<h2 class="posttitle" style="margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 16pt; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><font color="#000000" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none; "><a href="http://www.thesportsmirror.com/2010/08/leander-paes-–-the-most-unsung-hero-of-indian-sports/" rel="bookmark" title="Leander Paes – The Most Unsung Hero Of Indian Sports" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none; ">Leander Paes – The Most Unsung Hero Of Indian Sports</a></font></h2><h2 class="posttitle" style="margin-top: 10px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 16pt; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><a href="http://www.thesportsmirror.com/2010/08/leander-paes-–-the-most-unsung-hero-of-indian-sports/">http://www.thesportsmirror.com/2010/08/leander-paes-–-the-most-unsung-hero-of-indian-sports/</a>
</h2><div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); line-height: 19px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">How many of us are aware about the fact that when Leander Paes appears in the London <a title="Olympics" href="http://www.thesportsmirror.com/category/olympics/"; style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(38, 141, 224); ">Olympics</a>, he would be having the rare distinction of featuring in six Olympics tournaments spread over a period of twenty years. Besides, he is <a title="India" href="http://www.thesportsmirror.com/category/cricket/"; style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(38, 141, 224); ">India</a>’s most successful Grand Slam winner who has pocketed 12 trophies so far and still is raring to go at the US Open, though he also a personal war to wage with sinus.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); line-height: 19px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">For Leander, his career revolves around Olympics and this would be probably the last time when he would play under the National Flag in London. The hunger for Olympics participation is an off-shoot of the influence from his father, who had participated in Olympics as a member of Indian Hockey squad. If he is able to participate in the <a title="London Olympics" href="http://www.thesportsmirror.com/category/olympics/"; style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(38, 141, 224); ">London Olympics</a>, he would have surpassed the record of Steve Redgrave, the rower from Britain, as London Olympics is scheduled in 2012.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); line-height: 19px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">For a player who rules the court in tennis in Mixed doubles as also in Doubles, it has been a long journey of personal triumph, passing through struggles, and personal battles. When Lance Armstrong could write a book about his personal battle against cancer to come out triumphant and give to the world one of the best motivational books, a day is not far-off when Leander should also be goaded into sharing his experience in the form of a printed document to serve as a monumental point of reference of surviving against all odds.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); line-height: 19px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Parallel along with <a title="Sachin Tendulkar" href="http://www.thesportsmirror.com/category/cricket/"; style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(38, 141, 224); ">Sachin Tendulkar</a>, he is one of the biggest sports icons the country has ever produced. But while the ad agencies have started a World Cup <a title="cricket" href="http://www.thesportsmirror.com/category/cricket/"; style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(38, 141, 224); ">cricket</a> campaign built around Sachin’s career, nobody has thought about doing the same with Leander Paes. Leander is one player who seldom finds reference in media bytes associated with sports, a quintessential family man, he thrives and relishes the company of his family, and when he is around in Mumbai always makes it a point to drop his daughter to school.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); line-height: 19px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">One only hopes that Leander is around for the next two years playing at his full potential to have another crack at Olympics. He has already started his own involvement with sports by setting a Leander Foundation whose main aim would be to develop better athletes and this he desires to achieve through better diet and lifestyle management of the athletes. Amen to that.</p></div><div><br></div>
<br><div><br></div><div>IF the press media are to be believed there is some decent crowd to support indian shuttlers which is good news </div><div>and sindhu had been playing excellent in last 12 months...had a sensational rise to current 27 in very young age(not sure but i think she is outperforming the saina nehwal of same age)</div>
