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Shantha Rangaswamy lauds Jay Shah after BCCI increases pension of former players
BCCI Apex Council member Shantha Rangaswamy on Wednesday lauded the cricket board and its secretary Jay Shah for increasing the pension of former Test and first-class players along with retired umpires. BCCI has doubled the pension of former first-class and Test cricketers with those earning Rs 15,000 going up to Rs 30,000 and those with Rs 37,500 being upgraded to Rs 60,000 bracket.
'The first big goal is the yellow jersey' - Ineos Grenadiers' Filippo Ganna on his Tour de France ambitions
A fortnight on Friday, if all goes according to plan, Filippo Ganna will start his first Tour de France. When he does so, the Italian will have more pressure on his shoulders than most.
Five transfers from the summer of 2022 you might have missed
The 2022 summer transfer window is in full slow, with clubs from the Premier League, Serie A, Ligue 1, La Liga and the Bundesliga all desperately trying to compete for the next big thing.
It's a deal! - Everything you need to know about final IPL media rights figures
media rights auction is now officially over. The winner of the various bids have been announced for the next 5 year cycle - 2023 to 2027.
Drug dealing grandmother caught by cops with 'monkey dust' stashed in her underwear
A drug dealing gran caught by police with dozens of wraps of monkey dust was found to have drugs stashed away in her underwear. Stacie Sullivan, 44, was caught with heroin and monkey dust twice within a month.
IPL media rights sealed at Rs 48,390 crore: Disney-Star get TV, Viacom digital; Times Internet gets overseas rights
Walt Disney Co., Viacom18-led JV and Times Internet have turned out to be the big winners in the Indian Premier League (IPL) media rights e-auction for the 2023-27 cycle that concluded over a period of three days on Tuesday evening. By the time the e-auction was done, the BCCI - parent body that runs the IPL - was laughing its way to the bank, having pocketed a handsome Rs 48,390 crore across the four buckets sold. IPL MEDIA RIGHTS AUCTION: AS IT HAPPENEDDisney and Viacom had won Packages A and B - TV and digital in India - on the morning of Day Two of the auction for Rs 44,075 crore with Disney bidding at Rs 57.5 crore per game (total of Rs 23,575) for TV and Viacom bidding Rs 50 crore per game (total of Rs 20,500 crore) for digital. Later, between Day Two and Three, Viacom grabbed Package C - the set of 98 non-exclusive matches on digital across five years - at Rs 33.24 crore per match (total of Rs 3,258). Disney, along with the Zee Group, began bidding heavily for Package C on Day Three, taking the price up from a base price of Rs 16 crore per game but Viacom had "made up its mind" to as much premium it would take and retain the package. Exclusivity, say those in the know, remained everything between Packages B & C.
Braves hit five homers, beat Nats for 13th straight win
WASHINGTON (AP) — Michael Harris II and Travis d’Arnaud each had three hits and homered for the second straight game, and the Atlanta Braves connected five times in their 13th straight win, 10-4 over the Washington Nationals on Tuesday night.