Kochi Sports

[arundinil]

This thread will be for discussing the growing sporting events for the City of Kochi

[arundinil]

Kochi-based Kunnath Pharmaceuticals, manufacturer of a herbal aphrodisiac Muslipower X-tra, is launching a football academy with an investment of Rs.1 billion.

Speaking to media, K.C. Abraham, managing director of Kunnath Pharmaceuticals said his aim is to produce world class players from his academy and see India winning the 2018 World Cup Soccer.

'We have drawn out an elaborate plan of action and we will get in touch with all the state football association to identify talent in the age group of 14-16. From this, we will select 1000 boys and they will be trained for two months in April and May next year,' said Abraham. 'At the end of the training we will select 60 people.'

The main academy is likely to be set up in Kochi and there will be three more such centres across the country.

'The 60 selected boys will be split into four groups. All their expenses will be taken care of and their only agenda will be to play football. We will reward them handsomely as they progress and they will be paid an unbelievable amount of money for just playing football,' said Abraham.

'Once these boys attain age 18 they will be our staff members.'

Muslipower was also the main sponsor of Churchill Brothers Football Club in the last season and this season they are going to revamp the Viva Kerala Football Club.

'My aim is that my boys will win the World Cup in 2018 and it is for that I am spending Rs.100 crore. As the first step I will be taking over the Viva Kerala Football Club based here,' Abraham said.

It was only last month Abranham decided to sponsor the Wayamba team, a Sri Lankan first class cricket team based in Kurunegala.

'It was end of last month the deal for my company sponsoring Wayamba was inked and they will spot our logo on the front and back of the shirt and on the cap at the Champions League T20 tourney to be held in South Africa shortly,' said Abraham.

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Cheers, Kochi is going to make a massive headway with a brand new Football academy and IPL Stadium

[arundinil]

Tight security will be arranged for the One-Day International match between India and Australia in Kochi on Oct. 17, said Kerala Cricket Association (KCA) Secretary TC Mathew at a press conference here today.

Mathew said that the renovation work of the international stadium in Kochi is in its final stages. “The roof work and the ground rebuffing work are complete. Rolling of pitch will take place this week. Foreseeing the IPL matches, the wickets are made using the latest sprinkler system. Works are also going on in video box, press box and VIP box.”

Mathew pointed out that the KCA, which has always received complete exemption tax for almost every game, is not getting any this time. “We were told that it was difficult to give salaries to the Corporation employees. We had paid Rs. 43 lakh to the GCDT. But the Corporation works separate from the GCDT. We estimate that we will need to pay an exemption tax of around Rs.50 lakh.”

Around 52,000 seats will be available for the game, with prices and number of seats for each category as follows:


20,000 Gallery seats for Rs. 300
20,000 Upper Tier for Rs.500
2000 Upper Down for Rs. 2,000
1300 Down (Next to players) for Rs. 3,000
600 Premium Box (AC) for Rs. 5,000

Ticket sale will start only 10 days before the match. Mathew said that the KCA has chosen Federal Bank to be its banking partner for all official matches.

There will be no complimentary passes this time, added Mathew. Also, strict checking shall be in place to ensure there is no unauthorised entry.

Mathew said that there is going to be a surprise, because 'something will happen in the stadium for the first time in the world'.

The KCA is also sending its under-16 and under-19 squads to Sri Lanka for training. “It is much cheaper and they will have more exposure,” explained Mathew.

Finally, a mega sporting events coming to our city soon.....

[arundinil]

Finally, it has been made official at a press conference in Kochi: Musli Power X-tra of Kunnath Pharmaceuticals will be the main sponsor of Viva Kerala. Present were P. Bhaskaran and Syed Masood of Viva Kerala and K.C. Abraham, the MD of Kunnath Pharmaceuticals.

The engagement of the pharma company involves certain changes at the management level of the football club. P. Bhaskaran will be the new Managing Director while Syed Masood will take the position of the Chairman. Kunnath Pharma's K.C. Abraham will act as a new Director on the Viva Kerala board and added that "This is not a one or a two-year deal...this is for life.". The ambitious man has big plans for Viva and wants the team to aim for the I-League title in the next year.

This season, however, things will be taken slowly. P. Bhaskaran added that further strengthening of the team will be done during the second transfer window. It seems as a relief for the club's fans that a main sponsor could be roped in after almost six years without a title sponsor. This meant a lot of financial burden for involved people, like former MD Liaquat Ali, in the past. These financial worries should be put to rest now as K.C. Abraham also declared that there will be performance-based incentives for the players.

Of the current squad, Africans Bello Rasaq and Charles Dzisah as well as Anil Kumar and Kalia Kulothungan were present at the function.

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The news is extremely good, as a dedicated sponsor can surely ensure Viva Kerala remains with Kochi and Kochi becoming India's leading Soccer hub......

[Deoxys]

Let us pray that Kaloor stadium won't have the same fate of Braborne stadium in Mumbai and Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium in Hyderabad after the emergence of new cricket grounds like Wankhede and Rajiv Gandhi stadiums in the respective cities.

Anyways, no need for panic as this stadium will be the home ground for new football club team from Kochi.

Hope Kaloor will be active in hosting cricket matches too

Lets pray for the best

[Deoxys]

Image courtsey: The Hindu

[Richard0son]

Hope Kaloor will be active in hosting cricket matches too

[Euromast]

NO

[Malayaali]

Now VVS for a base price, there were no other takers!!

[Malayaali]

Brendon Mucullum for Kochi for 475,000$. thats great!!

[Euromast]

Sreestanth also

[Malayaali]

Yea, Sreesanth for 900,000!!

[Malayaali]

RP Singh for 500,000

[Malayaali]

Parthiv patel is the wicketkeeper

[Euromast]

why would someone buy Ravinder Jadeja?

[engineer.akash]

Originally Posted by Euromast

why would someone buy Ravinder Jadeja?

[Euromast]

Mutiah to Kochi for 1.1 million dollars

[Malayaali]

Kochi IPL team after 1st day of auction;

Brendon Mccullum (NZ)
Parthiv Patel (IND)
VVS Laxman (IND)
Mahela Jayawardane (SL)
Steven Smith (AUS)
Brad Hodge (AUS)
Ravindra Jadeja (IND)
Muttiah Muralitharan (SL)
Ramesh Powar (IND)
S Sreesanth (IND)
RP Singh (IND)

Looks like a Test Team!!
Why did they pick VVS, Powar & Jadeja!!!

[e_arunsid]

Powar is 32 ,Laxman is 35+ Jadeja has been a bad omen for Team india..I wonder why they were picked ahead of Swann and Gayle. Also we dint even try for Eoin Morgan..who wud have been a great buy. Current team lacks the fire power in batting , Lets hope we ll find some good youngsters to add that lacking fire power.

[CGMaurya]

Originally Posted by e_arunsid

Powar is 32 ,Laxman is 35+ Jadeja has been a bad omen for Team india..I wonder why they were picked ahead of Swann and Gayle. Also we dint even try for Eoin Morgan..who wud have been a great buy. Current team lacks the fire power in batting , Lets hope we ll find some good youngsters to add that lacking fire power.

Why The F is Jadeja even in the auctioning?????????
There should be a special group for players like Jadeja, Romesh Powar base price $50K and max price $200K.
If not selected they should even pay for tickets if they wanna watch the games in Stadium.