Most sports team fundraisers are time consuming activities that involve teams selling products or planning events only to get a portion of the profits. A new company called Direct Fundraising helps teams and groups raise money without selling or planning anything.-- Most sports team fundraisers are time consuming activities that involve teams selling products or planning events only to get a portion...
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was a day of glory for the hosts as three Indian teams entered the semifinals at the ISS Mumbai International Match Race 09 here today.Commander Mahesh's team crewed by Rajesh Dhulaji, Neeraj Sharma and P S Rao, managed to sail through every single match unfazed right through till the semi-finals. The other three teams to make it to the semi-finals which are being held tomorrow morning are the French,...
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Monday, came down heavily on the BCCI for sacking the national team bowling coach Venkatesh Prasad and fielding coach Robin Singh without looking into the good work they had done for the team.Kapil said both Prasad and Robin were doing a good job for the team and if they were sacked for the poor performance of the team then the manager should also have been held responsible."Both of them (Prasad and...
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September 2008, MK Kaushik was caught off guard when he was appointed coach of the men's national team. Trouble brewed when the Indian Women's Hockey Federation objected to the appointment and he eventually had to return to take charge of the women's team.A few players -- who chose to remain off the record that time -- even doubted his commitment to the women's team. But that, as they say, is all history....
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TERENGGANU: The Asian Match Racing Championships 2009 kicks off with a practise session at the Pulau Duyong yacht match racing circuit.One of the two Malaysian teams participating is Terengganu’s Team Taring Pelangi. The state is the host of the championship and the Monsoon Cup.Skipper Hazwan Hazim Dermawan said the team practised yesterday morning in “perfect” winds that was about five knots.The wind...
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Mercedes has confirmed a takeover of Brawn GP. New team to be called Mercedes Grand PrixMercedes-Benz has announced its takeover of the Brawn GP Formula 1 team. The team will be renamed Mercedes Grand Prix, after the German car manufacturer bought a 75.1 percent stake in the Ross Brawn-led squad. Of this, 45.1 percent is owned by Daimler while 30 percent is owned by Aabar Investments. The remaining...
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National Paintball League has announced the first Indian Professional Paintball teams for the 'World Cup Asia Paintball Tournament-2009' to be held at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from November 19 to 22.The 'NPL All Stars India' team was placed in the DIV 3 category and the 'NPL All Stars Bangalore' team in the DIV 4 category. Over 200 teams from all over the the world would pareticipate in the tournament....
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India's men's team booked a berth in the Champions Division of the 19th Asian Table Tennis Championships on the virtue of their final match appearance but the women team failed to cross the final hurdle here today.The men's team lost the final 2-3 to Korea but making the final was enough to seal them a berth in the next stage, which will begin tomorrow.The men's team blanked Pakistan 3-0 in men's before...
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nine-member Indian contingent, comprising the senior men and women's basketball team will leave for Vietnam tomorrow to particpate in the third Asian Indoor Games to be held from October 30 to November 8.The teams have been in National Coaching Camp at Bangalore since the last 10 days.Foreign coach Aleksandar Bucan will also leave with the men's team which has three players while the women's team has...
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Team Sky have confirmed the Italians Dario Cioni and Davide Vigano as their latest recruits.Sprinter Vigano, 25, and 34-year-old Cioni, whose best result was fourth in the 2005 Tour of Italy, take the team's roster to 24 riders.Dave Brailsford, team principal of Team Sky, said: "Vigano is a real talent on the brink of an international breakthrough. Team Sky is all about developing and bringing out...
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