China raising an army of cricketers on a fresh pitch and an Olympic dream

India to move on from one-sport country

Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
CRICKET is not the only sport in India - that is the message Olympic
officials in the country of 1.1 billion people are hoping to purvey. ...
<http://www.smh.com.au/news/beijing2008/india-to-move-on-from-onesport-country/2008/05/17/1210765253752.html>

Beijing's multinational cricket club
Hindustan Times - India
China is raising an army of cricketers on a fresh pitch and an Olympic
dream. A well-trained women's cricket team is already in place and will
soon be ...
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Imagine queuing to light your fag at the Olympic flame; they did ...
Times &amp; Star - Workington,England,UK
Back to the Cockermouth of 1891, when J Park, landlord of the Bush Hotel,
was holding his annual gala and sports on the cricket ground, Sandair. ...
<http://www.timesandstar.co.uk/lifestyle/how_michael/1.94348>


Twenty20 has shown the awesome power of sport
Calcutta Telegraph - Calcutta,India
Pioneering vision and enterprise have taken cricket over the rainbow. In a
bold historic move, hockey, sliding from Olympic glory to oblivion, ...
<http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080517/jsp/sports/story_9283185.jsp>