<div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><h1 class="articleheading" style="font-weight: normal; font-family: arial; font-size: 30px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); width: 660px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 32px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: left; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">IPL 5: TV Ratings record an all-time low</h1></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br></div><div><div><font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2">New Delhi, Apr 26: The cash-rich domestic league into its fifth year, Television ratings have dipped as the fifth edition of Indian Premier League has not lived upto the expectations as it wears a gloomy look after just 34 matches.</font></div><div><font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2">Since its inception, the fifth edition has recorded an all-time low as the average TV Ratings have slipped to 3.53 after 27 matches, when compared to 3.88 last year after 26 matches.</font></div><div><font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2">The first six matches of IPL 5 ratings have gone down by 12 per cent compared to season 4 ratings. If we consider the first 27 matches of IPL 5 and 26 matches of IPL 4, there is a difference of 9% in the average ratings.</font></div><div><font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2">According to the indiantelevision.com report, the average viewership for the first seven matches in IPL 5 was 3.76 while it reduced to 3.65 after 16 matches. Now, after 27 matches it has reached an all-time low in the history of IPL after 25-27 matches. Whiel the cumulative reach has also taken a beating as it has slipped from 140 million last year to 137 million in IPL 5.</font></div><div><font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2">Though this dip in TVR has made Multi Screen Media to protect its ad revenue, it still remains as a profitable property for them.</font></div><div><font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2">"Media may file whatever they want to, but if you look at the top 10 programmes you will get your answer," IPL CEO Sundar Raman told indiantelevision.com.</font></div><div><font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2">But the marketing head of GMR Sports looks into the issue in a different perspective as he says IPL has considerably done well this season as the attendance also remains to be good.</font></div><div><font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2">"I think the IPL is maturing as a league and there will be times when the ratings will plateau a bit or will increase but overall the IPL has done well this season and attendance for matches has been good. The expectation from the IPL is high but one should understand that the ratings are strong enough," Dua told indiantelevision.com.</font></div><div><font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2">While South Asia COO Shubha George says, IPL ratings have been good and has lived upto its expectations as they had predicted a viewership of 3.5 TVR across the country.</font></div><div><font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2"> Read: ಕನ್ನಡದಲ್ಲಿ </font></div><div><font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2">"We had predicted a drop in viewership, but if you look at the ratings they are still better. After all, which property will give you a viewership of 3.5 TVR and a pan-India reach," she said.</font></div><div><font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2">Here is the list of IPL Viewership from 2008-2012</font></div></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br></div><a href="http://www.thatscricket.com/news/2012/04/26/ipl-five-tv-ratings-record-an-all-time-low.html"; style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">http://www.thatscricket.com/news/2012/04/26/ipl-five-tv-ratings-record-an-all-time-low.html</a>;
IPL is one thing that brings India on the map of multidollar sports activity, which we could boast about. Also, it has been the guider for other sports too in India in terms professionalism and in terms of marketing. It is going to stay for sure. But, the low TV rating is mainly because of lack of attachment with the players and team yet. Also, to much extent coz of overdose of cricket (for sometime now).
IPL is one thing that brings India on the map of multidollar sports activity, which we could boast about. Also, it has been the guider for other sports too in India in terms professionalism and in terms of marketing. It is going to stay for sure. But, the low TV rating is mainly because of lack of attachment with the players and team yet. Also, to much extent coz of overdose of cricket (for sometime now).
<br><div><br></div><div>The main reason for reduced following of the league in last season is brand new auction of all players again which meant the public got confused to see their fav player in another team...</div><div>which reflected in reduced interest among the fans</div>
IPL is one thing that brings India on the map of multidollar sports activity, which we could boast about. Also, it has been the guider for other sports too in India in terms professionalism and in terms of marketing. It is going to stay for sure. But, the low TV rating is mainly because of lack of attachment with the players and team yet. Also, to much extent coz of overdose of cricket (for sometime now).
