It’s street cricket, now ICL, BCCI and ICI in the order. When will CA learn?
Soccer is to Europe and Cricket for India.
Europe is gripped by soccer fever every year. Kids play soccer in the streets, overweight adults play soccer on pitches in pub teams.
However, what sets Europe apart in soccering terms from the rest of the world is the sheer quality of their leagues which are literally head and shoulders above those from elsewhere around the world.
Let us forget for the moment the cricket and watch this Soccer Comedy video.
Once upon a time Cricket was a Gentleman’s game. Like the crowd in Wimbledon enjoyed Tennis. Then came McEnroe and then the world woke up. They enjoyed the righteousness of John and introduced new laws for line calls.
But in Cricket, exchange of words with opposition player(s) can put him (them) off their usual game. It is an attempt to “psych out” an opponent’. It started with Alan Border, was continued by Steve Waugh and for the sake of winning-only tactics, carried on by Ponting. All the decency, appreciation is lost.
John Mcenroe confined his anger mostly to Umpires and Line calls. But in Cricket planned anger of words is thrown to upset the concentration. John would smash a racket and in a rage, unleash a volley of abuse and anger at the umpire.
John’s famous words: “Everybody loves success, but they hate successful people”
“I’ll let the racket do the talking.”
“If you believe that [Anna Kournikova’s claim that she is a virgin], I’ve never questioned a call in my life.”
“You are the pits of the world! Vultures! Trash!”
“If, in a few months, I’m only number 8 or number 10 in the world, I’ll have to look at what off-the-court work I can do. I will need to do something if I want to be number 1.”
“Now I get docked 10 to 20 per cent (of my appearance fee) if I don’t yell at some people and break at least one racquet.”
Spyker’s new owners intend to change the team’s name to Force India for the 2008 season, it was revealed on Saturday.
Indian businessman Vijay Mallya and Dutch entrepreneur Michiel Mol bought out the Silverstone-based squad earlier this month.
The new title, which is expected to be approved by the FIA next week, reflects Mallya’s previously declared aim of bringing an Indian flavour to the former Jordan team, which has undergone three ownership changes in the past two years.
“Having an Indian-owned Formula One team on the grid was something that was considered completely out of reach before,” Mallya told news agency Reuters. “This reflects the new India and new economic prosperity.”
The team’s new logo is also expected to include the Indian national flag within its design.
For me Formula 1 means Ferrari!
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September 10, 2007 at 10:51 am
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I remember Los Angeles Olympic Opening ceremony, where at the end of it, there was an aerial shot shown live.
I was just astonished by the gesture of the American Government. The view showed flags of all countries! The spectators were given a display card and asked to reverse them at the end of opening ceremony. And imagine the organizing mind of American Olymics comittee - what to draw and arrange the seating of viewers when they reverse the card in their hands would display the Flags of all countries participating in the Olympics!
I tried for a You Tube video coverage, but it is not allowed due to copyright problems!
And Atlanta Olympics was also a spectacular show! It started at 9:41pm.
It showed Construction of the Temple of Zeus (Rounded) to pay tribute to the Athletes and Goddesses of Victory of the Ancient Greek Olympics using Silhouette Imagery hosted by Bob Costas & Dick Enberg in Atlanta, Georgia USA July 19th 1996.
The music is called “The Tradition of the Games”, written by Basil Poledouris from an album called “Honor and Glory”, 1996.
Greek poet Pindar wrote in 472 B.C: Just as the Sun Shines Brighter than any other star, So Shines the Olympics Greatest of them All…
You can visit the URL and see the Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAFhNobJABU
The ICL (Indian Cricket League) positive to help cricket improve in India and the World made a brave decision to move Delhi High Court against BCCI
The lawsuit filed by ICL sought a direction to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to allow ICL to use stadiums across the country for its tournaments.
It said the pensions given by BCCI to former players should not be stopped in the event they join the ICL.
ICL has also sought that BCCI should be restrained from using Indian flag and the Board before the Supreme Court accepted name of the country as it that it was a private body.
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