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ESS Gets Broadcast Rights For Olympics 2012

ESPN has got the broadcast rights for next Olympics. These exclusive television rights cover cable and satellite television with the International Olympic Committee for the Vancouver 2010 and London 2012 Olympic Games.

These rights will equip ESPN to telecast in 22 countries across the Indian subcontinent and South East Asia along with EPSN will give complete coverage of the Olympics.

Jenner doesn't have any magic formula

Australian legend Shane Warne’s mentor, Terry Jenner termed alignment as a basic problem in young spinners. The Australian is here on the invitation of the Delhi & District Cricket Association (DDCA) to provide inputs to the city's young spinners.

He was happy to see the attendance at the Ferozshah Kotla here on Monday where as many as 50 youngsters were present to take tips from him. Jenner said that even a national-level camp in Australia wouldn't have so many spinners as he is seeing in Ferozshah Kotla. He termed it unfortunate to invite coach from abroad when the country possesses a good pool of talent.

Paes-Dlouhy, Bhupathi-Knowles get 1st round byes

The USD 2,615,000 ATP Rogers Masters, which are to begin from Tuesday, saw Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi getting the first round byes with their respective partners.

Chandhok’s first win of the season in the Formula 1

The 24-year-old Karun Chandhok has recorded his second career victory in the Formula 1 feeder category. He recorded his current race win of 2008 GP2 Series in Hockenheim. The young driver recorded his first win in motor sport at Spa last year. This is a rare victory for India in formula 1.  

He started from pole position and lost at the start of to Renault F1 test driver Lucas di Grassi. Red Bull, Punj Lloyd, JK Tyre, Amaron, ICSA Logistics and Sidvin were also backed him.

After so many efforts he took lead over Spitzkehre and the Mercedes Arena. With time he came under huge pressure from Andi Zuber of Piquet Sports for the last 20 laps of the race but he managed to score victory for the iSport International team.

Mendis Set For Selection

Mendis set for selection The cricket selection committee of Sri Lanka will meet on Monday. It will be headed by former fast bowler Ashantha de Mel and decide the team players for first test match against India.

The agenda of meeting is to decide the 6th batsman and a new ball partner as main bowlers like Lasith Malinga and Farveez Maharoof are unable to play due to injuries. The test match is starting on July 23.

De Mel said that he is happy with the performance of the openers who played in the last Test series against West Indies. Malintha Warnapura and Michael Van Dort will be selected for the test series.

Indian Girls Refuse To Play In Bikinis; Beach Volleyball Authorities Relax Dress Code

The first Indian World Beach Volley Ball tournament, which is to be held at Chennai, had been surrounded by controversies. The issue was that the Indian Women’s team completely refused to wear bikinis, which was the dress code of the tournament.

But now the authorities have relaxed the dress code and made it easy for the Indian Women players by introducing sleeveless t-shirt and short trouser. The team which was about to withdraw earlier will now play in the new introduced dress code.

However, international women teams will stick to the earlier dress code only. Zoe Chater, a French spiker, feels that it doesn’t matter what their attire is. In fact it’s the performance which matters at the end of the day.

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