#Sportonomics

Indian men's team thrashed Pakistan  and Women's team thrashed Malaysia in Pearls 3^rd Kabaddi World Cup finale.

India vs Pakistan (Men's Final)

Match was played at Guru Nanak Stadium, Ludhiana, Punjab. India defeated Pakistan by 59-22. Prize money for the winning team was awarded Rs. 2 crore while the runners-up were given Rs. 1 crore. The Canada Kabaddi team ended on third position and were awarded a sum of RS 75 lakhs. Gagandeep Singh Gaggi and Eakam Hathur got Preet Tractors as prize after being declared as best raider and best stopper.

India vs Malaysia(Women's Final)

In women's final India won by a huge margin of 77-12. Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal handed over prize money cheque of Rs. 51 lakh to the winning team while the runners-up took home Rs. 31 lakh.The third position holder Denmark women Kabbadi team took the prize money of Rs. 21 lakh. Priyanka Devi was declared the best raider and Jatinder Kaur was declared best stopper in the women`s section. Both players were awarded with a Honda motor cycle each worth Rs.55,000. 

Interesting  Facts-

-Katrina Kaif, Sukhvinder Singh, Diljit Dosanjh and Satinder Satti performed in Closing Ceremony on 15^th Dec., 2012. 

-Akshay Kumar, Asin and Himesh Reshamiya performed in Opening Cermony on 1^st Dec,2012.

- Ludhiana municipal corporation announced free bus rides for the residents of the Ludhiana city on Kabaddi world cup final day so that all those willing to attend the kabaddi match could reach the venue with ease.

-A huge amount of Indian fans watched the final match across U.S.A and Canada on big public screens.

-Prize money for the next world cup will be raised again.

Success of Britain at 2012 Olympics

The following article details the reasons about how team Great Britain was able to reach beyond the expectations of everybody. From one gold medal in the 1996 Antwerp Olympics to 29 gold medals in 2012.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-19144983

CII's 'Sports in India'

The Confederation of Indian Industry will be organising a debate titled 'Sports in India' on the afternoon of December 21, 2012 at the Inspire Hall at Hotel Le Meridien in New Delhi.

Sport is a vital and universally recognized yardstick to measure a nation's well being. It is extremely imperative to boost the culture of Sports in India; in the true spirit as not only, does this ensure healthier and happier generations but also does the tremendous dual job of an adhesive by connecting the nation to the rest of the world, and building the nation's stature. While in principle, we all agree to this, but does the de-facto match the de-jure is the introspection we need to do!

The afternoon will start off with welcome remarks from Atul Singh (Chairman, CII National Committee on Sports and President & CEO Coca-Cola India & South West Asia) before the new Minister of State for Youth Affairs & Sports Jitendra Singh addresses the gathering. 

The first debate has the headline 'Government policy is the decisive factor in making India a sporting nation'. The panel will be moderated by Novy Kapadia. Speaking for the Motion will be Gopal Krishna (Director General of Sports Authority of India), Mr Kirti Azad (Member of Parliament, BJP), Capt. Amitabh (Sports Head, Tata Steel), Jwala Gutta (International Badminton player). Speaking against the Motion will be Mr Shashi Tharoor (Minister of State, Ministry of Human Resource Development), Vineet Joshi (Chairman, Central Board of Secondary Education), Suniel Shetty (Actor), Priti Srivastava (Vice President, Corporate Affairs, Reliance Industries).

The second debate has the headline 'Other sports are not making a mark in the cricket dominated Indian sports scenario'. Speaking for the Motion will be Askari Zaidi (Senior Vice-President, Corporate Communication, Jaypee Group), Raj Kundra (Entrepreneur), Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore (Olympic Medalist Shooter), Franz Gastler (Executive Director & Founder, YUWA). Speaking against the Motion will be Narain Karthikeyan (Formula 1 driver), Dr. Jaswinder Singh (Principal, Khalsa College), Priety Zinta (Actor), Joy Bhattacharya (CEO, Ignitee Sports).

TURF 2012 Photos

Articles on IOA, IOC tussle

The entire sports fraternity is shocked by various turn of events over the past couple of days, but some say India had it coming. The entire issue will be clear from the following articles.

http://sports.ndtv.com/othersports/othersports/item/200295-ioa-vs-ioc-national-sports-code-decoded

http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-sports/ioa-warned-of-further-measures/article4169081.ece

http://www.hindustantimes.com/editorial-views-on/Edits/Not-playing-by-the-rules-at-all/Article1-969421.aspx

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/others/IOC-says-newly-elected-IOA-office-bearers-have-no-legitimacy/articleshow/17518626.cms

Mary Kom- National Icon of ECI

Mary Kom is now National Icon of Election Commission of India (ECI).

The Election Commission of India (ECI) has selected Manipuri woman boxer and Olympic bronze medalist MC Mary Kom as its National Icon.

She is the first lady to be selected as the National Icon of ECI and the third in the country.

Up till now, the Election Commission of India has appointed two National Icons of ECI.

They are former President of India APJ Abdul Kalam Azad and India Cricketer MS Dhoni.

Till date, MC Mary Kom is the only female to be selected as the National Icon by the ECI.

According to information received from ECI, Mary Kom will be entrusted with two important duties.

The first duty of Mary Kom would be to create awareness among the youths including women of the country to register themselves in the photo electoral rolls and her second role would be to spread the message to the general public for exercising their franchise in a free and fair manner.

Super Rich BCCI

When Pepsi doubled the IPL sponsorship amount that DLF had paid for 2008- 12, the world's richest cricket body showed why it has become a Rs.3,300- crore entity.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is among the few fortunate entities for which the word 'recession' does not exist. Even when the recession was at its peak a few years ago, the Board's net surplus never went below Rs.50 crore.

This is just one example of how the cricket business has become immune to economic turbulence. Take another example - a recent one. The title sponsorship of the Indian Premier League (IPL) fetched the BCCI almost double the amount it had received in 2008 for the five- year deal. Infrastructure giant DLF had paid Rs.200 crore for the prestigious 'suffix' the tournament name - it was called the DLF IPL. A few days ago Pepsi pledged Rs.396.8 crore in bid for the 2013- 2017 deal.

Yet another sign of the BCCI's income ballooning 10 times in its net surplus in last 10 years. In 2001- 02, it made Rs.33.50 crore; the figure went to 382.36 crore in 2011-12.

This was, however, not always the case with BCCI. Till the early 1990s, its balance sheet used be often in the red. The scenario changed dramatically with the arrival of foreign sports channels in the country. In 1993, to be precise - when the I. S. Bindra- Jagmohan Dalmiya combine signed a 600,000 deal for the India- England Test series at home.

That was the biggest turning point in the history of Indian cricket telecast. And with it the monopoly that Doordarshan enjoyed - it used to charge the BCCI for telecasting matches, instead of paying for it - came to end, opening a brand new avenue of income for the world's richest cricket body. Bindra and Dalmiya may have parted ways for yet- to- be- explained reason, the constant flow of big money into BCCI coffers hasn't stopped since then.

Media rights, generally called telecast rights, are just one source of income. IPL is another. In 2011- 12, IPL was the biggest income source. In BCCI's gross income of 849.44 crore, IPL's share was Rs.265.14 crore. The other major sources were the income from tours (or series), which fetched Rs.213.45 crore, and media rights, which contributed 118.24 crore.

Interest from fixed and other bank deposits is yet another fertile source. In 2011- 12, the BCCI Rs.97.47 crore as interest. A lesser known but handsome supply line has been the Board's share in International Cricket Council tournaments. Last year, thanks to the World Cup, it was 62.65 crore.