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The game of poker often requires one to be strong mentally. The poker players need to rack their brains to win the game. Of late, we have seen appearances of several football stars on the poker table for trying their luck and minting lettuce.

Gigi Buffon, the proverbial Juventus Goalkeeper, is an active poker player. Online casino gaming site- Pokerstars.com had roped in Buffon for a contract in 2010 and since then the star has promoted the event around the globe.

Former Liverpool legend, Jan Molby, has proved to be a great player in the world of poker. He finished an event in grand style in the 45^th place amount 299 players for the EPT Copenhagen Main Event.  Now we would be seeing Molby in the Danish Poker Tour.
 

Another name to reckon with in the world of football world who has gained immense popularity in the world of poker is Teddy Sherringham. Before retiring from football, Sherringham started his career as a poker player in the US casinos. He created a name as a poker player in the year 2009 WSOP Europe where he stood 14^th where the competition ruthless and came 5^th in the final table of EPT Vilamoura Main Event where he took a sum of @118,000.

 Tony Cascarino, the Irish National player has taken his home closely $589,000 in poker tournaments. His greatest career win so far was at the Grosvenor UK Poker Tour Grand Final in the UK in circa 2008 where he won a whooping sum of $283,412.

Hence, from the winning streak of the above mentioned football players, it is evident that sport hotshots aren’t only ace on field but also on the dealing table. And we really hope to see more and more of the football hotshots creating a windfall for themselves in the poker table.

The 2010 Commonwealth Games, held at Delhi will be remembered more for the controversies that it generated than for sportsmanship or athletic milestones. At the heart of this lies the corruption charges against the Chairman of the Organizing Committee for the games, Suresh Kalmadi. Kalmadi, a seasoned politician and a powerful sports administrator of India, was arrested by the Central Bureau of Intelligence in April 2011 for allegedly having indulged in unfair practices while disbursing contracts for the timing-scoring-results system for the games to a Swiss firm. His decisions were believed to have caused a loss of several crores to the games’ budget and taxpayers’ money.
Innocent until proven guilty
Suresh Kalmadi was jailed for 10 months before he was granted bail in January 2012 in a case that is still under investigation. However, rumors that he would get a clean chit have been doing the rounds for a long time now. They began even when he was in prison with the Indian Olympic Association being indecisive and vague about choosing a successor for the position of President which was earlier held by Kalmadi. Instead of choosing a new President, they installed an acting President, who was promptly replaced by Kalmadi after his release.

The paradox of power
In the meantime, Kalmadi has returned to the limelight and is to be seen actively participating in public life and poll campaigning for the very party he has been suspended from. The ways of politics are strange and this is not going to be the first time that corruption charges of this magnitude have fallen by the wayside when brought against those in power. Given the proverbial short memory of the voting public and the strange bedfellows that politics and corporate greed create, it seems more than likely that the entire CWG scam will turn out to be an accounting error and nothing more than that.

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Quarterback JaMarcus Russell has signed the NFL’s biggest-ever rookie contract after ending his holdout at Oakland. The top pick in this year’s NFL draft had refused to agree terms with the Raiders until he got the right deal. Signing the most lucrative rookie contract in NFL history the six-year deal could pay him up to $68 million. The previous record deal for a rookie was when the Detroit Lions’ gave No. 2 pick Calvin Johnson a $27.2 million. Russell already missed training camp, the Raiders’ four preseason games and their regular-season opener during contract negotiations. The Raiders, who went a league-worst 2-14 last season, lost last week’s opening game to the Detroit Lions 36-21. Coach Lane Kiffin reintroduced Russell to the team and said: He’s at a definite disadvantage, especially with that position, as far as quarterback. You’re talking about hundreds and hundreds of reps in preseason and being in games. We can’t simulate what he missed. That’s put him in a tough situation. Russell will play as soon as he shows he is ready. The colossal Russell has a 25-4 record as a starter at Louisiana State University and threw 52 touchdown passes over three seasons. For now, the Raiders have a sigh of relief to see their quarterback of the future under siege. Image Courtesy Via: Bloomberg

The verdict is finally there, as McLaren have been fined an unprecedented $100m and stripped of all past and future championship points in the 2007 constructors’ championship for using leaked Ferrari data. However, drivers Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton escaped punishment. The pronouncement of the FIA World Motor Sport Council in Paris undoubtedly shapes Ferrari’s way to be crowned champions ahead of this weekend’s Belgian Grand Prix. The FIA statement said: The WMSC have stripped Vodafone McLaren Mercedes of all constructor points in the 2007 FIA Formula One world championship and the team can score no points for the remainder of the season. Following the recent retirement of long dominated Michael Schumacher it was the talented Lewis Hamilton who emerged as his likely successor and took on the charge. Still, the ongoing bitterness between Hamilton and his team-mate Fernando Alonso is not yet in speaking terms at the top of the title table. The Spaniard is just three points behind Hamilton in the drivers’ championship with four grand prix remaining. Furthermore, McLaren’s fallout of its participation in next year’s championship clearly gives an impression that the worst-case scenario has completely wrecked the Formula One. Image Courtesy Via: BBC

As soon as the International Hockey Federation (FIH) decided to shift men’s Champions Trophy from Pakistan owing to security concerns, India, Malaysia and Spain have jumped into the fray for the hosting right of the prestigious tournament. The tournament, which is a seven-team event, features world’s top six sides — Germany, Australia, Netherlands, South Korea, Pakistan and Spain — besides the hosts and both Malaysia and India, who are not among the top six, are eager to host it to get that automatic entry. Pakistan’s volatile security scenario forced FIH to move the event which was originally scheduled in Lahore from December 1-9. Malaysian Hockey Confederation (MHC) is confident of bagging the hosting right and its secretary general Datuk Dr SS Cheema said We submitted a detailed bid to the FIH on Sept 6 stating our interest to host the Champions Trophy if the FIH moves it from Pakistan. There was no time frame given on the bid document, but we were told a decision will be made as soon as possible on the new host. In case they win it, the National Hockey Stadium in Bukit Jalil would be the venue of the event. Image

His followers will have to wait another year to see the hero making his NBA debut. Oden’s life isn’t action-packed as the top NBA draft pick will miss the rookie season with Trail Blazers. Wasn’t fully fit during his year, the colossal man developed a cartilage damage during a recent surgery. With much of a fanfare the team chose him but now the loss is indeed a big blow for the team as well. Oden missed the start of his only season at Ohio State University while recovering from surgery to repair a torn ligament in his right wrist. His revisit averaged 15.7 points, 9.6 rebounds and 3.3 blocked shots, helping the Buckeyes reach college basketball’s championship game for the first time in long 45 years. However, in July Blazers signed him under a two-year contract worth $8.1 million. Blazers wrapped their last season with a 32-50 record, marking the sixth-worst in NBA. The team was counting on Oden to help rebuild its record and status after numerous Portland players had stand-offs with the law, leading them to earn the nickname ‘Jail Blazers.’ The Portland Trail Blazers will no turn their heads to team’s still promising young players in the form of Roy, last season’s NBA Rookie of the Year and Aldridge, who will most likely play at the center in Oden’s absence. Image Courtesy Via: Bloomberg