Panel
The Board of Control for Cricket in India is "all set to revamp its senior selection committee" by making at least four changes in the five-man panel following the completion of their term, according to the PTI. Four members of the current panel, including Chief Selector Krishnamachari Srikkanth, ar ...
Pakistan Ready To Train Asian Players
The Pakistan Cricket Board is ready to "provide facilities at its state of the art National Cricket Academy to train and groom players of associate members of the Asian Cricket Council," according to IANS. A PCB official, demanding anonymity, said that the board had "completed its homework to provid ...
MLB Launches Mobile Game
Social gaming company CyberX Inc., which is a wholly owned subsidiary of CyberAgent, Inc. headquartered in Tokyo, announced the launch of a Major League Baseball-focused iOS mobile game, "MLB Stars Collection." Categorized as a "player battle game," users set out to build the most successful team by ...
Tags: Media, Japan, North America, MLB
World T20 Water Supplier Swapped
The official water of the World Twenty20 has been changed after several teams "have been struck down by gastric problems in the past week," according to Derek Pringle of the London TELEGRAPH. The Int'l Cricket Council has replaced LAUGFS Aqua System with a brand called American, "a considerable logi ...
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KBO Breaks Season Attendance Record
South Korea's top professional baseball league, the Korea Baseball Organization, "established a new single-season attendance record," according to the YONHAP NEWS. The previous record of 6,810,028 from last year was broken on Tuesday with fans reaching 6,810,926. The KBO said that the three games on ...
Tags: Leagues and Governing Bodies, Asia
ICC Criticized For Low Women's Rewards
The Int'l Cricket Council is "coming under fire on two fronts" at its World Twenty20 event in Sri Lanka, "as the striking gulf between the financial rewards on offer in the men's and women's competitions adds fresh embarrassment" to the chance that both could be disrupted by weather, according to An ...
Tags: Leagues and Governing Bodies, Asia
IOA Must Review Before Elections
The Indian Olympic Association on Monday decided to review the composition of its General Assembly before holding its elections, according to THE HINDU. Although it had already decided to hold the elections on Nov. 25, the IOA Exec Council that met on Monday also decided to form a standing committee ...
Singapore Cuts F1 Costs In Extension
Singapore said that its F1 race will "cost less to host in the coming five years and draw more visitors," according to Chen & Amin of BLOOMBERG. Singapore, the first to stage a night race for the Grand Prix, expects expenses to drop about 15-20%, according to the Ministry of Trade and Industry. ...
Tags: Leagues and Governing Bodies, Asia
Invicta Partners With Super Fight League
Invicta Fighting Championships and India-based Super Fight League revealed that the two Mixed Martial Arts promotions have formed a strategic alliance to develop women’s MMA talent out of India. The relationship is intended to support Invicta FC’s goals of identifying the best women&rsqu ...
