Half year's pack of non-stop action on Neo Cricket

Neo Cricket a leading sports channel in India is all set to bring in the six months non- stop cricket action along with two new shows "One More"and "Tata Photon + Cricket Central'. According to the news reported by Business Standard, Once More” is a one-of-its kind interactive show wherein the viewer can request his/her favorite cricket clip. Whereas, “Tata Photon+ Cricket Central” is a unique show which brings the viewers daily dose of cricket news, feature stories on cricketing issues, gossip and masala corner on the lighter side of cricket.

Commenting on the launch of the brand new shows on NEO Cricket, Mautik Tolia- Head Programming, NEO Sports Broadcast said, “The launch of Once More and Tata Photon+ Cricket Central is our endeavour to present the game of cricket in its entirety to our viewers. The live format of these unique and exciting shows will involve a high level of viewer interactivity and will ensure that our viewers get the best of this cricketing season.” Alongside the 6 months of heavy cricketing season on NEO Cricket, the launch of the two new exciting shows promises its viewers added cricketing action and non-stop entertainment.

Heroic welcome for Vijender Singh

Olympic bronze medalist Vijender Singh finished third in the World Boxing Championship and got bronze for the same. He came home on Monday morning and received warm welcome by fans and media. Vijender was happy to see his fans at the Indira Gandhi International Airport. He was waving his bronze medal for the fans. "We have just started getting back medals.

The day is not far when we will come back with Gold," Vijender said. He added that the team will do much better in the upcoming Commonwealth games in 2010. He expressed his dissatisfaction with the bronze as he had announced before his semis that he would not be contented with bronze this time. But he has to satisfied with the bronze as he lost the semi’s in World Boxing Championship.

Paes booked berth for US Open mixed doubles final

Top tennis player of India Leander Paes and Zimbabwean Cara Black made place in the US Open mixed doubles finals. Paes and Black outplayed Su-Wei Hsieh and Kevin Ullyett 6-2, 3-6, 10-5. on the other hand other Indian player Mahesh Bhupathi and his partner Knowles out performed Ljubici and Llodra 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 in the quarter-finals. Meanwhile Paes and Lukas Dlouhy entered in the semifinal of the gala event.

Earlier in mixed doubles match, the Indo-Zimbabwean pair started off well as they clinched the first set 6-2 quite easily but their opponents bounced back to level the scores 1-1 by claiming the second set 6-3. Paes-Black had to fight it out in the marathon final set, which went on for 15 games, to make their way into the finals as they sealed the set and the match 10-5 in their favour. Earlier on Monday, Paes and Black had beaten Rennae Stubbs and Robert Lindstedt 7-5, 3-6 (10-6) to make it to the mixed doubles semi-finals.

F1 is not purely sports: sports ministry

According to sports ministry of India, Formula One is not purely sports. The ministry says that it is entertainment. These remark held the process of Formula One to be held in India. JPSK Sports, the promoters of Formula One in the country, received a response from the ministry when the former asked for getting approval for remittance of $36.5 million (about Rs 177 crore) to be paid to Formula One Administration (UK) for holding an F1 race in India.

JPSK had first gone to the Reserve Bank of India, which asked them to get the ministry's approval. The sources, attached with the development, said that the application was rejected on account of not acknowledging F1 as a sport. The ministry also mention that F1 is just an entertainment which will not have an impact on Indian sports in any terms such as participation, broad-basing or promotion of excellence.


The ministry further added that the proposed F1 does not satisfy conditions which focus on human endeavour for excelling in competition with others, keeping in view the whole sports movement from Olympics downwards. MD, JPSK, Sameer Gaur also admitted that their application was not accepted.

Usain Bolt to touch Indian soil

NEW DELHI: The Commonwealth Games in 2010, New Delhi will be a spectacular show as big name of sports, Usain Bolt, has indicated to touch Indian soil in the games. Bolt hinted it after setting world record of 9.58 secs (100m).


He said that his next big stop would be the Commonwealth Games. However he also cleared that his coach will take the last decision. The Jamaican aims to break his own record by touching 9.4 seconds time in 100 metre race.

Bolt's latest record came exactly a year after he set the Bird's Nest in Beijing aflame with a sizzling 9.69-sec run, more than a hand-shaking distance away from his rivals.

Sania lost title clash to Stephanie

VANCUOVER: Top women tennis player of India Sania Mirza's dream of winning consecutive ITF title broken as she lost 6-1, 4-6, 4-6 against local favourite Stephanie Dubois in the title clash in the $ 75,000 Vancuover Open here. The top seeded Sania won her all the previous match with a great promise.


However, Sania took home $ 6,080 for her runners-up slot. Sania won the first set 6-1. She dominate the first game. But Stephanie bounced back and clinched the title with straight 4-6, 4-6 figures. Both the players struggled to hold serve in the match but it was Sania who ended up paying more for the mistakes as the Stephanie raised her game at crucial junctures.


"I think that the other Canadians tired her a little bit, they had a really good match, (both) of them," said Stephanie. Sania thanked the few Indian fans who turned up to support her in the match. "I guess it helps that we're a billion of us," she joked. Sania won the ITF title in Lexington, USA last week. The injury-prone Indian is on a comeback trail after recuperating from a wrist surgery.

Not up to the mark: Anand managed third place in WRC

Germany: An eleven time winner of an event finished a shared third place! Strange for many. But yes, it's true altogether. Viswanathan Anand, World champion and 11 times world rapid chess champ, was dropped at third place in the recently completed Grenkeleasing World Rapid Chess Championship in Mainz.


Surprisingly, Anand was played out in the preliminary round itself. Even in the match held for third place, he could hardly draw all four games against German Arkadiz Naiditsch. So as a result, he had to satisfy with a tied third place with his German contender. Anand failed to overcome his poor form and his play in the match for the third place against Naiditsch was strangely uninspired and lacked punch.


"Well, as there is not that much at stake in the match for third place, it is very difficult to motivate oneself," Anand said later at the press conference. On the other hand, Levon Aronian of Armenia won the title beating Ian Nepomniatchchi of Russia in the finals. Its the very first title on Mainz soil for former world junior champion Levon.