Cricket
February 17th, 2010
By Nick Harris
17 February 2010
The Indian government today reacted bullishly to terrorist threats against the forthcoming hockey World Cup, the 2010 IPL season and the Commonwealth Games by promising to provide “full protection” to every player, coach and official involved. In addition, the Delhi police have claimed that “foolproof” security arrangements are in place.
India suffered its latest terrorist attack on Saturday when a bakery in Pune was bombed. The death toll, which includes two foreigners, rose to 11 today after a student from Delhi died from injuries sustained in the blast. Another 60 people were injured. A hitherto unknown group...
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February 16th, 2010
By Nick Harris
16 February 2010
The identity of the Premier League football club that has expressed an interest in buying an Indian Premier League cricket franchise will be revealed when the tender process opens next month according to a BBC report, although the IPL's commissioner, Lalit Modi, has told sportingintelligence by email this afternoon that the "fruit in the pudding" (the "proof of the pudding" of the story) will be "on bidding day".
Modi says: "We have had over 30 people evince interest within the first few weeks of announcing the sale of the two teams. For now I can tell you that...
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February 8th, 2010
8 February 2010
The Rajasthan Royals IPL franchise is to establish partnerships with other cricket teams around the world to start what is being marketed as "the world’s first global sporting franchise". The BBC reports on the development, which centres on Twenty20 cricket and was launched at Lord's today, in this article.
Existing sides in different countries will be re-branded under a Royals umbrella (Royals2020), with various degrees of co-operation between them, including an exchange of players.
A press release said: "The founding teams will represent the major cricket playing countries of the world. India is represented by the Rajasthan Royals – winners...
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