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Jan 16 Vol 01, Issue 1125 TODAY'S TOP HEADLINES IMG-R's franchise based league set for lift-off as AIFF slots window in calendar IMG-Reliance finally ready to unveil details of franchise based football league it has long been incubating after AIFF announces a window for the tournament ICC Women’s World Cup: Ball in BCCI's court ICC expected to meet Wednesday to assess the situation arising out of threats issued by right wing groups not to allow the Pakistani team to participate in the upcoming Women's World Cup Facing political heat, HIL releases all 9 Pakistan players "The interest of athletes/players will be fully protected. The full contracted amount for the respective player from Pakistan for 2013 will be cleared in full and HI stands guarantee for this payment" AIFF oks 2 new corporate teams; ONGC, Air India set for I-League boot Mumbai’s Dodsal FC and Pune’s DSK Shivajians are in contention to gain direct entry to the I-League. However, the AIFF is also looking for teams from Bangalore and New Delhi ManU scores 2 sponsorship deals in China Red Devils announce three-year sponsorship deals with Chinese soft drinks major Wahaha and leading banking group China Construction Bank ATP CEO Drewett diagnosed with motor neurone disease, stepping down Brad Drewett in transition period as ATP executive chairman and president after being diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease (also known as ALS or Lou Gehrig’s Disease) 'SportzPower' goes fully-paid; access to invaluable content only for Exclusive Subscribers All information available on SportzPower.com and delivered through SportzPower Daily and SportzPower Evening Edition will be only accessible for Exclusive Subscribers beginning 29 January 2013 at the price of less than a cup of coffee Learning Module – Immigration Procedures and Requirements for Athletes in the United States of America The United States of America (“US”) is one of the most sought after destinations for athletes, entertainers, performers and artists. From college leagues to professional teams, the platform offered to a sportsman in terms of education, training and performance in the US is perhaps the best in the world.
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BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE
Hero MotoCorp eyes rural India to beat competition from Honda Motor Co (Economic Times ) India Inc gives global brands a run for their money(Hindu Business Line ) Competition Commission to look into Diageo, USL merger (Mint ) Sanjay Kapoor, Bharti’s India & South Asia CEO, quits (The Times of India ) Toyota retakes global auto sales crown from General Motors (Financial Express )
CRICKET
Kumble questions BCCI`s age-verification process at WC meeting(Zee News ) Pak team pulls out of B’lore meet(Deccan Herald ) BCCI leaves venue issue to ICC(Hindustan Times ) Women's World Cup: Pakistan dismisses 'pulling out' speculations; writes to ICC on security concerns(NDTV )
FOOTBALL
Patel to meet Blatter, to discuss under-17 WC bid(The Hindu ) ‘It’s a challenge to start from scratch’(Telegraph ) Total lifting of ban surprising: Baichung Bhutia(Times of India ) ONGC, Air India get the pink slip from I-League(Times of India ) Gulf Cup targets Fifa recognition(Gulf News )
HOCKEY
HIL likely to boost hockey market(Indian express ) Sport diminishes when it aligns with prejudice: Ric Charlesworth (Times of India )
LANCE ARMSTRONG DOPING
Armstrong scandal could see cycling dropped from Olympics (Reuters ) IOC to strip shamed Armstrong of his Olympic medal after Oprah confession airs (Daily Mail ) For Armstrong, legal headaches could worsen in wake of admission (Reuters ) Unhappy WADA not participating in UCI's Armstrong probe (Reuters )
IOA ELECTIONS
Chautala’s IOA decides to go ahead with EC meeting (Deccan Herald ) Apply directly to us, OCA tells Sports Federations (Times of India )
SHOOTING
Women shooters allegedly manhandled by official (Hindustan Times)