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Sep 28 Vol 01, Issue 1038 TODAY'S TOP HEADLINES 'BCCI at liberty to advertise for another franchise' POWER INTERFACE - BCCI president N Srinivasan announces the various new committees and shares some other highlights after the board's EGM Nike Q1 2012 net down 12% to $567m Negative numbers the world's largest sportswear company by revenues recorded, the first in three years, were spurred by declining orders from China, media reports aver IBF polls: 2 newly-elected office bearers decline to accept their posts The IBF election results, which were "scripted" to ensure that outgoing president Abhay Chautala retained control over the association, appears to be unravelling USA Grand Prix declared ‘race ready’ by FIA Circuit of The Americas in Texas declared ready to host the 2012 Formula 1 United States GP on 18 Nov; green signal given after final pre-race inspection by the FIA on 25 Sep BCCI names Sandeep Patil as selection panel head Sandeep Patil replaces Kris Srikkanth as the chairman of India’s national selection committee, as announced after BCCI's 83rd annual general meeting Delhi to host NBA National C'ship on 4 Oct Five cities hosted season three of the Mahindra NBA Challenge; programme began in Mumbai in last November and was followed by Delhi, Kochi, Bangalore and Ludhiana OCA to visit 2019 Asian Games bid cities next week Olympic Council of Asia will send a three-strong evaluation committee to the three cities bidding to host the Asian Games in 2019 next week Headliner – What a Racket! Fair Play and the Olympic Games In the recently concluded London 2012 Olympic Games (“Games”), eight female badminton players from three Asian nations were disqualified by the International Olympic Committee (“IOC”) and the Badminton World Federation (“BWF”) for trying to lose their matches on purpose in order to gain a more favourable draw in the knockout stages of doubles competition.
FROM THE HOME PAGE   VIEW POINT 'UFC does not look at SFL as competition; we will concentrate on doing our thing right' ULTIMATE Fighting Championship (UFC) chairman and CEO Lorenzo Fertitta COMMMENTARY Doubling Up INSIDE OUT - In an era of uncertainty, the irony is that the single-handed backhand has been the most reliable and bankable aspect of the golden era in tennis
BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE
‘Private banks imprudent lenders to DCHL’(Mint )
CRICKET
BCCI finally goes the corporate way(DNA ) Beware...the Curse of the IPL? (New York Times ) Narhari Amin takes GCA fight to BCCI(Times of India ) ICC urged to give Afghanistan associate membership(Reuters )
FOOTBALL
Venky's have left Blackburn in a mess, says Henchoz(Reuters ) India hold China, end AFC U-16 Football with head held high (The Hindu )
MOTORSPORTS
Thailand close to Formula One race deal - report(Reuters ) Lewis Hamilton to join Mercedes in $100m move from McLaren, signing a three-year deal (Telegraph ) Schumacher a 'difficult decision' for Mercedes(Reuters ) FIA agrees 'modesty panels' for 2013 F1 cars (Times of India )
TENNIS
Deccan Gymkhana to host All India Ranking Championship Tennis Series(SportzPower ) BBC Chief wants more Wimbledon night matches (Monterey Herald )
GOLF
Golf’s new face(Mint )
OTHER SPORTS
2013 UCI BMX World Championships extended by a day(SportzPower ) Tour of Britain sees biggest ever television audience (SportzPower ) UNICEF ropes in Deepika Kumari as celebrity supporter(DNA ) WADA to IOC: Need to change drug testing tactics (Indian Express )
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