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STAR TV WONTHE BROADCASTINGRIGHTS OF INDIAN CRICKET TEAMINA 3851 CRORE RUPEES BID

Star TV on 2 April 2012 won

the rights to broadcast Indian

cricket for next six years in a bidto the tune of 3851 crore rupees.

Rupert Murdoch owned Star TV

won th e bid defeating Sony which

had offered 150 crore rup ees less

than the w inning bid.

The r ights include TV,

Internet and Mobile broadcasting.

The agreement wi l l remain

effective for a period of six years

starting from from July 2012 to

March 2018.

The agreement gives Star TV

righ ts to cover a l l home

in ternat ional matches and

dom estic tournam ents involving

Indian Cricket team. The right will

not be applicable for the Indian

Prem ier League (IPL). Star TV will

pay around 40 crore rupees for

each international match, w hich is

8 crore more than w hat w as being

paid by previous broadcaster

Nimbus. The b id fo r the

broadcast ing r igh ts was

necessi tated as the BCCI had

ab ru p t ly t e rmin a t ed i t s

b roadcast ing agreement wi th

Nimbus in D ecember 2011, three

years before it was du e to expires,

over the issues related to p ayment.

CRICKET

TENNIS

RAFAEL NADAL DEFEATED NOVAKDJOKOVIC TO CLINCH HIS EIGHTHCONSECUTIVE MONTE CARLOMASTERS

Ace tenn is p layer Rafael

Nadal on 22 April 2012 clinched

his eighth consecutive Monte

Carlo Masters. The second seededNadal defeated Serbian Novak

Djokovic in the final.

The Monte Carlo Title is

Nadals first since French Open

title in 2011and the 47th of his ATP

career. Prior to this the top seed ed

Djokovic had defeated Nadal inseven title face-offs.

Rafael Nadal and Novak

Djokovic had defeated Gil les

Simon and Tomas Berdych

respectively in the semi finals of

the tournam ent.

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TOP SEEDED NOVAK DJOKOVICDEFEATED ANDY MURRAY TO LIFTMIAMI MASTERS TROPHY

World number oneN ovak

Djokovicwon theM iami Masters

titleon 1 April 2012. Djokovic

d efea t ed fou r th seed ed A ndy

Murrayin the final. It w as the third

Miami Open Ti t le win fo r

Djokovic who also won it in 2007

and 2011. Only six-time cham pion

Andre Agassi won more mens

titles.

Serbian Tennis star had

defeated 21st seeded Juan Mon aco

of Argentina in the semi-finals.

And y Murray m ade it to the finals

after Rafael Nadal pulled out of

the tournament given his knee

injury right before his scheduled

semi-final match against Mur ray.

AGNIESZKA RADWANSKADEFEATEDMARIA SHARAPOVATOCLINCH MIAMIMASTERS TITLE

Fourth seeded Agnieszka

Radwanska, on 31 March 2012,

defeated Russian Tennis s tar

Maria Sharapova to clinch Miami

Masters women singles Tit le.

Sharapova, a three-time Grand

Slam champion , had beendep rived of victory in four Miami

Opens finals. She was also the

ru nner -up in 2005, 2006 and 2011.

While, Polands Radwanska

had defeated seven th seeded

Marion Bartoli in the semi-finals,

Sharapova had beaten Caroline

Wozniacki in the semi-finals.

LEANDER PAE S AN D RADEKSTEPANEK CLAIMED THE DOUBLESTITLEOF MIAMI MASTERS

Seventh seed ed, Ind o-Czeck

pair of Leander Paes and Radek

Stepanek claimed the d oubles title

of Miami Masters on 31 March

2012. Paes by w inning the Miami

Titles took the total num ber of his

career titles to 50. The pair had

defeated the world No.1 pairing

of Americans Bob and Mike Bryan

in the semifinals on 29 March

2012. Paes, who became the 24th

player in ATP Tour history tocomplete 50 doubles t i t les ,

claimed 24270 dollars in prize

money an d 250 points.

CROATIA S IVAN LJUBICICANNOUNCED RETIREMENT FROM

TENNIS

Croatias Ivan Ljubicic

announced retirement from tennis

on 15 Apr il 2012 after he su ffered

a 6-0,6-3 defeat to Ivan Dodig atthe Monte Carlo Masters. Ivans

career high ATP ranking was

number 3. He won his first ATP

singles title a t Lyon in 2001.

He en t e red p ro fess io n a l

tennis in 1998. He won two ATP

titles and w as the runner-up at 6

ATP events.