<br><div><br></div><div>The main reason for reduced following of the league in last season is brand new auction of all players again which meant the public got confused to see their fav player in another team...</div><div>which reflected in reduced interest among the fans</div>
<br><div><br></div><div>That is very confusing and it will take time for the Indians to identify with these players. At least with the new modern T20 leagues coming up across the world like the Big Bash League coming up there will be competition with the leagues and make it more interesting.</div>
<font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2">http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/regional/tamil/news-interviews/Lakshmi-supports-football/articleshow/13566234.cms</font><div><font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2">Looks like they are serious when it comes to American Football in India. Still think it will fail but still cant wait to see the looks on everyones face when you see those stupid lines at the Salt Lake Stadium and Balewadi.</font></div><div><font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2">Also I expect the Cooperage soon.</font></div>
<font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2">http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/regional/tamil/news-interviews/Lakshmi-supports-football/articleshow/13566234.cms</font><div><font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2">Looks like they are serious when it comes to American Football in India. Still think it will fail but still cant wait to see the looks on everyones face when you see those stupid lines at the Salt Lake Stadium and Balewadi.</font></div><div><font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font face="Arial, Verdana" size="2">Also I expect the Cooperage soon.</font></div>
<br><div><br></div><div>cooperage is under WIFA not the same case with balewadi or YBK which is under state govt so here wifa will decide who will get the stadium and so we can say that this stadium would never be used for EFLI</div>
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</h2><div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); line-height: 19px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">How many of us are aware about the fact that when Leander Paes appears in the London <a title="Olympics" href="http://www.thesportsmirror.com/category/olympics/"; style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(38, 141, 224); ">Olympics</a>, he would be having the rare distinction of featuring in six Olympics tournaments spread over a period of twenty years. Besides, he is <a title="India" href="http://www.thesportsmirror.com/category/cricket/"; style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(38, 141, 224); ">India</a>’s most successful Grand Slam winner who has pocketed 12 trophies so far and still is raring to go at the US Open, though he also a personal war to wage with sinus.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); line-height: 19px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">For Leander, his career revolves around Olympics and this would be probably the last time when he would play under the National Flag in London. The hunger for Olympics participation is an off-shoot of the influence from his father, who had participated in Olympics as a member of Indian Hockey squad. If he is able to participate in the <a title="London Olympics" href="http://www.thesportsmirror.com/category/olympics/"; style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(38, 141, 224); ">London Olympics</a>, he would have surpassed the record of Steve Redgrave, the rower from Britain, as London Olympics is scheduled in 2012.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); line-height: 19px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">For a player who rules the court in tennis in Mixed doubles as also in Doubles, it has been a long journey of personal triumph, passing through struggles, and personal battles. When Lance Armstrong could write a book about his personal battle against cancer to come out triumphant and give to the world one of the best motivational books, a day is not far-off when Leander should also be goaded into sharing his experience in the form of a printed document to serve as a monumental point of reference of surviving against all odds.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); line-height: 19px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Parallel along with <a title="Sachin Tendulkar" href="http://www.thesportsmirror.com/category/cricket/"; style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(38, 141, 224); ">Sachin Tendulkar</a>, he is one of the biggest sports icons the country has ever produced. But while the ad agencies have started a World Cup <a title="cricket" href="http://www.thesportsmirror.com/category/cricket/"; style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(38, 141, 224); ">cricket</a> campaign built around Sachin’s career, nobody has thought about doing the same with Leander Paes. Leander is one player who seldom finds reference in media bytes associated with sports, a quintessential family man, he thrives and relishes the company of his family, and when he is around in Mumbai always makes it a point to drop his daughter to school.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 12px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); line-height: 19px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">One only hopes that Leander is around for the next two years playing at his full potential to have another crack at Olympics. He has already started his own involvement with sports by setting a Leander Foundation whose main aim would be to develop better athletes and this he desires to achieve through better diet and lifestyle management of the athletes. Amen to that.</p></div><div><br></div>
<br><div><br></div><div>IF the press media are to be believed there is some decent crowd to support indian shuttlers which is good news </div><div>and sindhu had been playing excellent in last 12 months...had a sensational rise to current 27 in very young age(not sure but i think she is outperforming the saina nehwal of same age)</div>
<br><div><br></div><div>The main reason for reduced following of the league in last season is brand new auction of all players again which meant the public got confused to see their fav player in another team...</div><div>which reflected in reduced interest among the fans</div>
<br><div><br></div><div>That is very confusing and it will take time for the Indians to identify with these players. At least with the new modern T20 leagues coming up across the world like the Big Bash League coming up there will be competition with the leagues and make it more interesting.</div>
<br><div><br></div><div>cooperage is under WIFA not the same case with balewadi or YBK which is under state govt so here wifa will decide who will get the stadium and so we can say that this stadium would never be used for EFLI</div>