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Oct 4 Vol 01, Issue 1043 TODAY'S TOP HEADLINES Indian Badminton League to launch in February Badminton Association of India says world's top players will participate in franchise based league, for which BAI has secured permission for seven years from BWF IMG-R signs b'cast deal with Ten Sports for I-League, Fed Cup Awards I-League telecast rights across multiple platforms for three years starting fiscal 2012–13 & Federation Cup rights for 2013 and 2014 MLB seals new 8-yr b'cast agreements with Fox, Turner Combined With recent ESPN deal, total MLB national TV revenue will more than double to $12bn; Turner and FOX to split LCS and Division Series PCB chief seeks Gavaskar's inputs on Pakistan Premier League Sunil Gavaskar accepts invitation to visit Pakistan; batting legend reportedly promises that he will try to bring former Test cricketers to Pakistan to discuss holding of PPL David Luckes named FIH director of sport Luckes comes to FIH with a wealth of international sporting experience, most recently having served as head of sport competition for the London Olympic organizing committee Delhi leg of Coca-Cola Under-16 cricket tourney rolls out This year tournament will be played across 10 states in close to 70 districts involving more than 11,000 young players from more than 780 schools across the country Texas is 3rd US venue on MotoGP 2013 calendar Circuit of The Americas will be the third US venue to host a MotoGP race in 2013, joining those already scheduled for Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in California. Learning Module – In-Competition Dispute Resolution The ad-hoc division of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) was set up to operate from the venues of major sporting event such as the Olympics, Commonwealth Games etc. with the intention to expeditiously resolve the disputes arising during such games.
FROM THE HOME PAGE   VIEW POINT 'UFC does not look at SFL as competition; we will concentrate on doing our thing right' ULTIMATE Fighting Championship (UFC) chairman and CEO Lorenzo Fertitta  COMMMENTARY Doubling Up  INSIDE OUT - In an era of uncertainty, the irony is that the single-handed backhand has been the most reliable and bankable aspect of the golden era in tennis
CRICKET
Money matters(Mint ) Will CLT20 be hit by Twenty20 overload?(Cricinfo ) Cricket shadows them all(The Hindu ) BCCI declares its various committees(NDTV ) Zaka seeks input of former greats on Pakistan Premier League(Daily Times (Pakistan) ) The heads at ICC need to come together: Gavaskar(Hindustan Times ) Pietersen makes peace with ECB, commits to 2015(Reuters )
FOOTBALL
4th Milind Deora Junior Soccer Championship set for kick-off(SportzPower ) AIFF yet to clear dues(Telegraph ) The tang of foreign flavour(Mint ) Fifa president, Sepp Blatter, defends Fifa(Times of India )
HOCKEY
People who have potential have already sent us apology: Batra(Pune Mirror )
MOTORSPORTS
Two-stroke karting the perfect platform for Indian racers(Hindustan Times ) After major shake up, F1 back on track (The Pioneer ) Schumacher retiring from F1 (Yahoo! )
BOXING
Mary Kom plans to pick and choose events now(Times of India ) Olympian Mary Kom aims for gold as women's boxing makes debut in Glasgow CWG(Daily Mail )
GOLF
Lack of sponsors affecting Lankan prospects: Rohana(Times of India )
OTHER SPORTS
Brands find new poster girls and boys after Olympic Games(DNA ) Sportsperson too can be nominated to Rajya Sabha: Centre to HC(Zee News ) NRAI dumps pistol shooting coach Poddubny(DNA )