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Formula one will soon experience the unbeatable strategies of the greatest underdog of business world. Yes, it is Sir Richard Branson! He through his team Virgin Racing has developed a car with best aerodynamics created in half the cost of other competitors. Traditionally, teams used to test physical cars in wind tunnels, whereas Virgin has used computational fluid dynamics to cut through the expenses. His newly hired team of 200 designers have done it. Richard Branson known for his underdog approach to compete with British Airways, NASA spaceships and many more, will change the F of F1 to finance. His objective is to become the best team with minimum investment. Earlier top teams like Ferrari and McLaren used to make money from money but now he has brought in the innovative element. It seems like formula one will become the next big thing in sports! Whether he can sustain this by continuously innovating is the next question?

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corporate football tournament, Bangalore

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Every team was given an opportunity to play in atleast 5 thrilling football matches against the traditional one or two matches. The first round consisted of league matches for the every team for the cash prize tournament followed by another set of matches for the non cash tournament for the teams not qualifying the main tournament.

The event happened at the heart of the city just behind the most famous landmark of the city, UB City. The crowd was highly energetic and the food provided at the venue was more than expectations.

Such events can help football in the long term to become one of the most played sports in developing nations like India. This not only promotes football among the corporate but also the common people associated with such events.

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The finals of the Champion’s trophy proved that both the teams were equally strong. The game ended 0-0 even after the extra time of 6 minutes. It took 10 penalty shootouts to decide on the champions!

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Jordan is a west Asian country sharing borders with Syria, Iraq, Saudi Arabia and Isreal. Much of the land is covered by the Arabian desert except the North-Western part where the capital of the country Amman is located, thanks to the Jordan river.

Jordan is an emerging nation with per capita GDP of $5,547. Since 1999, the liberal economic policies have helped this country to become one of the freest and most competitive economies in the middle east(2009 Heritage foundation Index).

What made it happen?

It has a conservative banking sector which helped the country glide through the recent global financial crisis. With instability across other neighbouring countries, it is the in the making of the ‘Next Beirut’. Jordan has more free trade agreements than any other Arab country. Along with these, the country is following the strategy of privatization which India is also trying. It is concentrating on the concept of SEZs which helped China become what it is. These fundamentals mixed with the best from the other developing countries make a good platform for growth.

Icing in the cake:

Jordan experienced brain drain for a long time because of higher salaries in the neighbouring countries. Recently, it has been observed that the concept of ‘brain gain’ is gaining heat in this country. Violence hit Iraq is finding it difficult to refrain its highly skilled workforce from migrating to a peaceful Jordan. This brain gain is helping the country to capitalize on the intellectual capital for sustainable growth of the economy.

Who knows in the coming decade this Jordan’s popularity rating may overcede the human Jordan!

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IPL-2 saw some unique changes in the viewers demographics. This was the first time in the cricketing history that women took an active role cheering their teams. The home delivery fastfood brands like KFC and Domino’s saw a 10% growth over the normal business during the IPL season. Moreover IPL changed the way people used to party. Social gatherings were planned around the three hours match to experience a fun filled evening.

Could you imagine the crowd of Eden Gardens cheering a Pakistani player! IPL made it happen with Shoib Akhtar. This internationalisation of the regional phenomenon made IPL the event of the year. The presence of Bolywood stars acted as the icing on the cake. The deadly combination of Bolywood and Cricket subdued even the Ekta Kapoor Soaps! Nobody could come in between the success of IPL-2, be it elections, broadcasting rights or the rains.

This event become a platform for marketers. The Vodafone ZooZoo advertisement got the right kind of audience to reach one of the highest TRP ratings. It can be considered as a marketing achievement and all credits go to the organizers like Mr. Lalit Modi. So, watchout where these innovative concepts will take the culture and traditions. IS football the next mega sports to see such revolutionary changes. Watch out for these Event Moguls!

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Why football?

Sports activities like Football is considered as one of the most effective way of de-stressing. Promotion of sports activities among corporate not only reduce stress but also increase the fitness coefficient. In addition to these there is a lot more to win!

Event Mogul, Bangalore is organizing one such customised football tournament named “Seven Studs” in September this month for the corporates. The high energy competition is aimed at bringing out the best of the corporate world. It aims at disproving the stereotype that the corporate can only work and play at their desks. This trend might reach the national level or the international levels in future.

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The Great Wall of China is a classic example. Deng Xiaoping layed the foundation for the rapid growth of modern Chinese economy in the 1990s. Since then China has never looked back!

Now it has the worlds largest army (People’s Liberation Army) and a whooping Foreign currency reserves of US $2.1 trillion, thanks to the huge exports and foreign direct investments it attracts. China also has the highest nuber of cell phone users (600 million).

