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Tendulkar bags Adidas contract
MUMBAI: Sachin Tendulkar became the first cricketer from the sub-continent to be contracted by sports goods giant Adidas.
Tendulkar will endorse the company8217;s apparels and accessories for a period of six years for an undisclosed amount, it was announced here today.
However, the sum is believed to be in the region of Rs six crores.
The company began their assault on the Indian market earlier this month by signing Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi 8212; No 3 doubles combination in world tennis.
BCCI meeting
MUMBAI: The senior tournaments committee of the Board of Control for Cricket in India BCCI is to meet here tomorrow to decide on the outcome of the controversially abandoned Ranji Trophy Super League match between Delhi and Tamil Nadu at Chennai.
PR Punjabi, the match referee for the Feb 14-17 tie in Chennai which was abandoned because of the 8220;tampered pitch8221; at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, and colleague Dara Dotiwala are the other twospecial invitees for the meeting, it was announced by the BCCI here today.
Kahlon triumphs
NEW DELHI: Harmeet Kahlon who dominated the proceedings from the word go came up strongly in the final round with an aggregate of 288 to claim the Invitational Individual golf championship held here today.
CSJC awards
CALCUTTA: Calcutta Sports Journalists Club will honour four veteran sports persons and a sports administrator on the 50th year of India8217;s independence, CSJC secretary S Sabanayakan announced here today.
Sabanayakan said that Olympians Sailen Manna football, Leslie Claudius hockey, former Test star Pankaj Roy cricket and Davis Cupper Naresh Kumar would be felicitated by the CSJC. President of the international cricket control board and former secretary of the Board of Control for Cricket in India, Jagmohan Dalmiya would be feted as an administrator.
