Whats the power of Federer and Tendulkar together ?

sports December 5th, 2007

World champion in Tennis Roger Federer and Cricket’s Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar  are joining hands in fighting drug addiction and criminality in youth. This is a Grand Slam event. As Tennis and Cricket put together represents the whole world.

Every Indian youth admires Sachin and worldover cricket followers rate him the best Batsman and probably next only to the legendary Sir Don Bradman. Federer is the cool, solid and talented champ of the Tennis world,..a mix of Bjorn Borg and Pete Sampras

Mid-day reports

Sachin, Federer  join hands to fight drugs, crime among youth

ONE genius deserves another! Swiss tennis legend Roger Federer and India’s cricketing maestro Sachin Tendulkar will come together next year to ‘fight drug addiction and criminality among youth’.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India received a letter from the Swiss Cricket Association expressing a desire to have Tendulkar share the platform with Federer for this cause.

BCCI’s Chief Administrative Officer Prof Ratnakar Shetty told MiD DAY yesterday that Tendulkar agreed to come on board. “Sachin expressed happiness to be part of this meeting and said he was a great fan of Federer,” Shetty said. The availability dates have to be worked out.

One of Tendulkar’s early sporting heroes was John McEnroe and he also plays a bit on tour. Federer was once quoted as saying, “I just really watch it (cricket) just because it’s relaxing. I understand the rules. The other guys, all my friends, they don’t understand the sport, so I got to switch. But that’s fine.”

The World No 1 tennis player visited tsunami-hit Kinnur Pudupettai in Tamil Nadu on December 23, 2006 as UNICEF ambassador. “BCCI is happy if any player is of use for a noble cause and to send a message across.

Getting such invitations speaks well of Indian cricket. Players like Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid have participated in activities for social causes. Their brand image puts out a strong message to the younger generation,” said Shetty.
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The Swiss Cricket Association and their government are keen to have an event each in Switzerland and India featuring the two sporting icons.

Next year is the Indo-Swiss Treaty of Friendship’s 60th anniversary

 
 
 
 
 
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Brazil to host World Cup soccer 2014

sports November 2nd, 2007

Finally the speculation has ended and Brazil has been chosen the venue for FIFA world cup soccer 2014. The game has come definitely to the nation where soul and spirit connects bigtime with all its citizens. Brazil has won 5 times this cup and has produced great stars like Pele, Zico, Socrates, Romario, Ronaldo, Ronaldinho, Cafu,..The samba soccer style is brilliant to watch and greatly entertaining.

The question in everyone’s mind is ‘Does Brazil have the infrastructure to host the tournament’ ? It is going to cost them about 6B USD. The issue is not of raising capital , but it is about allocation and public monitoring of it.

For sure this is a great opportunity for Brazil to clean up their image and show the world that they are not only good in Soccer but also they are in the right path to economic progress.

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Olympics in China - great business

sports October 28th, 2007

Sports is a great sort of entertainment in BRIC countries. Soccer in Brazil, Cricket in India, All form of games in Russia and China. A big way to expose your sports strength is by hosting world events and for sure there is nothing equivalent to Olympics. The next Olympics is going to be at Beijing and China is raring to showcase the world about its talent, infrastructure, event management skills and prosperity.

Xinhua news reports about 1.85 million tickets for the 2008 Olympic Games will go on sale as the second round of booking starts Tuesday, the Beijing Olympics Organizing Committee (BOCOG) said.

“The tickets will be sold on the ‘first come, first serve’ basis in this stage,” Rong Jun, head of BOCOG’s ticketing center, told reporters Saturday.

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