ISSN: 1391 - 0531
Sunday, October 08, 2006
Vol. 41 - No 19
 
Sports

Hospital talk
* MS met JD at the hospital and said that he is willing to join the IC, but the request had one clause. If they were to join in JD will have to kick DM out and install AS there. JD flatly refused and the status quo remains.

What an advice!
* So this history making senior bowler went to the spinners clinic and gave them one piece of advice. He said “As long as the senior bowlers are there you will never be able to break into the national team. So it would be advisable if can go to England or somewhere else and play a little professional cricket and make your money”.

These unkind words left the young hopefuls completely non-plus.

No business
* A Netball match of the National Sports Festival was in progress and there a very senior player who also had captained the national team was with the ball. There came a novice player from the opposition to cover her. The senior player blurred out “You have no business to cover senior players like us.

Hurrrrah for the boss
* The soccer silver medalists were being felicitated at Beddagana. During the event, an official of the controlling body snatched the mike off the singer’s hand and started singing hosannas to his boss “Long live……..” They say that this is the way he wangles his foreign trips.

Mr. B vs Mr. T
* The fighting at the cricket’s administration seems to have spilled on to the school level too. Former national skipper Mr. B’s son’s name is struck off the list from the captaincy and Anura’s son’s name has been installed. They say that Mr. T is behind this whole move.

No Compassion
* Mr. T once again approached MR to have elections for the Maitland Place seats. But, this time it was Mr. Ruler of Compassion who has put a spoke into the Mr. T’s wheel.

Low Medical
* It is said that there are more outsiders enjoying the facilities that are preserved for the sports men and women at its medical unit. Recently a prominent tree politician was seen limping out of the unit after treatment. It is also reported that a medal winning sports woman has confronted the head of this united on this issue.

 
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