The News Review:
- Golf World Cup Sky Sports 1 6am; Sky Sports 3 midday
- Two-day zonal sports meet inaugurated
- Sports policy: conference stresses on infrastructure development
- Sports snippets
- Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Other Sports
- Army targets recruits with contact sport
- Sports Round-up
Golf World Cup Sky Sports 1 6am; Sky Sports 3 midday
Times Online – Nov 25, 2007
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Two-day zonal sports meet inaugurated
Hindu – Nov 25, 2007
Ravindranath Reddy said on Saturday. Speaking after inaugurating a two-day zonal sports meet at Kadapa municipal stadium he said students could secure jobs under sports quota if they excelled in sports. The Government had directed appointment of adequate number of physical education trainers in Government as well as private institutions for imparting physical education to students he said. The district was an abode to eminent sportsmen and they should inspire students he added.
Sports policy: conference stresses on infrastructure development
Hindu – Nov 25, 2007
The conference attended by leading sportspersons administrators and coaches is part of the initiative taken by the Department of Youth Services and Sports (DYSS) to develop a State legislation that promotes sport. “Sports for all and excellence in sports” will be the guiding preamble of the proposed policy and it has also been planned to establish a ‘Sports and Exercise Medicine’ centre at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium complex here before 2009. The conference stressed that cash incentives to medal winners — both at the international and National levels — should be disbursed immediately and only a nominal delay of 30 days would be feasible. It also reiterated that physically challenged athletes should be given due recognition and should be treated on par with other athletes while giving incentives.
Sports snippets
Malaysia Star – Nov 25, 2007
From this month the FM radio station has been running hourly sports news on weekdays. It comes on every 15th minute on the top of the hour between 6.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Other Sports
Seattle Post Intelligencer – Nov 25, 2007
The 25-year-old Gay a three-time world champion captured the 100 and 200- meter world outdoor titles this year. He was also the U. champion in both events.
Army targets recruits with contact sport
BBC News – Nov 25, 2007
The BBC’s Jatinder Sidhu went to see the Army’s first kabaddi touring team in action in Punjab India. On one side of a chalked-out rectangular court four men from the Punjab Police squad their arms linked crowd around 2nd Lt Nick Burdick the sole “raider” from the British army team. The British soldier can be heard to mutter the words “kabaddi kabaddi kabaddi.
Sports Round-up
Telegraph.co.uk – Nov 25, 2007
Sport’s oldest trophy was supposed to be up for grabs once more in 2009 but it will now be held in 2010 or 2011 because of an unresolved legal dispute between Golden Gate who house BMW Oracle and defendants Geneva the Swiss club represented by reigning champions Alinghi over the appointment initiated by Alinghi of Nautico Espanol de Vela to the influential position of Challenger of Record. The delay has infuriated the other six teams confirmed to be taking part in the next event not least because it could have been avoided if the Swiss had agreed to Golden Gate’s offer last week to drop the action in return for concessions on a number of contentious new rules. Sir Keith Mills TeamOrigin’s principal hopes the teams can resolve their differences. “This is a really sad day for the America’s Cup and a bad day for sport” he said.
