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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
retained the Swiss Open Grand
Prix Gold trophy by securing a
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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
BOXING
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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.
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