Bookies menace is rife in India
Though the International Cricket Council (ICC) is investigating a report made by the Australian team that one of its players was approached by a suspected bookmaker at their London hotel after the Lord’’s Test, the problem of illegal bookies approaching cricketers is rife in India.
””This is a massive problem that has its tentacles at all the high levels of the game”” .
Therefore, the targeting of one of the best-paid international cricketers in the world to influence the most prestigious series in the game only shows the growing audacity of illegal bookmakers, whose criminal operations include murder, death threats and entrapment.
However, according to a report in the sydney Morning Herald, any scrutiny is unlikely to discourage illegal bookmakers, who will continue to feed off cricket so long as there is such disparity in pay among the game’’s international elite.
Australian players earn up to 10 times more than peers from other Test-playing nations. If the Ashes can be targeted, what chance the new Twenty20 leagues?
Already there is widespread innuendo, all unsubstantiated, that matches in the Indian Cricket League were fixed.
Some Australian players also have concerns that bookmakers influenced a high-profile international star during the first Indian Premier League season.
””People also need to understand that this is not about match-fixing directly influencing a result, it’’s about spread betting. It could be about bowling a wide with the fourth ball of the 16th over, losing a wicket at a certain time in the match. We”re talking hundreds of millions of dollars here. This is heavy stuff, like the mafia.”
Officials are remaining tight lipped about
the Australian player episode, which is said to have taken place in the lobby of the Royal Kensington Garden Hotel.
””We did everything to the letter of the law,”” Australian captain Ricky Ponting said.
England captain Andrew Strauss said there had been no approaches made to his team.
European Super League will be reality in 10 years says Wenger
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger believes that the idea of a European Super League could be a reality in 10 years” time, as he felt that the growing number of clubs could not be accomodated by the Champions League alone.
Wenger said that he has nothing against Europe’’s elite competition in its current format, but he envisaged a time when a more exclusive trophy could be on offer.
“I see more
a European league developing over time rather than one team going out of the country. The national leagues will survive, but maybe in
10 years, you will have
a European league.”
“I”m not sure 100 percent that I”m right, but I feel inside our game there are some voices behind the scenes coming up to do something about that, especially if the rules become too restrictive for these clubs”.
The 59-year-old further said that he believes only in sporting merit, therefore if a championship is constructed it should be on a system of merit, rather than wealth.
“If such a league is created, it has to be by transfers up and down, although that is practically very difficult to resolve and we do not want to kill the national leagues. Teams would have to play in both the European league in midweek and the national league at the weekend. It means all these teams have two teams,”
Wenger said.
Egyptian expert specially called to restore 4,500-year-old mummy in Hyderabad
Tarek el Awady, director of Scientific Research in the Supreme Council of Antiquities, Egypt has specially arrived in India on Wednesday to help in restoring a mummy preserved at the State Archaeological Museum in Hyderabad.
The mummy is on display at the museum since 1930. It is believed that 1.40 metre long mummy lying in an airtight enclosure is of Nasihu, daughter of the sixth Pharaoh of Egypt who was around 16 or 18 years when she died during pregnancy.
Chandrayaan-2 will reach skies soon
Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has completed the design process of its ambitious moon mission, Chandrayaan-2, after successfully launching its first ever unmanned Channdrayaan-1 earlier this year. ISRO Chairman G Madhavan Nair said that the space agency is currently working on the orbital flight vehicle, while it will get lunar craft from Russia under mutual agreement.
Mr. Nair added: ”The landing of the rover would be decided after we analyse the data sent by Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft. Now we are set to build a prototype of Chandrayaan-2 and this would happen next year. We will build upon our success with Chandrayaan-1.”
He said that ISRO has received some important climatic and radio based clues from its first mission, and it will try to overcome causes of malfunctioning, like experienced by ‘Star Sensor’ on Chandrayaan-1, in April this year.
Mr Nair expressed satisfaction over the success of Chanrayaan-1, adding that ISRO has achieved 95 percent of the scientific objective of Chandrayaan-1 while the remaining would be achieved in the coming months.
The ISRO Chief further added: “The redundancy factor would be the utmost on the minds of the scientists working on Chandrayaan-2 after their good experience with the first mission.”
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Lampard gives his boots to female fan
Ace footballer Frank Lampard presented one of his female fans with his boots as she flashed her smile and a shapely figure.
The Chelsea midfielder was swept off the feet as his fan whipped off her shirt to reveal her yellow bra after his team won the Community Shield at Wembley.
The 31-year-old was so impressed that he gave her a kiss and handed over his white boots, which carried the name of his daughters Luna and Isla.
England footballer has urged his teammates to win the 2010 World Cup as a tribute to Sir Bobby Robson, the former national coach who died at the age of 76 on July 31 after a long battle with cancer.
He admitted that the death of Robson has hurt the Three Lions squad, and said that it made them even more determined to succeed in the tournament, which would be held in South Africa next year.
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UK-India Business Council.
British students completing their business and finance related courses are keen to gain work experience in companies based in India, according to the UK-India Business Council.
Ten British students from various universities have begun their work experience with Indian companies on winning the UK-India Business Council (UKIBC) Scholarship Scheme 2009.
“UKIBC has noticed a clear trend where British students are keen to gain work experience in India and are looking to start their career with Indian companies. They see this work experience opportunity as a way to assess whether the Indian work environment is a suitable place to explore such a career opportunity,” a UKIBC spokesperson said.
The 10 students have secured paid work experience with a range of companies based in India from banks to social enterprises.
The scholarship offers an opportunity to gain work experience in an emerging market and adds to their attractiveness as a potential employee.
Ms Sharon Bamford, the chief executive officer of UKIBC, said: “This exchange will strengthen our aim to position ‘modern’ India in the minds of the next generation and also strengthen the business, trade and investment ties between India and the United Kingdom.”
