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...Indian Premier League is bringing in South African security firm Nicholls, Steyn and Associates to manage safety for the entire tournament. Company director Bob Nicholls knows just what he's up against - he was in Mumbai at the time of last November's attacks. The Indian government has also offered to provide paramilitary forces if required, even though the country will be holding general elections over six weeks coinciding with the tournament. IPL president Lalit Modi has been in a running tiff with the government over dates and venues for his tournament, and it is a measure of the importance...
...India, cricket is also big business. The Indian Premier League (IPL), which features a fast and furious short version of the game, began in 2008 and is already worth approximately $2 billion. But last year's terror attack on Mumbai, and the assault on the Sri Lankan cricket team in Pakistan on March 3 in which eight people died (six policeman and two civilians) and several Sri Lankan players were injured have raised fears about the future of the game in the region. Will the threat of further attacks spell the end of international cricket in South Asia? (See pictures...
...India, the answer for now seems to be no. Though there was talk of canceling the second season of the Premier League, the IPL looks set to start on April 10 per the original schedule. Security has been beefed up. Players - the teams feature the best in the world from Australia and South Africa to Sri Lanka and the West Indies - will be restricted to the ground and their hotels. Fans will have their bags checked more thoroughly. But the game will go on. "I think we don't have much of [a] choice in this," says Kumar Sangakkara...
Today it's not at all about comparing ourselves to the other leagues. It's trying to capture a larger piece of an ever-growing soccer market in this country. There's no shortage of soccer fans in America. We need fans that watch the English Premier League or follow teams from Mexico and Argentina to be fans of their local MLS club too. (Listen to Dick Vitale Name His Top 10 NCAA Tournament Moments...
...terrorist attack at Rome's Leonardo da Vinci airport. His last major project was a series of portraits of people he described as Italy's unsung stars in such fields as law, education and geology. But he will be remembered for two things: the death of a premier and the life of a pope...