02-09-2004, 10:20 PM
meanwhile, more news on Hockey......The National Hockey League will be a reality soon.
IHF to launch National Hockey League in September
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->The IHF decided to launch the NHL after repeated demands from various quarters for introduction of a hockey championship on the lines of the popular National Football League.
"The NHL is all set to roll. It has been tentatively decided to launch this mega show in September after the Athens Olympics. The countdown has begun," IHF Secretary General K Jothikumaran said in a press release here.
The league would feature 10 teams divided into two tiers -- the Premier and the 1st Division. Each team will be allowed to take a certain number of foreign players to ensure "the best of world's talent on display".
The NHL would be introduced in association with sports broadcaster ESPN STAR Sports and Leisure Sports Management (LSM) company which had played a role in introducing the National Football League in India a decade back.
"IHF has been working very closely with their exclusive agent LSM for the last two years to come up with the perfect formula for this event," Jothikumaran said.
"ESPN STAR Sports was also introduced in the planning process for providing inputs to make the telecast viewer-friendly," he added.
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Hooray! <!--emo&:clapping--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/clap.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='clap.gif' /><!--endemo-->
IHF to launch National Hockey League in September
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->The IHF decided to launch the NHL after repeated demands from various quarters for introduction of a hockey championship on the lines of the popular National Football League.
"The NHL is all set to roll. It has been tentatively decided to launch this mega show in September after the Athens Olympics. The countdown has begun," IHF Secretary General K Jothikumaran said in a press release here.
The league would feature 10 teams divided into two tiers -- the Premier and the 1st Division. Each team will be allowed to take a certain number of foreign players to ensure "the best of world's talent on display".
The NHL would be introduced in association with sports broadcaster ESPN STAR Sports and Leisure Sports Management (LSM) company which had played a role in introducing the National Football League in India a decade back.
"IHF has been working very closely with their exclusive agent LSM for the last two years to come up with the perfect formula for this event," Jothikumaran said.
"ESPN STAR Sports was also introduced in the planning process for providing inputs to make the telecast viewer-friendly," he added.
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Hooray! <!--emo&:clapping--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/clap.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='clap.gif' /><!--endemo-->