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Dec 28 Vol 01, Issue 1113 TODAY'S TOP HEADLINES Aircel Chennai Open attracts all three top Indian doubles players; Paes joins Bhupathi and Bopanna Paes is pairing with Roger Vasselin and will be looking to complete a hat-trick in Chennai following the 2011 and 2012 titles PGTI announces calendar for Jan-May 2013 The Professional Golf Tour of India’s season will tee-off with the Euro 200,000 Gujarat Kensville Open in Ahmedabad on January 31, which will be followed by six back to back events being played till March 17, 2013 HI inducts Mumbai Hockey Association into its fold Hockey India now has six associate members, with 30 affiliated members and two other members through state Olympic Associations Emirates and ATP announce new global partnership As part of the five-year deal, Emirates becomes an official platinum partner of the ATP World Tour, as well as the season-ending Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, through 2017 Longines becomes FEI top partner with historic long-term deal Under the new agreement – which marks the biggest sponsorship deal ever brokered by the FEI – Longines becomes the official top partner, official timekeeper and official watch of the International Equestrian Federation Headliner – Penny-Wise: Tax Structuring by Athletes through Incorporation It has become a fairly regular and widely accepted practice among many high profile athletes to incorporate separate legal entities. These legal entities are usually in the form of ‘loan out’ corporations wholly owned by the athlete. Typically the athlete then becomes an ‘employee’ of his own corporation, and the primary function of such corporation is to loan out the services or the image rights of the athlete to third parties.
FROM THE HOME PAGE   VIEW POINT Why Pepsi and Aircel should be worried SPORTZPOWER VIEW - It will do no good for these big brands and similar others associated with the IPL to be seen supporting an event which is perceived as the root cause for the falling standards of the game, leading to national shame COMMMENTARY A Word About The Pause Ability value of the pause. It illuminates perspectives, on how even in a high adrenaline laced environment, there is always more time than one thinks one has
BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE
'India ranks a low 40th amongst 50 most dynamic economies'(Financial Express ) Volvo Cars enters Gujarat market, appoints a dealer(The Economic Times ) Rishad Premji may get board seat on Wipro Enterprises(The Economic Times ) Audi to raise prices by up to Rs 3.69 lakh from January 1(The Economic Times )
CRICKET
Pakistan aim to host India in August(The Times of India ) Cricket: 'Give iconic status to India-Pakistan series'(The Economic Times ) Will India learn from history?(Hindustan Times ) Cricket: MS Dhoni should be rested as captain from all 3 formats: Sunil Gavaskar(The Economic Times )
FOOTBALL
AIFF drags feet on Mohun Bagan issue(The Times of India ) Our decision would be neutral, unbiased, impartial: AIFF VP (Business Standard ) Indian-owned Blackburn fire manager, Forest name McLeish(Reuters )
MOTORSPORTS
Schumi, Hamilton hit headlines for different reasons(Deccan Herald) Stage set for final leg of Autocross (Deccan Herald )
YEAR-ENDER
Can badminton become India’s next big comm sport in 2013?(Money Control ) Vettel showed he's class apart in 2012 F1 season(The Economic Times ) Need to capitalise on London Olympic Games success to scale our performance(India Today ) When off-court events dominated(The Hindu )
OTHER SPORTS
Bhanot set to face IOA heat(Indian Express ) Archers face testing conditions(The Hindu ) Now, taekwondo body suspended(DNA ) Shortage of duck feathers has put shuttlecock manufacturing hubs in jeopardy(The Economic Times )