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SC allows Srini to take charge
‘I’m happy as BCCI needs somebody’
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SA tour gets lifeline as BCCI invites CSA boss
India vs Australia
India series will help Aussies ahead of Ashes, says Brett Lee
Nadal says he’s done with tennis politics
HI appoints scientific adviser for juniors
Jwala meets Delhi Smashers, lawyers to plan action against ban
Milan to play behind closed doors over abusive chants
Applications for Bhim Awards
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SC allows Srini to take charge
New Delhi, October 8 A Bench comprising Justices AK Patnaik and JS Khehar also constituted a three-member panel headed by former Punjab and Haryana Chief Justice Mukul Mudgal to go into the allegations and submit its report as “early as possible, preferably within four months.” It also asked BCCI to extend all cooperation to the new probe panel in conducting the investigations. Additional Solicitor General N Nageshwar Rao and Assam Cricket Association member Nilay Dutta are the other members of the panel. The Bench had suggested the panel yesterday and asked BCCI and Cricket Association of Bihar (CAB) to give their views on the composition. Today, senior counsel Abhishek Singhvi and Aryaman Sundaram, appearing for CAB and BCCI respectively, told the SC that their clients had no objection to the proposed panel. The SC rejected CAB's plea for delaying the take-over of Srinivasan, who was re-elected as BCCI President on September 29 at Chennai, till the probe was over. “We don't want to commit judicial over-reach. We would like to remain within the parameters of this court. The more detached we are, better it is for us,” it remarked. The Bench made the observation when Singhvi persisted with his plea, contending that Srinivasan had stepped away as President on June 2 following the allegations against Meiyyappan, who was then the Team Principal of IPL franchise Chennai Super Kings (CSK) owned by Srinivasan's company, India Cements. Since then, Jagmohan Dalmia has been acting President and attended a meeting of the International Cricket Council (ICC) at London, besides handling the cricket team's tour of South Africa and presiding over a meeting at Kolkata. All this showed that BCCI could function smoothly even without Srinivasan and as such it would be advisable to keep him away till the probe was over. However, the Bench was not convinced. The SC made it clear that the constitution of the new probe panel did not amount to casting aspersions on the members of the BCCI-appointed committee that had already gone into the betting and fixing charges and given a clean chit to Meiyyappan and all others. The Bombay High Court had, however, ruled that BCCI had appointed the panel, including two retired judges of the Madras HC, in violation of its own
constitution. While the BCCI has come to the SC challenging the HC verdict, CAB which was a PIL petitioner in the HC has approached the apex court questioning the HC's refusal to appoint a fresh panel. Earlier, the SC had allowed Srinivasan to contest the BCCI election, but had asked him not to assume charge till further orders in case of getting elected. Yesterday, the Bench had rejected BCCI's plea for letting the Board to constitute another in-house panel. The Bench also clarified that Mumbai police which had filed a chargesheet on the betting and fixing allegations could pursue its case. |
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‘I’m happy as BCCI needs somebody’
New Delhi, October 8 The Tamil Nadu strongman did not seem too concern with a new committee being formed to look into the fixing scandal. “I have no comment on the new committee, Supreme Court has directly formed it. I have not a part of it. I’ve nothing to do with it.” Asked what would be his first task after taking over, Srinivasan refused to divulge anything. “I will tell about it later,” was all he said. — PTI |
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SA tour gets lifeline as BCCI invites CSA boss
New Delhi, October 8 “I have sent a formal invitation to the CSA president to come to India for a detailed discussion regarding the series. The dates of the proposed meeting is yet to be chalked out but the venue will either be Mumbai or Chennai. Once CSA informs us on the schedule of the president, we will announce the date of the meeting,” said BCCI Secretary Sanjay Patel. Patel informed that he has been in talks with the South African Board for some time now. “I had earlier informed the CSA that any discussion regarding the tour will only happen after the BCCI AGM. Once I took charge after the AGM, I started the dialogue with CSA. After having a round of discussions, I decided to extend an invitation to their president. He will meet the BCCI president as there are a host of issues to be discussed.” Patel also informed that he has expressed BCCI's dissatisfaction about CSA's decision to unilaterally announce the schedule of India's tour that contains three Tests, seven ODIs and two T20 Internationals.
