Indian sports wrap, May 13: Kerala Super League limits team budget to Rs 4.5 crore in debut season
TENNIS
Pradyumna Tomar knocked out fourth seed Arnav Yadav in the ITF junior tennis tournament
Pradyumna Tomar knocked out fourth seed Arnav Yadav 7-6(3), 6-3 in the boys first round of the ITF junior tennis tournament at the Vijay Khand Tennis Arena on Monday.
In the girls section, Tamanna Walia fought her way past Siya Prasade 3-6, 6-1, 7-6(1).
The results (first round):
Boys: Kandhavel Mahalingam bt Eshant Patra 6-2, 6-0; Anurag Kallambella bt Sarthak Sharma 6-1, 1-0 (retired); Tavish Pahwa bt Mannan Agarwal 6-1, 6-3; Praneel Sharma bt Ashwajit Senjam 6-1, 6-0; Ojas Mehlawat bt Vivaan Bidasaria 6-2, 6-1; Prabir Chavda bt Om vErma 6-4, 7-5; Aarav Chawla bt Saksham Shah 6-1, 6-0; Varchasva Thapliyag bt Aashravya Mehra 7-5, 7-5; Pradyumna Tomar bt Arnav Yadav 7-6(3), 6-3; Fateh Singh bt Kartikey Tyagi 6-3, 6-0; Tejas Ahuja bt Shubham Kishu 6-1, 6-1; Armaan Walia bt Abhivadya Misra 6-1, 6-1.
Girls: Parthsarthi Mundhe bt Harithashree Venkatesh 2-6, 6-4, 6-0; Shagun Kumari bt Sidhak Kaur 6-0, 6-3; Shaivi Dalal bt Reet Arora 6-2 (retired); Tamanna Walia bt Siya Prasade 3-6, 6-1, 7-6(1); Mahika Khanna bt Saumya Ronde 6-0, 6-4; Jaya Kapoor bt Pia Mistri 6-1, 6-0; Princy Mandgalla bt Pal Upadhyay 6-0, 6-1; Sreenidhi Balaji bt Priyasakhi Sajnani 6-0, 6-1; Diya Chaudhary bt Saumya Chatterjee 6-1, 6-4; Aakruti Sonkusare bt Shatakshika Sahayak 6-4, 7-6(2); Priyanka Rana bt Shakti Mishra 6-0, 6-2.
Stan Rayan
FOOTBALL
Kerala Super League offers guidelines to help franchises limit budget to Rs 4.5 crore in debut season
There are many corporate stars with deep pockets among the franchises in the Super League Kerala which has planned a September start.
But Scoreline Sports, the Kerala Football Association’s commercial partner and the Super League’s (SLK) organiser, is advising the new teams to spend wisely.
One hears that the annual franchise fee is Rs 1.5 crore but the SLK has given franchises guidelines to help them limit expenses to Rs 4.5 crore in the league’s debut year.
“A team’s budget will be Rs 4.5 crore and everything will be covered under that, if they go wise,” said Mathew Joseph, the SLK’s CEO, in a chat with Sportstar.
“The Rs 4.5 crore is the advisory, the guideline, but if they go overboard on things like marketing, we will have no control over it.
“We have told them to stick to that because we don’t want franchises to have any excess loss (in the opening year). If they get sponsors or things like that, then it is fine.”
The Super League, a six-team affair to be telecast on Star Sports, will be played in three venues and even that has been worked out to trim expenses.
Stan Rayan