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India Cements says BCCI's chief's kin not owner of IPL CSK

the eye of a storm following betting charges against IPL Chennai Super Kings franchisee owner and BCCI president N Srinivasan's son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan, India Cements today sought to distance itself from the controversy.A terse statement issued by India Cements, which owns the CSK Team, clarified Gurunath Meiyappan was neither the owner nor CEO, Team Principal of Chennai Super Kings. Mr Gurunath...

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Spot fixing in IPL gives bad feeling: Nitish

Exasperated with the spot fixing in IPL, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today said such activities hurts the sentiments of the connoisseurs of sports and ruins sportsmanship.Reacting over the issue of spot fixing in the IPL surfaced recently sending wrong message down the lines specially among the connoisseurs of sports, Mr Kumar told newspersons here that cricket has been extremely commercialised...

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Europa League winners to get Champions League place - UEFA

Europa League winners in 2015 will qualify for the Champions League the following season, UEFA general secretary Gianni Infantino said today.Sixteen teams rather than the current six will also qualify directly for the group stages of UEFA's secondary competition in a bid to boost its prestige and attraction to sponsors. The decision was taken after detailed discussions between the European Club As...

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Elaborate arrangements made for CS (P) Examination

Puducherry Administration has made elaborate arrangements for the conduct of the All India Civil Service Priliminary Examination 2013 here on May 26.According to an official statement here today, as many as 2,900 candidates will appear for the examination at eight centres in Puducherry. T Srikanth IAS, Chief Electoral Officer is Coordinating Supervisor and S D Sunderasan, Transport Commissioner, is...

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TTD JEO inspects Srivari Temple, Dhyanmandir, in New Delhi

Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) Joint Executive Officer, Tirupati, P Venkatrami Reddy today inspected the ongoing arrangements for the opening of the Srivari Temple and Dhyanmandir in the national capital.He directed the officials of TTD not to compromise on the arrangements for the huge success of the opening programme which is slated for May 29 and 30. Meanwhile, with an aim to spread Sri V...

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Indian challenge at British Open ends with Pallikal's outster

India's challenge at the British Open Squash Championships came to end after promising female squash player Dipika Pallikal went down 1-3 to second seed Laura Massaro of England in the pre-quarters at the KC Stadium here. Earlier, Indian men's challenge had ended on Wednesday with the defeat of Saurav Ghosal, who lost his pre-quarterfinal match to France's Gaultier 8-11 13-11 7-11 0-11.In the match...

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Spotted deer dies searching for water

12-year-old male spotted deer succumbed to injuries sustained while it fervently searched for water near Big Lake at Thuraiyur near here today.According to Forest Department sources, due to severe drought, the water sources dried up. The deer might have came out of the nearby forest area searching for water and in the process received multiple injuries.On information, a team of forest officials rushed...

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European soccer final adds new chapter to Adidas-Puma rivalry

German sportswear makers Adidas and Puma will renew their own decades-old rivalry when Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund meet in the Champions League Final at Wembley tomorrow.Adidas is the long-standing kit supplier to Bayern and owns a stake of around nine percent in the Bavarian club, while Puma became the sportswear partner of Dortmund a year ago. The German companies were set up after a falling...

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Platini repeats call for European sports police force

UEFA president Michel Platini renewed his call for the formation of a European sports police force today, telling delegates at the opening of the UEFA Congress he was upset that his appeal for one had been ignored for six years."Six years ago now, in response toproblems of betting, corruption and match-fixing, as well as the problems of hooliganism and doping, I called for the establishment of a European...

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