investigates the epic battle between the Australian Rugby League which has been around for 87 years and the Super League concept for the control of Rugby League in Australia. One man‚ Mr Rupert Murdoch‚ is trying to take over and run a rebel Super League to enhance his power and for financial gain. This Super League is proposed to run in 1996 with a 10 team competition as its prospectus. This report reviews the history of the Australian Rugby League‚ the battle between Mr.Murdoch and Mr.Packer‚ the
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Project IPL A revolution in Indian Sports & Entertainment 27 May 2008 Indian Premier League (IPL) A revolution in Indian sports and entertainment Over 200 million Indian viewers‚ 10 million international viewers‚ 4 million live spectators: the Indian Premier League (IPL) is a sports and entertainment revolution in the making‚ surpassing all records of viewership on ground and on media. Advertising revenue and ticket sales have exceeded all expectations‚ making IPL highly profitable for the organisers
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The Indian Premier League (IPL) has taken the Twenty-20 Cricket’s popularity to dizzying heights. The IPL fever has gripped the minds of the people in its full intensity. When the Twenty-20 cricket was on‚ IPL and its probable winner was one _ of the hottest topics of discussion everywhere. Many people are of the view that it is one of the best things that ever happens to the game of cricket. In fact IPL has become so popular worldwide that Australian Captain Ricky Pointing had to issue an appeal
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The graphic novel‚ The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen‚ by Alan Moore‚ takes place in Brittan starting in 1898. The work takes characters from other novels and uses their past and personality in one novel. The character in the league are‚ Captain Nemo‚ Miss Mina Murray‚ Allen Quaterman‚ Henry Jekyll‚ Edward Hyde‚ Hawley Griffin‚ Champion Bond‚ and C. Auguste Dupin. During this time period‚ the industrial revolution was taking place. Cities were being built up‚ people were moving from farms
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Mitesh Jaysawal‚ 2010‚ Merchandising Domestic Cricket League Brands: Discernible Way to Keep the Brands Productive and Alive‚ European Journal of Social Sciences – Volume 14‚ Number 1 (2010) Bourgeon and Bouchet‚ 2001 D Brand Finance Report‚ 2010 reports IPL to be valued at $4.13 billion Business Standard: article titled “IPL: The $2 bn brand”‚ http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/ipl2-bn-brand/387825/ Dirk Briskorn 2008‚ Sports Leagues Scheduling Models‚ Combinatorial Properties‚ and Optimization
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European Historical Economics Society Conference‚ 9-10 September 2005‚ Historical Center of the former Imperial Ottoman Bank‚ Istanbul. WHY DID THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS FAIL? INTRODUCTION The economic and political instability of the interwar period and the rise of authoritarian regimes are often seen as extensions of World War I and the Great Depression. The League of Nations‚ in turn‚ is usually seen as an organization that failed to act adequately during the various political crises of the period‚ beginning
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POOR FORM IN TEST CRICKET- IPL TO BLAME? In one of the earlier posts related to Indian Premier League (IPL)‚ we had enthusiastically talked about Positive effects of IPL. Before the start of IPL 2012‚ India had lost Test series to England 0-4 in England‚ to Australia 0-4 in Australia and India failed to qualify for the CB Series and Asia Cup finals. After that‚ the exciting IPL 2012 happened and all of a sudden‚ everyone forgot about the most depressing season of Test Cricket for India. And then
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Price discrimination in the English premier league Many scholars have described football as a global game or as a global language. In my opinion‚ football is the easiest sport to be part of in the world. Every child from different class groups is eager to play football‚ whether it is on the streets or on a world-class field with amazing equipment. As a child you do not see the economic side of football. You just want to play the game and it becomes a part of your livelihood. As you grow older‚ things
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The First World War cast Europe into a state of turmoil and disarray. The collapse of the German and Austro-Hungarian empires‚ along with the revolution in Russia‚ left territorial boundaries relatively uncertain. In January 1919‚ representatives from the victorious Allied Nations met in Paris to devise a treaty that might somehow make sense of the chaos and restore some measure of order to the European continent. 1 Each member of the peace conference approached the task at hand with his own agenda
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The main reasons that the League of Nations was originally set up was to prevent war‚ encourage disarmament and as a way to settle international disputes through negotiation and arbitration. As stated by Wilson‚ ’This treaty is nothing less than an organization of liberty and mercy for the world’ (Foley 1969:129) The intentions of the League appealed to many countries‚ especially as they were still raw from the war and favourable towards pacifism. With the benefit of hind-sight it is easy to criticise
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