Friday, May 27, 2016

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What We Can Learn from the Orders Passed by the BCCI Ombudsman to Date

Conflict of interest has always been a fact that Indian cricket has lived with, with selectors running coaching academies and being associated with IPL franchises. In particular, there was considerable uneasiness with Mr. N Srinivasan’s simultaneously being President of the BCCI and the CEO of India Cements, which owned Chennai Super Kings. However, there were no official move to remedy this situation (in...

Sunday, May 22, 2016

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Everything you need to know about Sushil Kumar's Rio Olympics bid

(this post first appeared in a modified form on the Ringside View) The 66kg weight category for freestyle wrestling, which was present in both the 2008 Beijing Olympics and the 2012 London Olympics, has been removed for the upcoming 2016 Rio Olympics. This has made life difficult for Sushil Kumar, who has competed for most of his career in the 66kg category, winning Olympic medals in both Beijing...