ARCHERY/SHOOTING

KOREAN CITY OF CHANGWONSLATED AS THE VENUE FORSHOOTING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP2018

The shooting World

Championsh ip o f 2018 was

awarded to Korean ci ty o f

Changwon on 17 April 2012. The

decision regarding the venue of

the championship was made at

the General Assembly meeting of

In ternat ional Shoot ing Spor t

Federation (ISSF) in Lond on. The

Korean government, as per the

reports, has earm arked 30 million

dollar to enhan ce the amenities in

the shoot ing complex and

organize the world cham pionship




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support from long term sponsors

like JK Tyre, MAS Holdings and

Petra Energy saw him rise through

the ranks and later into more

ad vanced formats such as the VW

Polo R Cup and the VW Scirocco

R Cup in Germany, where he

finished 5th overall, in 2011. The

latest contract w ith Audi wil l

provide Aditya access to various

international racing platforms.

FERRARI DRIVER FERNANDOALONSO WON THE FORMULA ONEMALAYSIAN GRAND PRIX

Fer ra r i d r iv e r Fern an d o

Alonso on 25 March 2012, won th e

Formula One Malaysian Grand

Pr ix . The Spaniard defeated

Mexican Sergio Perez and Britishnational Lewis Hamilton who

came seco n d an d th i rd

respectively. Alonso, a two-time

World Champion had won his

first Formu la One World Driver s

Championship title at the age of

24 year s and 58 days, in year 2005.

Alonso was the th i rd -

youngest driver ever to start a

Formu la One race when he mad e

his debut in year 2001 wi th

Minardi at the Australian Grand

Prix.

with six shotgun ranges, 100

targets each in 10 metres and 50

metres apart from 14 lay-outs in

the 25-metre r ange. The last World

Ch amp io n sh ip was h e ld i n

Munich, Germany, in 2010 and the

next champ ionship will be held in

Granada, Spain, in 2014.

AUDI SIGNSUP INDIAN MOTORSPORTDRIVER ADITYA PATELFOR THREEYEARS

German lu x u ry ca r

manufacturer Audi on 13 April

2012 signed a 3 year contract with

promising young motorspor t

driver Aditya Patel.

Aditya was signed

u p b y Au d i fo r ateam cal led Pro-

Handicap e.V., in the

challenging VLN

endurance series in

Germany. The series

will provide Aditya

with a much needed

i n t e r n a t i o n a l

exposure.

Adi tya Patel

began his motorsports career at 14

with the JK Tyre National Racing

Cham pionship in 2001. Consistent

p er fo rman ce an d d ed ica t ed

MOTO R SPORTS

BADMINTON

CHINAS XIAO JIA CHENDEFEATED

SAINA NEHWAL IN TH E ASIAN

BADMINTON CHAMPIONSHIP

Chinas Xiao Jia Chen

defetaed ace Indian sh uttler Saina

Nehwal, in the second round of

the Asian Badm inton Champ ion-

ship on 20 April 2012. The 40th

ranked Chen outp layed the Fifth

seeded Nehwal in a c losely

contested m atch.

Saina in the first round of the

champ ionship had d efetaed Kaori

Imabeppu of Japan.

With regard to Olympic

qualification, the significant loss

was that of the mixed d oubles pair

of Jwala Gutta and V Diju. They

lost to Koreas Sa Rang Kim and

Hye In Choi. Jwala and Diju are

currently ranked No.16 in the

world and will have to maintain

or improve their ranking in order

to make the cut for the London

Games.

INDIAN ACE BADMINTON PLAYERSAINA NEHWAL WON THE SWISSOPEN GRAND PRIX GOLD TROPHY

Indian ace badm inton player

and World no five Saina Nehwal

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victory over Chinas Shixian Wang

in a 48-minute summit clash at

Basel, Switzerland on 18 March

2012. With t he victory a t the Swiss

Open GP she w on her first title of

2012. The world number f ive

Indian defeated third ranking

Shixian 21-19 21-16 and thus

defended her title.

Saina began with a healthy

11-3 lead in the first game. Saina

had an ear ly 3-0 lead in th e second

game forcing Shixian to claw h er

way back to 11-8 at the break.

Saina caught up with Shixian at

13-13 after the breather and then

registered four straight points

from 15-all to eventu ally win the

game comfortably. Saina had

earlier defeated Japans Minatsu

Mitani in the semifinals. She had

defeated Mitan i 21-16 21-18 in 35

minutes to set up a summ it clash

with Shixian. Saina had reached

the qu art erfinal of the All England

Championship in early March

2012. She has also managed to

reach the semif inals a t the

Malay s i a Op en an d th e

quarterfinal in the Korea Open in

Janu ary 2012.

