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Chennai Super Kings - IPL Cricket team
The Chennai Super Kings are a part of the eight club Indian Premier League. The franchise is owned by India Cements, who paid US$91 million to acquire the rights to the franchise for the next 10 years. Mr. N. Srinivasan who is the Vice-Chairman and Managing Director of India Cements Ltd., is the defacto owner of the Chennai Super Kings, by means of his position within the company.
web site url : http://www.chennaisuperkings.com/ |
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Deccan Chargers - IPL Cricket team
Deccan Chargers is the franchise that represents the city of Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League. The Deccan Chargers franchise is owned by Deccan Chronicle. The media group acquired the franchise from IPL for $107 million on January 24, 2008. Group M later picked a 20% stake. The team is led by V.V.S. Laxman and coached by Robin Singh. The Deccan Chargers are represented by a charging bull, the mascot for the chargers which signifies strength, power and aggression while the red and gold bands on the flag stand for dominance and victory.
web site url : http://www.deccanchargers.com/ |
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Delhi Daredevils - IPL Cricket team
Delhi Daredevils is the Delhi franchise for the Indian Premier League. The franchise is owned by the GMR group. The team is captained by Virender Sehwag, who is also the designated Icon Player for the franchise. The Daredevils play their home matches in the Feroz Shah Kotla ground located in New Delhi, under the newly installed floodlights.
web site url : http://www.delhidaredevils.com/ |
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DLF Indian Premier League Cricket
Indian Premier League is a cricket 20-20 tournament that has been launched by the BCCI. This series will feature Eight teams that will have elite players from around the world participating in the domestic tournament in India. Teams play each other two times in a round robin system, with equal number of home and away matches. The top four ranking sides will progress to the semi-finals. The eight teams taking part are Kolkata Knight Riders, Chennai Super Kings, Mumbai Indians, Hyderabad Deccan Chargers, Rajasthan Royals, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Delhi Daredevils, and Kings XI Punjab.
web site url : http://www.iplt20.com/ |
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Indian Hockey Federation(IHF)
The foundation of the Indian Hockey Federation were thus laid with Col. Bruce Turnball as President and Mr. N.H. Ansari as Honorary Secretary. It was however, not till 1927 that the Federation started functioning as a live body. Its headquarters were shifted from Gawalior to Delhi
web site url : http://ihf.nic.in |
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Indian Olympic Association
Olympic games encourage the development of Olympic Spirit among the youth of the country and promote a programme of education for the public and the Press on the philosophy of amateurism, the I.O.A. will keep in mind not be concentrate too much on performance and new records, but more the social education, aesthetic, ethical and spiritual value of amateur sports
web site url : http://nocindia.nic.in |
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Kings XI Punjab
Kings XI Punjab is a sports franchise based in Mohali in the eight team Indian Premier League. The team is led by Yuvraj Singh who is also the Icon Player. The team is coached by Tom Moody, the former Australian all rounder. The owners of the franchise include Preity Zinta, Ness Wadia (Bombay Dyeing), Karan Paul (Apeejay Surendera Group) and Mohit Burman (Dabur). The group paid a total of $76 million to acquire the franchise.
web site url : http://www.kingsxipunjab.com/ |
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Kolkata Knight Riders - IPL Cricket team
Kolkata Knight Riders is one of the franchise of the eight team taking part in the Indian Premier League. It was bought by Bollywood actor Shahrukh Khan's Red Chillies Entertainment in partnership with Juhi Chawla Mehta and her husband, Jai Mehta. The team is led by Sourav Ganguly, who is also the Icon Player for the team, and coached by John Buchanan. The official theme of the team is Korbo, Lodhbo, Jeetbo Re (We will do it, Fight for it, Win it) and the official colors are black and gold.
web site url : http://www.kolkataknightriders.com/ |
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Maharashtra Rowing Association
MRA, the Maharashtra Rowing Association is dedicated to promote rowing and sculling for pleasure and competition. Since 1977, we have helped hundreds of people discover their ability to combine balance, agility, strength, and grace to move a shell through the water.
web site url : http://maharashtrarowing.com/ |
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Mumbai Indians - IPL Cricket team
Mumbai Indians is a cricket team in the Indian Premier League. The team is led by Sachin Tendulkar, who is also the Icon Player for the team. The team is coached by Lalchand Rajput, the former manager of the Indian Cricket Team and is owned by India's biggest conglomerate,Reliance Industries, through its 100% subsidiary Ratipriya Trading. The team logo has the Sudarshana Chakra with the team's name engraved in it. The team's colour is blue. The team's jersey is a two-tone blue with three stripes in orange. Bollywood superstar Hrithik Roshan is the brand ambassador of the team.
web site url : http://www.themumbaiindians.com/ |
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National Institute of Watersports (NIWS)
The National Institute of Watersports (NIWS) has been setup by the Ministry of Tourism as a "mother" training institute for watersports to usher in an era of adventure tourism in the country.
web site url : http://niws.nic.in/ |
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Netaji Subhas National Institute of Sports
This Institute is popularly known as the "Mecca" of Indian Sports and has produced Coaches of high caliber and significantly contributed in rendering their expertise and assistance in the preparation of the national teams for various International competitions. I am sure Sports Lovers from all over the World shall find the information interesting while browsing through this website which is of its own-kind in India.
web site url : http://www.nsnis.org/ |
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Rajasthan Royals - IPL cricket team
The Rajasthan Royals franchise is owned by Emerging Media group under Lachlan Murdoch. The Group acquired the franchise for $67 million. Incidentally, this was the least expensive franchise in the Indian Premier League and probably the least fancied team in the league at the beginning of the tournament. The Rajasthan Royals became the winners of the first IPL tournament, when they defeated the Chennai Super Kings by 3 wickets in the final played on 1 June 2008.
web site url : http://www.rajasthanroyals.com/ |
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Royal Challengers Bangalore - IPL Cricket team
Royal Challengers Bangalore (also referred to as RCB) is the team representing the city of Bangalore in the Indian Premier League. The team is owned by the liquor magnate Vijay Mallya, through his flagship firm UB Group. Brijesh Patel is the CEO of the team and Rahul Dravid, the captain of the team is the Icon Player. Martin Crowe, the former New Zealand captain, is the CCO (Chief Cricketing Officer) of the management team. Bollywood actresses Katrina Kaif and Deepika Padukone, and Sandalwood film stars Ramya and Upendra are the brand ambassadors of the team.
web site url : http://www.royalchallengers.com/ |
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Sports Authority of India (SAI)
Rising Sports consciousness and enthusiasm generated in India following the spectacular show of the IXth Asian Games at Delhi prompted the Government of India to focus on sports development to encourage physical fitness among youth and to channelise their energy towards excellence. The need of an apex body to coordinate various sports activities led to the creation of the Sports Authority of India (SAI) in 1984 by the Government of India.
web site url : http://www.sportsauthorityofindia.com/ |
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