The three gorges dams: In 2008 China innaugrated the worlds largest electricity generating plant on the river Yangtze. It can generate power upto 22,500 MW! This dam consumed large amount of steel, enough to build 63 Eiffel Towers! This project is planned to support about 3% of China’s electricity consumption. It is said that 336 grams of coal are required to generate 1kWh electricity, thus this project is estimated to save 31 million tonnes of coal per annum. This is one of the highest reduction of green gas emmission through one project.

The ultra high voltage power transmission: This project marks China’s major breakthrough in long distance, large capacity and low loss power transmissions. China commissioned the pilot 640 Km line successfully and has plans to cover atleast 17,600 Km by 2012. This will make China the first country to implement UHV in such a large scale. The project is estimated to cost $ 12 billion. This 1000KV line can transmit 4 to 5 times more power compared to the traditional 500 KV lines. The enegry loss is also minimizd with the use of this system. Thus the UHV is the most efficient way of transmitting electricity over long distances. Not to forget that energy saving is equivalent to reduction in greenhouse gas emmissions!

Is China poised to become the superpower power by building world class infrastruture to sustain the future?

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Micheal Phelps has broken into the top 10 with his record breaking performance in Olympics. With still a long way to go in his career, only time would tell if he is the greatest athletes ever.

Michael Jordan

When we talk about basketball, who better to talk about than Micheal Jordan. With stunning accuracy and dunks which seems magical with Jordan floating in the air , His ability to beat the time clock and help Chicago Bulls with so many titles . He also was a great defender. Enough Reasons to be among the top 10

Jim Thorpe

He has done it all. A has won Olympics Medals, played professional American Football, Basketball and Baseball. The Associate Press named him as the greatest Athletes of the century in 1999.

Jim Brown

Born in 1936, He was considered one of the best running back professional footballers. He played for the NFL Cleveland Browns and was named by “The Sporting News” as the greatest professional footballer ever. He even made a mark with his acting and social activity. He had 126 touchdowns to his credit and a three time NFL MVP Player.

Pele

Born in 1940, his real name was Edison Arantes do Nascimento. In Brazil he was a national Hero for his contributions to the game. He is called as the “King of Football”. Known for his dribbling skills and his exceptional Goal scoring capabilities were matched by no other. he helped Brazil win its first World Cup .

Tiger Woods

The most successful golfer of all times. He has won 14 major Golf Championships, 65 PGA Events. He has been awarded the PGA Player for the year for a record 9 times. He has been the magical force that drove people towards Golf.
Muhammad Ali

Born in 1942, Mohammad Ali has been the only light heavyweight Boxing Championship three times; A record .He is the winner of Olympics. Known for his speed, He was very aggressive and attacked his opponents trying to knock them down. He had a total of 61 fights and 56 wins, and 37 Knock Outs. Unfortunately he was disallowed to fight for 3 years due to his refusal to join the army .

Willie Mays

Born 1931, He was an American Baseball Player; He played mostly with New York and San Frisco Giants. Later joined New York Mets. He had a batting average of .302 and 660 Home runs 3283 hits. He was selected in the Basketball Hall Of Fame in 1979

Wayne Gretzky

Born 1961, He was one of the bets Hockey Players of all times. Gretzky won four Stanley Cup and was called “The Greatest Hockey Player Of all Times “By Total Hockey. He help 40 seasons records, fifteen play-off records, and Six All Star Records. He is the only player with 200 points in a season. He is also named the Hockey Hall Of Fame.

Jerry Rice

Here’s another NFL Player who made it to the list Born in 1962, He was one of the all time best receivers in NFL History. He was selected for Pro – Bowl 13 times, All Pro 10 times He had 1594 receptions, 22,895 touching Yards and 209 Touchdowns.

Who Do you think should be a part of this list? Did You like this post ? Do share your comments.

• Fact 1: He participated in 8 events, winning 8 gold, breaking 7 world records, and 3 his own. He won the 400-meter individual medley; the 200-meter freestyle; the 200-meter butterfly; the 4X200-meter freestyle relay; the 200-meter individual medley and the 100-meter butterfly.Its one of the most relished moments of his life. A great feat achieved.Now with a total gold count of 14, he is one of the greatest Olympians of all times.

• Fact 2: Only Larissa Latynina , a gymnast from former Soviet Union can better him holding a record of most Olympics Medals : 18 (9 of them Gold , won in 56′ , 60 and 64′ Games). Having said that Phelps in only 23 and likely yet not at his peak.

• Fact 3: At only 15 years and 9 months, he broke the world record for 200 Meters butterfly – youngest male to set a swimming world record.

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