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India vs Australia
Rohit's belief stemmed from the Australian cricketers' familiarity with Indian conditions and players due to the IPL and Champions League and cautioned the hosts to guard against complacency while taking on the visitors in the lone Twenty20 and seven-match ODI rubber. “They are a very competitive side with most of their players having featured in the IPL and Champions League. They know the Indian conditions well. We can't get complacent against them. Australia on a given day are a very dangerous side,” said Rohit. Rohit differed from the view that Australia have arrived in India with the least experienced squad and rated their batsmen as “match winners”. “They are still a very competitive side. Their batters are match winners. We have to be at our best against them.” Australia would be playing without their regular skipper Michael Clarke, who has opted out of the series due to a low back injury, and Rohit said the visitors would definitely “miss his experience”. Rohit also rubbished former Australian captain Ian Chappell's views that the upcoming ODI series has been “badly-timed” and will dent the team's morale by exposing its “glaring” batting frailties on spin-friendly tracks. “I don't agree with his views. For me, every series is important whenever it is played. India-Australia series is always important for cricketers from both sides. The last thing a player, a sporstperson wants is to sit back at home and not playing the game,” he said. Rain threat looms large over T20 game
Rajkot: Inclement weather could pose a threat to the India-Australia T20 international match here on Thursday with the Met Department forecasting rainfall over the next 48 hours. There was a heavy downpour this afternoon and unseasonal showers could disrupt the one-off T20 game to be held at the newly built SCA Stadium on the city's outskirts. However, Saurashtra Cricket Association (SCA) sources said the match isn't likely to be affected, as they have a good drainage mechanism in the stadium. “It had rained heavily for three days last week but the outfield and wickets were not affected,” they said. Meanwhile, BCCI curator for Western region, Dhiraj Parsana, said the Rajkot pitch was full of runs and will facilitate strokeplay.
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India series will help Aussies ahead of Ashes, says Brett Lee
New Delhi, October 8 “It is probably not the perfect timing but we always have to look at the positives. This is a great opportunity for this young Australian team to play cricket in the heat and dust of India, which would set them up for the toughest of conditions,” Lee said. “India is a place which helps you learn a lot; I learnt a lot playing here and hopefully this team would also gain from the experience. We have the Ashes coming up next month and this series will help the team.” Former Australian captain Ian Chappell had lambasted Cricket Australia for accepting the invitation for the series. Lee said the series would help the Australian team, which has been further weakened by the absence of skipper Michael Clarke. “I have read a lot about the comments that have been floating around but to my mind, having a young guy play in front of 100,000 people who think of cricket as religion, that’s huge. These seven ODIs would steel them up for all kinds of conditions.”
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Windies A tour
Hubli, October 8 Having won the first match comprehensively, West Indies A drew the second game to lead the series 1-0 and the hosts would quickly need to make amends to get back to winning ways in a must-win encounter. All eyes will be on Sehwag and Gambhir, both of whom require to shine with the bat in order to create a chance for themselves to make a comeback to the national side. The show put up by the duo in the previous unofficial 'Test' at Shimoga was disappointing with Gambhir scoring 11, Sehwag managing only seven. Sehwag has not scored a century in 30 Test innings, while Gambhir's dry run with the bat has seen him without a hundred in 40 innings since January 2010. Even pacer Zaheer Khan, who is also trying to get back into national reckoning, had a dismal outing in the last match with figures of two for 93. But the fact that it was a slow pitch, which hardly helped the seamers, and also that Zaheer was playing his first match after an year's gap could be taken into consideration. Zaheer has failed to take five wickets in a Test innings since October 2010, and his fitness and endurance have also been a concern. The trio would be keen to go out in a positive frame of mind and make a mark tomorrow.
