Another tinge of glamour was added to the Indian Cricket League (ICL) recently, when it introduced the nation’s premium indigenous Indian Cheerleading Squad called 'ICL Zeebras'. The “Queen Cheerleader of the squad was none other than the hot and sensational Rakhi Sawant, who surely got the crowd on cloud-9 with her seductive moves. 

At the Sawai Man Singh Stadium on Tuesday, there was a difference in the regular hustle bustle.

The focus was on Greg Chappell wearing the Australian colours. The Australian team is in Jaipur for a weeklong conditioning camp. Thereafter the team moves to Hyderabad for a 4-day practice match from Oct 2, followed by Test Matches at Bangalore,,Mohali, New Delhi and  Nagpur.

Sushil Kumar, the bronze medal winner at the Olympics for boxing is being honored with more rewards. Recently he was awarded a cash prize of Rs 5 lakh at a felicitation function in Chennai. 

Sushil, who is just 25 years old, made India proud when he won the bronze medal in the 66 kg freestyle event at the Beijing Games. At the function in Chennai, this proud winner said, “My first target is winning the gold in 2010 Commonwealth Games. I have started the preparations. Then I will focus on winning gold at the 2012 London Olympics.”

The Kerala High Court on Tuesday, issued a temporary cancellation on the government’s takeover of the Trivandrum golf club, on the pretext of procedural violations. 

Bangladesh vice-captain Mashrafe Mortaza claimed that he was presented with an offer of Rs 10 crore by the Indian Cricket League (ICL). However, he rejected the offer. 

Speaking with reporters, the all-rounder said, “I turned down an offer of Rs.10 crore from the ICL authority. I had been offered Rs.8 crore before it was raised to Rs.10 crore.”

“Money is important and no doubt all professional players play for money. But in my opinion for a player's first priority should be his country,” he added.

In a significant move, Olympic gold medalist Abhinav Bindra has declared to come up with a nationwide chain of 500 public schools. According to Abhinav, the main aim of these schools will be to impart quality education, training in sports and develop the overall character of the future generation.