BCCI’s Working Group Meets, Says Sponsors Backing Board
The BCCI’s four-member working group, formed to study the Justice Lodha panel’s verdict relating to the IPL 2013 corruption scandal, met for the first time on Monday to discuss the way forward for the cash-rich league’s next edition and said the sponsors were fully behind the Board.
The Board had given the committee six weeks’ time to draw up a roadmap for the IPL after the Justice Lodha committee suspended the owners of the Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals Gurunath Maiyappan and Raj Kundra while banning the franchises for two years last month.
We have started meeting all the stakeholders from today. Today the representatives of Yes Bank came and met the members of the working group. Yes Bank is one of our sponsors. Similarly we will meet other sponsors and also speak to them about how to make IPL 9 a success.
– Rajeev Shukla, IPL Governing Council Chairman
Shah Rukh Thanks MCA for Revoking Ban
Kolkata Knight Riders co-owner Shah Rukh Khan thanked the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) for showing “graciousness” in lifting the five-year ban imposed on him from entering the Wankhede Stadium.
The Bollywood superstar was banned from entering MCA premises, including the Wankhede Stadium, for engaging in a scuffle with the officials of the cricketing body and the security staff on May 16, 2012 following KKR’s victory over Mumbai Indians.
IPTL to Stage Epic Federer v Nadal Showdown in Delhi This December
The first season of the IPTL was a runaway hit, and now, Mahesh Bhupathi is back with even more fireworks for the second edition this winter.
We sat down with the tournament’s founder and MD as he broke it down into five reasons that IPTL season 2 will be worth the wait for the fans.
Watch video for more.
Di Maria on Verge of PSG Medical, Reports British Media
Manchester United’s Argentine winger Angel Di Maria is set to have a medical ahead of a proposed transfer to French champions Paris St-Germain a year after arriving at Old Trafford for a British record transfer fee.
Di Maria joined United from Real Madrid for a fee of 59.7 million pounds ($92.59 million) but, after an impressive start to his Reds career, struggled to display the form that made him one of the most feared attackers in Europe.
The 27-year-old did not join the club’s pre-season tour of the United States following the Copa America and has been widely linked with a move to the big-spending French side.
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