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Nadal says he’s done with tennis politics
Nadal said on Tuesday at the Shanghai Masters, he still believes too many tournaments are on hard courts, but he’s done trying to influence ATP policymakers. “I am really out of politics, and I don’t want to be involved in politics of tennis anymore. I know even if you have strong ideas and even if you believe the changes are possible, there is always a wall there that is impossible to go over,” he said. “I say because it’s something that I think is going to be fair for the next generations if they are able to play (on) an easier surface for the body, to try to have a longer career, to try to be more healthy when they finish (their) careers,” he said, adding that he probably won’t be lucky enough to have that. Djokovic said later he shares Nadal’s frustrations with the slow pace of change at the top of the sport. “It’s been over five years that we all have been trying in different ways to effect some things regarding the schedule, tournaments, different formats,” he said. “But the system is rooted inside. It’s very difficult to change. I understand why Rafa is saying that he has had enough of it because at the end of the day you can’t do everything alone. It’s much deeper than that.” Nadal and Andy Murray have been the most outspoken critics of tour conditions in recent years, with Murray even floating the idea of a player strike two years ago if tour organisers didn’t take their complaints seriously. Nadal then criticised Roger Federer on the eve of last year’s Australian Open for allowing other players to lead the charge to make changes to the tour while he stayed above the fray to maintain his good reputation. Now it appears Nadal is done with the fight, as well. “What I am saying I am saying because it’s something that I feel,” he said. “If somebody from the ATP asks me, I will say the same things. But as always happened, nothing’s gonna change.”
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HI appoints scientific adviser for juniors
New Delhi, October 8 “Our junior team have performed well at the recently-concluded Sultan of Johar Cup and Eyles was hired to play a key role in the physical and mental fitness of our players, as they prepare for the World Cup”, said Hockey India secretary general Narinder Batra. He said Eyles would join the team soon. Eyles comes with good experience as he had worked with the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles (Australian Professional Rugby League Club) for almost two years as strength and conditioning coach. After completing his Human Movement Degree at the University of Technology Sydney, Matt worked with the Sports Science Unit at the Sydney Academy of Sport where he developed strength and conditioning programmes that assisted athletes competing at the national and international levels in sports such as swimming, surfing, rugby union and athletics. |
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Jwala meets Delhi Smashers, lawyers to plan action against ban New Delhi, October 8 The Badminton Association of India (BAI) had ruled out considering Jwala for selection in any international events in the next one month, pending a decision by the three-member committee that was formed on Monday by President Akhilesh Das Gupta. It means the Commonwealth Games gold medallist won't be able to play in Denmark and French Open. Jwala's father, Kranti Gutta said that they are weighing all options and hoped the Sports Ministry takes suo moto notice of the issue. “They have formed a committee and we have got the letter. We have kept open all options, including legal option. I hope the Sports Ministry takes suo moto notice of the issue,” Kranti Gutta said. “I hope the BAI realises that Jwala was not at fault and this issue gets sorted out as soon as possible.” Asked if the Sports Ministry is looking to interfere, an official said: “We have to look at the grounds on which we can intervene. So far, we have not been approached by anyone.” — PTI
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Milan to play behind closed doors over abusive chants
Rome, October 8 During Sunday's match against Juventus in Turin, hundreds of Milan supporters shouted "We are not Neapolitans", a chant the Naples daily Il Mattino said reflected long-standing contempt for the south by northern clubs. In the fiercely territorial world of Italian soccer, abusive rivalry between supporters of clubs in the rich north and those in the poorer south is not uncommon and Milan officials reacted with shock to the verdict by Serie A sporting judges. “To say I'm furious would be putting it mildly," Milan chief executive said.
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Applications for Bhim Awards
Chandigarh October 8 The performance of sportsperson would be assessed on the basis of their performance in international and national sports competitions held during last three years from April 1, 2010 to March 31, 2013. The sportspersons who have bagged first, second or third place in any of the recognized international or senior national sports event or participated in any of recognized international event would be considered.
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