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  • Women’s Champions Trophy hockey tourney sets broadcast records

    Women’s Champions Trophy hockey tourney sets broadcast records

    MUMBAI: Hockey’s governing body the FIH has announced that the ongoing womens Samsung Hockey Champions Trophy in Canberra, Australia, is setting new television coverage records.

    The tournament which concludes on Sunday is being broadcast in all six competing nations for the first time.Ten Sports is airing the event in India and the Middle East .

    The event is being broadcast to more than 500 million viewers in 93 countries via eight television networks and will reach its highest ever global potential audience.It is airing in Australia on ABC and in Malaysia on Astro.

    FIH president Els van Breda Vriesman said, The record television coverage of the Samsung Hockey Champions Trophy reflects the hard work undertaken by the International Hockey Federation this year to improve the exposure of hockey around the world.

    Meanwhile the FIH is organising a benefit match to aid those affected by earthquake in Pakistan and India. In cooperation with the Indian Hockey Confederation, the benefit match will be held on 8 December 2005 in Chennai, India, before the start of the mens Sahara Hockey Champions Trophy.

  • Top APRC drivers lined up for MRF India Rally

    Top APRC drivers lined up for MRF India Rally

    MUMBAI: Preparations for the last round of the FIA’s (motorsports’ world body) Asia Pacific Rally Championship (APRC) 2003, the MRF India Rally, are hotting up.
     

    For the rally, 12 containers have been delivered at the Bangkok ports. The containers, expected to reach Mumbai around 25 November, consist of 11 rally cars and other service cars, service equipment and spares. As reported earlier by indiantelevision.com, the event will kick off in Mumbai on 5 December. The rally will take place in Pune till 7 December. ESPN-Star Sports (ESS) will air a half-hour wrap-up of the event everyday.

    The Mumbai/Pune round will be the fifth and the final round of the APRC. The earlier rounds were held at Canberra (Australia), Rotorua (New Zealand), Hokkaido (Japan) and Rayong (Thailand).

    Among the FIA registered drivers who have confirmed participation in the MRF India Rally are last year’s WRC (production cars) champion Karamjit Singh (Malaysia); last year’s overall APRC 2002 Champion Geoff Argyle; twice New Zealand Rally Champion (1998/1999) Nico Caldarola, and 2001 European Rally Champion and German Rally Champion in 1996,1998 and 1999 Andrew Hawkeswood.

    A few more drivers from Indonesia and Malaysia are expected to take part in the MRF India Rally 2003.