SAINA NEHWAL SUFFERED ACRUSHING DEFEAT AT ALL

ENGLAND CHAMPIONSHIP

Ind ias ace Badminton

playerSaina Nehwalsuffered a

s t ra igh t -game defeat in the

womens singles quarterfinals of

theA ll England Championship a t

Birmingham on 9 March 2012.

The Fourth seeded Nehwal

lost to seventh seeded Li Xuerui

of China in a forty-minute match

at the N ational Indoor Arena.

Saina on 8 March 2012had

defeated French shu t t ler

Hongyan Pi to make i t to the

quar ter f inals o f the

championship. Saina in 2010 had

reached the semi finals of All

England Championship. In 2010

she had won three Super Seriestitles -Singapore, Indonesia and

Hong Kong beside the Comm on-

wealth Games gold m edal.

INDIAN BOXER VIJENDER SINGHQUALIFIED FO R THE LONDONOLYMPICS

In Boxing, Indias Vijender

Singh on 8 April 2012 qualified forthe London Olympics in the 75-

kilogram category.

He is the first Indian boxer

to qua lify for the Olympics for the

third time in succession. In the

Asian Olymp ic qualifier at Astana

in Kazakhstan, Vijender reached

the semifinals after defeat ing

Chuluntumur Tumurkhuyag of

Mongolia in the quarterfinals.

Vijender Singh is also the first

Indian to win an Olympic andWorld Championsh ips

med al(bronze in both events).

M.C. MARY KOMAND SARITAWON

GOLD MEDALS IN THE ASIAN

WOMENS BOXING CHAMPIONSHIP

Indian women boxers M.C.

Mary Kom and Sarita on 25 March

2012, clinched two gold m eda ls in

the Asian womens boxing

championsh ip a t Mongol ian

capital Ulaanbator.

Mary Kom, the f ive-t ime

world champ ion, routed the two-

time world title winner and 2010

Asian Games gold medalist Ren

Cancan of China 14-8. Sarita, the

2006 world title winner, smash ed

defending champion Chorieva

Mavzu of Tajikistan 26-15.

Success of Indian femaleboxers at Asian womens boxing

championship in the Olympic

weight categories has boosted th e

prospects of the Indian women

boxers qualif icat ion to the

London Olympics 2012. Making

its presence felt substantially, the

Indian team claimed two gold,

four silver and two bronze medals

at the cham pionship.

SHIVA THAPA BECAME THE

YOUNGEST INDIAN BOXER TO

QUALIFYFOR OLYMPICS

The 18-year-old Shiva Thap a

(56kg category) on 11 April 2012

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became the youngest Indian boxer

to qualify for the Olympics by

beating Japans Satoshi Shimizu

31-17 to en ter the final of the Asian

INDIAN SQUASH PLAYER SAURAVGHOSAL WON THE $120000 ELGOUNA INTERNATIONAL OPEN

Top Indian squash player

Saur av Ghosal w on a 3-2 victory

over Robbie Temple of England at

the $120,000 El Gouna

International Open in El Gouna,

Egypt on 9 April 2012. Ghoshal

defeat ed Robbie8-11, 9-11, 11-9, 11-

7, 11-4 in a match that lasted 85

minutes. Ghosal had earlier lost to

Willstrop at the Canary Wharf

Classic tournament in March 2012.

The lef t -handed qual i f ier

Englishman, Robbie had made

headway in the opening games

and sailed through the first two

games easily. Ghosal however

lifted h is game and m ade a strong

comeback in the third and the

fo u r th g ame. He mad e an

aggressive start to the fifth game

and eventually took the final set

with great ease.

qua lifiers in Astana, Kazakhstan.

India will have an u nprecedented

seven boxers in the Olympic

Games after t een sensations Shiva

Thapa (56kg) and Sum it Sangw an

(81kg) booked thei r London

Olympic births by advancing to

the finals in the Asian Olympic

Qualifiers in Astana, Kazakhstan .

W RESTLING

GEETA KUMARI MADE A HISTORY,BECAMETHE FIRST INDIAN WOMANWRESTLER TO QUALIFY FOROLYMPICS

Geeta Kumari, the woman

wrest ler , won a gold in 55kg

category at the ongoing Asian

qualifying tournament in Astana,

Kazakhastan. Geeta with this

victory also mad e a history, as she

became the first Indian woman

wrestler to hav e ever qu alified for

the O lympics. Womens w restling

was f i r s t i n t ro d u ced a t t h e

Olymp ics d ur ing the 2004 Athens

Olympics. The wrest ler from

Bhiwani in Haryana,

overpowered Kyrgyzstans

Gulina in the first round . Then she

went on to d efeat Aiym Abdildina

of Kazakhsta n in t he sem ifinal. In

the final, the grappler thrashed

her Korean challenger Ji-Eun Um

to clinch the gold meda l.

SQUASH

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