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Be proud of Sharad Pawar. He is the only maharashtrain to have so much command and power. I have

the actual conversation between Sharad Pawar and Vijay Maliya.

Sharad Pawar : May-liya kasa ahey?
Vijay Maliya : I am doing fine, Sharad.
Sharad Pawar : May-liya, why you investing in F1?
Vijay Maliya : There is nothing to invest in Indian Sports.
Sharad Pawar : Arre May-liya, I am going read more »
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Yesterday’s Portugal Open win has brightened badminton rising star Anand Pawar’s chances of getting the much-needed BCCI grant for training in Denmark with legend Morten Frost

Anand Pawar pocketed the Portugal Open badminton title yesterday

AS a winning workaholic on the badminton court, Anand Pawar could have just won himself and his promising career a huge windfall with his win at the Po read more »
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In a what seems to be a lucrative deal for the owners of the Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise, nearly 60-65 per cent of their costs have been covered through sale of television rights to Sony-World Sports Group (WSG) for $1.026 billion, including $108 million by BCCI.

During the first and fifth year of IPL, the eight team owners will get 80 per cent of the total broadcasting revenues and read more »
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The cricketing world was left shocked after a series of controversial umpiring decisions and ‘unjust’ behaviour by the Australian players during the Sydney Test. It was followed by off-spinner Harbhajan Singh being banned for three Test matches for alleged racial abuse against Andrew Symonds. The ban came after an apparent one-sided hearing by match referee Mike Procter. Indian skipper Anil Kumbl read more »
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The BCCI said that it has no objection to superstar Shah Rukh Khan or any other film personality coming to watch international cricket matches involving the national side. read more »
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The master blaster declines the captiancy offer put forth to him by the BCCI. Tendulkar told CNN-IBN, “I don’t feel right about it at the moment.”rnTendulkar led India in 25 Tests, winning four and losing nine. He added saying he wants to give a chance to the younger players. If the captaincy was offered to Tendulkar then according to me Ganguly(the most successful captian) should be offered th read more »
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The BSE is at its all time high BUT the BCCI is at its all time low. India lose to Australia even after a brilliant opening partnership between Ganguly and Tendulkar. rnrnComment please:rnrnPS: I reqest all you guys to write more editorials rather than just copy pasting links. read more »
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BCCI president and Union minister Sharad Pawar [Images] is saying something or other -- actually, he is applauding the team, and Mahendra Singh Dhoni [Images] for his captaincy, first in English and in a sudden segue, briefly in Marathi.

The crowd can hear maybe one word in five; the rest read more »
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I-T dept eyes Team India’s T20 earnings; Kapil Dev feels they deserve their crores without tax cuts; BCCI says pay up.



The Income Tax department expects to get about a third of the crores that Team India has earned, following its T20 World Cup win. read more »
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In a surprise development, Rahul Dravid [Images] on Friday expressed his desire to step down as the captain of the Indian cricket team.

Dravid met BCCI Chief Sharad Pawar [Images] in New Delhi on Thursday and expressed his desire to relinquish the post. read more »
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BCCI has dismissed reports that Sachin Tendulkar is set to retire from one-day cricket.rnrnThere were reports that the master blaster had discussed quitting the ODI, with friends in order to extend his Test career.rnrnThe original retirement wala story is here Story on retirement read more »
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Rubbing shoulders with Brian Lara and Inzamam-ul-Haq would have otherwise remained a unfulfilled dream for many players in the domestic circuit, but after joining the Indian Cricket League, the likes of Kaushik Reddy are waiting for their day in the sun.

The Hyderabad Ranji players who were the first take the ICL plunge, showing the way to numerous others living their day in the domestic comp read more »
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The national selectors will assemble at the Cricket Centre, BCCI on Saturday to pick India’s first set of 30 players for the inaugural ICC World Twenty20 to be played in South Africa from September 11 to 24.

Discarded for the tour of Ireland, Scotland and for the Test series in England, Sehwag—who was the captain when India beat South Africa—will be a straightforward choice.

Sachin Tendulka read more »
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"It's extremely important to take the game to the grassroots level. Cricket needs to be taken to remote places in India and, I'm sure, that's one of the major points on the BCCI agenda. That's how this game will get bigger and better," Tendulkar said.

"Players from remote areas simply do not have access to play cricket. They need to be given opportunities to prove themselves by introduc read more »
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