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Aug 31 Vol 01, Issue 1015 TODAY'S TOP HEADLINES Non-partisan panel or SC must decide fate of Indian Hockey: Gill "We are ready to sit down with HI and sort out the issues. But we demand the committee should be formed under a retired Supreme Court judge and include five eminent sports personalities," Gill says Airbus parent EADS aboard Caterham F1 Team EADS joins not only our F1 team but the whole Caterham Group as we evolve from an F1 team into the wider automotive and specialist consultancy service that the various arms of Caterham Group represent. After cricket and hockey, it could be Indo-Pak football Talks about cricket and hockey bilateral series between India and Pakistan has raised hopes for the football administration to think on similar lines. IAF garners Rs15m sponsorship for Subrato Cup 2012 Indian Air Force explodese myth that there is no corporate funding for grassroots level sports, lapping up Rs15m in sponsorship for 53rd inter-schools Subroto Cup International football tournament Pepsi brings Dhoni, Ranbir Kapoor together on small screen for first time Pepsi, global sponsor of upcoming World Twenty20 2012 Sri Lanka, introduces latest campaign that "aims to celebrate nation’s zeal for the sport and more so the format" Maken announces marks for fitness plan The top 10 percentage of gender wise performers shall be given an additional 3% to the marks obtained by him/her in academic disciplines in a given academic year Corporate Games start from Nov 22 More than 1100 corporate employees from 60 corporate & public sector undertakings as well as members of Siri Fort Sports complex and Vasant Kunj Sports Complex would be competing in these games Perform Group delivers excellent H1 results; on track for strong 2012 performance Perform Group declares for the half year ended 30 June 2012 a highly impressive 49% revenue growth to £67.36m from £45.09m in the corresponding period in 2011. 11.2m watch Channel 4 coverage of Paralympic opening ceremony in UK Peak audience of 11.2 million watched Wednesday night's Channel 4 coverage of the London 2012 Paralympic Games opening ceremony in the UK - its biggest audience in over 10 years Headliner – False Start? Gender Determination in Sport. Historically, female athletes and sportswomen have been subject to an assortment of discriminatory practises that have affected their ability to participate in sporting events. The very first modern Olympic Games organised in 1896 at Athens prohibited women from competing, which restriction was lifted in the Paris 1900 Olympic Games.
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BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE
Reebok tells partners to exit with 50%(Financial Express ) Franchisees protest at company's doorstep(Business Standard ) Tour operators focus on sporting events(Mint ) Hero gears up for exports target with aggressive brand push(Mint ) Twitter targets ads based on interests(Economic Times ) Govt set to roll out cable TV digitisation from November(Financial Chronicle )
CRICKET
Deccan Chronicle in talks to sell their IPL team: Chairman TV Reddy(Economic Times ) PCB wants a match in Mohali during Indo-Pak series(Deccan Herald ) Dhoni asks BCCI for ‘better turners’ in home Tests(Indian Express ) T&T stars to stay with IPL clubs for CLT20(Indian Express ) South Africa dominate ICC team of the year, awards list(Reuters )
FOOTBALL
Adidas-Chelsea FC clinic kicks off in Mumbai (SportzPower ) Shrinivas Dempo: I don’t know what’s in Shah Rukh Khan’s mind(Goal ) Subroto Cup: Two European teams in fray(Times of India ) FIFA System Said to Approve Soccer Trading Cited as Irregular(Bloomberg )
MOTORSPORTS
Hamilton to be hard-nosed over F1 contract(Reuters ) Schumacher knows his limits(Reuters )
HOCKEY
Indo-Pak hockey: Only for the money(Times of India ) Warring hockey factions unperturbed by London(Hindustan Times )
TENNIS
Nadal Said to Reap $1.5 Million for Two Hours of Tennis at MSG(Bloomberg ) BTA gets sponsors(The Hindu )
GOLF
Deutsche Bank extends 4-yr sponsorship with PGA Tour(SportzPower )
BOXING
Poster girl for women's boxing is now Bollywood muse(Reuters )