Sania joins as 4th Vice President of of ITPAApril 17th, 2013 Sania Mirza joined as the fourth Vice-President of the freshly formed Tennis body in India : ITPA (Indian Tennis Players Association). Sania, was the first female player from India to win a Grand Slam. Sania now plays only in doubles as she gave up her singles career due to injuries. The 4 Vice-Presidents of the ITPA are: Leander Paes Mahesh Bhupathi Somdev Devvarman Sania Mirza President of ITPA: Jaideep Mukherjea Why a need for ITPA when AITA already exists? The existing structure of tennis administration in India i.e. All India Tennis Association (AITA), is unable to represent or adequately address contemporary issues faced by the players in the India. Thus, there was a need for a separate body like ITPA which is modelled on the functioning of the ATP, which encourages players to make decisions for the benefit of the sport. The ITPA has conveyed its opinion in “the principles of self-governance and consultative dialogue in arriving at key decisions impacting professional tennis in the country”. The not-for-profit association, being established as a Section 25 company, has opened membership to all current and former national and international players via a process of registration. Status of All India Tennis Association (AITA): The All India Tennis Association (AITA) Established in 1920 Governing body of tennis in India Affiliated by International Tennis Federation and Asian Tennis Federation. Operates all of the Indian national representative tennis sides, including the India Davis Cup team, the India Fed Cup team and youth sides as well. Responsible for organizing and hosting tennis tournaments within India and scheduling the home international fixtures. Manipur bags overall team Champion for 22nd time in North East Game 2013April 16th, 2013 In the 27th edition of North-East Games played at Imphal, the host state Manipur claimed the title of overall team champion for the 22nd time. Overall standing: Manipur Assam Mizoram Nagaland Meghalaya Tripura Sikkim This was the 27th edition of the North East games. North East Games were earlier known as “North East Sports Festival” and were started in 1986-87 with an objective of encouraging sports in the NE region of India. Harmanpreet Kaur – New captain of Indian Women’s Cricket TeamApril 1st, 2013 imageHarmanpreet Kaur was named the Captain of the Indian women’s Cricket team, she replaced Mithali Raj. Poonam Raut was named as the Vice-Captain of the team. India wins the Border-Gavaskar Trophy by a defeating Australia 4-0 in Test SeriesMarch 29th, 2013 India completed a historic 4-0 clean sweep against Australia by recording an emphatic six-wicket victory in the fourth and final cricket Test. Border–Gavaskar Trophy A Test cricket series played between India and Australia. If the series is drawn, then the country holding the trophy retains it. The series is named after Australia’s Allan Border and India’s Sunil Gavaskar, who both scored over 10,000 Test runs in their career Results Year :: Played in :: Winner :: Player of the series 1996–97 :: India :: India won the one-off Test 1-0 :: Nayan Mongia 1997–98 :: India :: India won the 3-match series 2-1 :: Sachin Tendulkar 1999–00 :: Australia :: Australia won the 3-match series 3-0 :: Sachin Tendulkar 2000–01 :: India :: India won the 3-match series 2-1 :: Harbhajan Singh / Matthew Hayden 2003–04 :: Australia :: 4-match series drawn 1-1 [Retained By India] :: Rahul Dravid 2004–05 :: India :: Australia won the 4-match series 2-1 :: Damien Martyn 2007–08 :: Australia :: Australia won the 4-match series 2-1 :: Brett Lee 2008–09 :: India :: India won the 4-match series 2-0 :: Ishant Sharma 2010–11 :: India :: India won the 2-match series 2-0 :: Sachin Tendulkar 2011–12 :: Australia :: Australia won the 4-match series 4–0 :: Michael Clarke 2012–13 :: India :: India won the 4-match series 4-0 :: Ravichandran Ashwin
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