The broadcast side of the media section is colourful with lot of former players. Heads them is England’s captain Sean Kerly who hattricked against India in the semis. The star however is not approachable to media, as he often keeps his heads down when walk, and a couple of attempts from my side to get to him did not turn out useful.
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Other former players in the bradcast include David Wansborough, the former Australian player and our own Jagbir Singh.
And, then the ever-green Richelle Hawkes, triple medalists in both world cup and Olympics.
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In the last press conference, captain Surinder Kaur all of a sudden started crying telling the media that they write ‘kuch bhi’. It was strange to see a personality of her status doing it so. Her grouse was a paper quoting her as saying that manager informed the team before the Africa contest that India needs 7-0 win. According to Surinder, “media won’t allow me to play the Asian Games”.
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Deepak Thakur, who played the last big event held in Delhi, Hero Honda World Cup, is an accredited Eminent Sportsperson. He is entitled to move around freely. He is often seen in the press box, and also give useful tips. He is a specialist commentator for Sahara Samay TV.
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Canadian men were just two minutes away from making history – of reaching the CWG’s semis. However,they conceded a goal at that time, and then the reality became a tragedy. Captain Ken Pereirra was inconsolate. It took a couple of staff of his team to bring him back to normalcy. At the bench the tall goalie of Canada just threw his stick away in dejection. Losing is painful, you know
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CWG is a jolly good times for former Players. The other day I met Harcharan Singh outside the stadium. He is happy India is doing well. HJS Chimni, Vasudevan Baskaran were also seen on the heritage side of the stands the other day. Jagbir Singh, Viren Rasquinha and Deepak Thakur are among the Indian lot to appear on various leading news channels to appear as expert commentator. They are doing a pretty good job with clear analytical insights. This way the new crop of players score more than the older lot.
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Event Manager Denise Meredith is often seen clicking photos on his digital camera, especially when the media men line up for mixed zone.
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lanky Craig Madden is here. He umpired among others India Pakistan match of the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. He missed out CWG India-Pak number as he was on a visit to Agra Taj Mahal.
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Everytime Indian men or women team win, both Vidhya Stokes and Narinder Batra, whose Hockey India has been de-recognized by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, descned on the sidelines and grab Indian players to contradulate. The way some players react gives an impression that they are not aware of whom they are.
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The other day when India won the Pak encounter, Ajit Pal rushed to the players who just returned and gave goalie Chetri a hard kiss, very hard indeed.
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