Tuesday, December 21, 2010

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Latest Sports Buzz

Sania talks about her confident victory and future game plans

Posted: 21 Dec 2010 11:10 PM PST

After winning the ITF tournament in Dubai, Sania Mirza is on an all time high at the end of this year and has expressed on the 21st of December that she is all set to perform out standing at the next year's Australian open.

Worlds 164th rank holder, Sania, 24 won over Serbia's player Bojana Jovanovski with a score of 4-6, 6-3, 6-0 in the finals of Al Habtoor Tennis Championship played in Dubai.

Sania informed media that she is presently very happy with the way things are and is satisfied with her performance.

Reflecting on her injury she said that she hadn't hoped this much as per the season had started slow for her but she has been playing well and consistently during past months.

At the grand slam Sania managed to beat a top player and she feels very confident about her playing skills now.

Since Sania participated in the ITF in between the WTF, the player disapproves that she consciously undertook this.

ITF is not a lower tournament anymore and it instead has better players than many other WTA's.

Sania confirming this said that in a WTA tournament which she recently played a top player was ranked 75 while the same player in Dubai ITF was ranked 40.

Sania said that she had a good time at the tournament and also added that she had missed so much on her matches because of the CWG and Asian Games that now she wants to makeup for it.

Sania talking about her current priority said that health is the only thing that matters to her now.

Humble Sachin and His Ways; Helpful for India Inc.

Posted: 21 Dec 2010 10:59 PM PST

NEW DELHI: Humbleness is his trait. The man known for his down to earth persona made India proud every time he represents his country.

Sachin Tendulkar, an all-rounder, not only in cricket but of everything he tries his hands upon.

Tendeulkar started his career in cricket as a very young boy, even at that time he was seen focused and determined enough to make it big.

Same determination and humbleness can be seen in him even today when he had almost all the accolades with him.

In his 22-year-long spectacular career with 50 test centuries and 46 ODI centuries is an experience for any cricket lover or devotee of this Cric-God. His very presence, teaches us about simplicity and how to stay focused in whatever one is doing.

He is a perfect example of leadership and management for businesses. What all can be learnt from Tendulkar and his ways? Here are some views of CEOs in India.

Executive Director and HR Head, ICICI Bank, K Ramkumar says, "The most important lesson is the fact that talent without discipline is useless tinsel. It takes you nowhere.

Companies and entrepreneurs who do not bring in a certain discipline and rigour can never succeed.

Tendulkar is maniacal about his preparation for every single innings he plays be it a crucial test match or an inconsequential ODI."

Ramkumar recollects Tendulkar's stint during the 2003 World Cup match against Pakistan at Centurion Park when he sat alone with his gear perhaps visualizing the match-winning knock of 98 he ultimately delivered.

"When Australia toured India in 1998 with Shane Warne at his peak, Tendulkar realised that his ability to counter the leg spin coming out of the rough would be crucial. Several weeks before the tour began, he got the former India leg spinner L Sivaramakrishnan, who had retired by then, to bowl around the wicket and into the rough in the nets," adds Ramkumar.

May be as a captain Tendulkar was not at his best but he is still leading his team with his unmatchable performance. "Cricket is a game that involves decision-making in the shortest possible time between the time the ball leaves the bowler and reaches the other end in a fraction of a second. Sachin has honed his skill at taking decisions to the finest possible level.

It is a quality essential for successful leadership. Also leaders need to have capability to have more than one solution to a given problem. Sachin has many," says Harsh Goenka, chairman of RPG Enterprises.

Raghavendra Rao, the CMD of Chennai-based Orchid Pharmaceuticals, begins his day with a special prayer for Tendulkar whenever he plays for India.

He says, "The first and foremost lesson for entrepreneurs is to start young, as Tendulkar did.

You give yourself that much more time and opportunity to succeed. And if you can remain focused and humble, the sky is the limit."

"Tendulkar epitomises the mindset of wanting to grow from scratch even after achieving the greatness threshold. He never tends to cool his heels. Companies and CEOs too must always think of starting from scratch even when they hit their targets of say $1 billion revenue.

His greatness is that he does the same thing that he has been doing for the last 25 years, but with greater passion every time he takes the field. He has never tried his hand at anything other than cricket. He feels most secure in his 21/2 square foot home called the batting crease," explains R Suresh, CEO of the executive search firm Stanton Chase.

Should the young generation learn few of Tendulkar's ways, India can be unbeatable like Indian cricket team when Sachin takes the hold.

Sachin Tendulkar has marked human excellence quotes a Pakistani daily

Posted: 21 Dec 2010 01:54 AM PST

Sachin Tendulkar is the very first cricketer to have scored the 50th century and it is in reference to this that a Pakistani daily quoted that he needs to strike equality with the inputs he gives on any field so that the limits of excellence can be pushed further.

The editor of the daily said that only looking at his current century in the context of the cricket world is not fair on the sportsman.

The achievements he has gained in the world of cricket should be weighed on the same scale as other efforts in the known fields like art, literature, science, etc so that human excellence can be given a further scope for growth.

Tendulkar's 50th century came in after he played well on the bowling spree of Dale Steyn the African player on the fourth playing day of the first test at the Centurian's Super Sport Park on the 20th of December.

To get his most awaited century Sachin just took 196 balls and he pitted a six along with 12 fours.

Sachin was not out till the end even though India could not manage to win. Sachin had minted 111 runs by the end of the match.

Talking about the cricketer the daily quotes that Sachin's progress is because of his nature to mould himself according to the growing alterations in the cricket world.

The player has been in for over 20 years and this indeed is a long time for any player to still stand successful on the field.
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