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Focus Of IPL Cricket Betting Scandal Shifts To Chennai Super Kings CEO05 / 24 / 13The latest in a series of scandals to engulf the Indian Premier League deepened on Thursday, as police investigating betting corruption allegations "moved to question the chief executive of one of the event’s leading teams," according to James Crabtree of the FINANCIAL TIMES. Mumbai police off... |
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IOA Pledges Commitment To Rules
The Indian Olympic Association "has pledged firm commitment to Olympic Charter and to fight against government interference in the wake of its parent body's threat of disaffiliation if it goes ahead with its upcoming elections under sports ministry guidelines," according to the PTI. IOA acting Presi ...
IOA Says India Can Avoid Suspension
Indian Olympic Association Secretary General Randhir Singh said that the organization "can still avoid an Olympic suspension by calling off its controversial" election on Wednesday, according to Sudipto Ganguly of REUTERS. The IOC "will propose the suspension" to its exec board next week after being ...
India Could Face Olympic Suspension
The IOC made it clear that it will "propose the suspension" of the Indian Olympic Association in its exec board meeting early next month if the upcoming IOA elections are "held under the government's Sports Code," according to the PTI. The development has "put the controversial polls under a cloud." ...
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The Int'l Cycling Union (UCI) has revealed that the Professional Cycling Council has accepted the request filed by Italian media company RCS to modify the dates of the Milano-Sanremo and Il Lombardia events in '13. The two races will both take place on a Sunday: March 17 for Milano-Sanremo and Oct. ...
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IOA Slams Gov't Over Letter To IOC
The Indian Olympic Association "has strongly objected to the Sports Ministry's letter to the IOC that sought a meeting with the world body and requested the Dec. 5 IOA elections be put off," according to the Delhi MAIL TODAY. Sports Ministry Secretary PK Deb had written to IOC President Jacques Rogg ...
IPL Signs Pepsi As New Title Sponsor
The Indian Premier League "showed it has not lost its sheen as a brand when it roped in" Pepsi as title sponsor for the next five years, according to the GULF NEWS. Pepsi, which has been associated with cricket sponsorships in India for more than two decades, offered $71.93M "to outbid" mobile servi ...
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Media Ask ICC To Intervene In Dispute
Media organizations have called on the International Cricket Council to intervene in a dispute over media coverage restrictions of the Test series between India and England, saying the row is "damaging the game," according to the AFP. The News Media Coalition, writing on behalf of a group of news ag ...
IOC Criticizes Cricket Photo Ban
The IOC "has criticised Indian cricket authorities, accusing them of attacking press freedom by preventing photographers from covering games between Indian and England," according to the London TELEGRAPH. IOC Press Commission Chair Kevan Gosper has asked the Int'l Cricket Council "to intervene to al ...
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BCCI Owes TV Channel $21.7M
The Board of Control for Cricket in India will pay more than Rs 120 crore ($21.7M) in damages to Zee Entertainment Enterprises for "arbitrarily" terminating in '07 its five-year contract with the TV channel for telecast rights of India's cricket matches played abroad, according to Dhananjay Mahapatr ...
IOA Elections To Be Postponed
The elections for the Indian Olympic Association, scheduled to be held on Sunday, looked "likely to be postponed" following the resignation of Election Committee Chair S. Y. Quraishi on Saturday, according to THE HINDU. On a day "when scrutiny of nominations was scheduled, Quraishi’s resignati ...
