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League Notes: Athletics Federation Of India Mulls Franchise-Based Athletics League

The Athletics Federation of India "is mulling on launching ambitious big prize money franchised-based league, which will have Olympic and world champions." Though the finer details are yet to be finalized, the proposed IAL "will be a franchised-based competition on the lines of Indian Premier League and Indian Badminton League." It will "also have some similarities with the prestigious 14-leg Diamond League Series organised by the world governing body IAAF each year" (PTI, 1/7). ... Jiu-jitsu clubs and training centers "are to open" across the UAE and sponsorship "will be offered to talented competitors." Sponsorship "will be provided by public and private entities, companies and institutions" (THE NATIONAL, 1/7). ... With an aim to "tap sporting talents" at a young age, the government is planning to set up 75 sports schools across the country. The budget for the project is around Rs 2,200 crore ($335M). As per the plan, during the pilot stage, "there will be one or two sports schools in each State and Union Territory and the scheme will be implemented over a period of three years" (PTI, 1/6).

SBJ Morning Buzzcast: March 25, 2024

NFL meeting preview; MLB's opening week ad effort and remembering Peter Angelos.

Big Get Jay Wright, March Madness is upon us and ESPN locks up CFP

On this week’s pod, our Big Get is CBS Sports college basketball analyst Jay Wright. The NCAA Championship-winning coach shares his insight with SBJ’s Austin Karp on key hoops issues and why being well dressed is an important part of his success. Also on the show, Poynter Institute senior writer Tom Jones shares who he has up and who is down in sports media. Later, SBJ’s Ben Portnoy talks the latest on ESPN’s CFP extension and who CBS, TNT Sports and ESPN need to make deep runs in the men’s and women's NCAA basketball tournaments.

SBJ I Factor: Nana-Yaw Asamoah

SBJ I Factor features an interview with AMB Sports and Entertainment Chief Commercial Office Nana-Yaw Asamoah. Asamoah, who moved over to AMBSE last year after 14 years at the NFL, talks with SBJ’s Ben Fischer about how his role model parents and older sisters pushed him to shrive, how the power of lifelong learning fuels successful people, and why AMBSE was an opportunity he could not pass up. Asamoah is 2021 SBJ Forty Under 40 honoree. SBJ I Factor is a monthly podcast offering interviews with sports executives who have been recipients of one of the magazine’s awards.

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