tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264071594101686568.post-55960949342871830262008-05-19T15:07:00.001-07:002008-05-19T15:07:09.824-07:00China raising an army of cricketers on a fresh pitch and an Olympic dream<b>India to move on from one-sport country</b><br><div class="gmail_quote"> Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia<br> CRICKET is not the only sport in India - that is the message Olympic<br> officials in the country of 1.1 billion people are hoping to purvey. ...<br> <<a href="http://www.smh.com.au/news/beijing2008/india-to-move-on-from-onesport-country/2008/05/17/1210765253752.html" target="_blank">http://www.smh.com.au/news/beijing2008/india-to-move-on-from-onesport-country/2008/05/17/1210765253752.html</a>><br> <br><b> Beijing's multinational cricket club</b><br> Hindustan Times - India<br> China is raising an army of cricketers on a fresh pitch and an Olympic<br> dream. A well-trained women's cricket team is already in place and will<br> soon be ...<br> <<a href="http://www.hindustantimes.com/Redir.aspx?ID=6820f25e-29f8-4104-b7c3-29b2acdaefd7&ParentID=7cf805dd-8c42-44d8-92d2-2490b0b501a7" target="_blank">http://www.hindustantimes.com/Redir.aspx?ID=6820f25e-29f8-4104-b7c3-29b2acdaefd7&ParentID=7cf805dd-8c42-44d8-92d2-2490b0b501a7</a>><br> <br><b> Imagine queuing to light your fag at the Olympic flame; they did ...</b><br> Times &amp; Star - Workington,England,UK<br> Back to the Cockermouth of 1891, when J Park, landlord of the Bush Hotel,<br> was holding his annual gala and sports on the cricket ground, Sandair. ...<br> <<a href="http://www.timesandstar.co.uk/lifestyle/how_michael/1.94348" target="_blank">http://www.timesandstar.co.uk/lifestyle/how_michael/1.94348</a>><br><br><br><b> Twenty20 has shown the awesome power of sport</b><br> Calcutta Telegraph - Calcutta,India<br> Pioneering vision and enterprise have taken cricket over the rainbow. In a<br> bold historic move, hockey, sliding from Olympic glory to oblivion, ...<br> <<a href="http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080517/jsp/sports/story_9283185.jsp" target="_blank">http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080517/jsp/sports/story_9283185.jsp</a>><br><br><br></div> @noreply@blogger.com