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Railways hasn’t withdrawn our sponsorship: OC
The Commonwealth Games Organising Committee on Wednesday said it has received no communication from Indian Railways threatening to withdraw the Rs 100-crore sponsorship as claimed in media reports. “The Indian Railways sponsorship was announced on the floor of the House as part of Railway Budget and SMAM (Sports Marketing and Management) will not get a commission from it. According to our contract with them,we need not give them commission for money coming directly from the government,” said OC spokesperson Lalit Bhanot. The OC’s own marketing team is managing servicing for Indian Railways instead of SMAM.

Relay: MaharaShTra wants date changed
Mumbai: Maharashtra has told the Centre that it cannot host the Queen’s Baton Relay as scheduled as the dates clash with the Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations on September 11. Top police sources said the Home Department has asked for a change in the schedule of the relay since it will not be able to provide security and free stretches of road required. The relay will enter the state at Kolhapur on September 8 and leave from Daman from Mumbai on September 11. Organising Committee general secretary Lalit Bhanot said some changes were being made to the schedule.

Haven’t got any commission: SMAM 
Melbourne: The Sports Marketing and Management (SMAM) on Wednesday denied getting any commission till now from the Organising Committee. “We have already beaten the record sponsorship revenue we gained for Melbourne and that’s still going,but we have not received a single rupee yet and there’s money overdue,” SMAM head Mike Bushell told The Australian.