ESPN Star Sports to select B Bachchan as brand ambassador, Broadcast in169 countries

Indian Premier League or Champion League cricket is totally charming place of the Bollywood stars. The audiences who watched the billion dollar tournament has experience to be popular with the superstars. This year, the views will meet with a new face but very well known person of bollywood named Big Bachchan.

You already been heard that the Cricket Champions League will be held in South Africa under the title of Airtel Champions League T20 earlier. Popular sports ESPN Star Sports (ESS) channel will telecast the whole matches this year. The channel has selected actor Amitabh Bachchan as the brand ambassador for promotion.

The important thing of the event of the tournament this year is, ESS is spending a large number of bucks for marketing to make a big buzz over the globe. The tournament will be started from 10 September in ohannesburg. IPL season 3 runners-up Mumbai Indian will take on South Africa’s Highveld Lions in the opening match.

In a speech ESS Managing Director Manu Sawhn explained that they are they will broadcast the Airtel Champions League T20 in 169 countries in 14 languages.

Teams that will participate 2010 Airtel CLT20 in South Africa

It has already been finalized that which teams will dominated in the selected four most popular Cricket Ground in South Africa from 10 September except the Champions of WICB Domestic T20 Tournament. In accordance with the calendar home title holder league competition the first match will be held on 22 July but the Final competition will be taken part on the 31st July.

The name of the teams which are going to participate in 2010 Airtel Champions League Twenty20 Competition are:

• Chennai Super Kings (DLF Indian Premier League – India)
• Mumbai Indians (DLF Indian Premier League – India)
• Royal Challengers Bangalore (DLF Indian Premier League – India)
• Victorian Bushrangers (KFC Twenty20 Big Bash – Australia)
• South Australian Redbacks (KFC Twenty20 Big Bash – Australia)
• Warriors (Standard Bank Pro 20 Series – South Africa)
• Highveld Lions (Standard Bank Pro 20 Series – South Africa)
• Central Stags (HRV Cup Twenty20 – New Zealand)
• Wayamba Elevens (Inter-Provincial Twenty20 Cup – Sri Lanka)
• TBC (West Indies Domestic Twenty20 Champions)

Ten teams will play 23 matches separated in two groups in four venues and the five teams in each group. After the robin-round match two teams (champions and runner-up) to be qualified for the semifinals directly.

• Group A – Chennai Super Kings, Warriors, Victorian Bushrangers, Wayamba Elevens, Central Stags
• Group B – Mumbai Indians, Highveld Lions, South Australian Redbacks, Royal Challengers Bangalore, West Indies Domestic T20 Champions (it will be finalized in 31 July)

The inaugural champions New South Wales Blues, has failed to qualify for this year. Royal Challengers Bangalore and Victorian Bushrangers are going to participate second time as well as Indian League and Australian league. In the Second season, no team from Pakistan or Bangladesh is going to take part event from Zimbabwe. We expect the Champions League will be more acceptable with the participation of all cricket playing country.

CLT20 Qualified Teams for second season 2010

Champions League Twenty20 is the Cricketing format of UEFA Champions League where the best team of national league’s used to take part. In European countries football gets more priority and the owners invest a lot of bucks to achieve the title. Among them Champions League is the some prestigious even in European football. Similarly, aiming to bring the national cricket clubs in a competitive platform CLT20 has been formatted with the dynamic movement of BCCI Vice-president Lalit Modi along with CA and CSA launched the tournament in year 2009.

The first season of the Champions League Twenty20 was held where 12 teams participated. Among them three teams from IPL Twenty20, two form ECB, two from Australia and South Africa, and single team from Sri Lanka, New Zealand and West Indies. But, second season will be started with 10 teams where not teams will take part in South Africa and fixture also been announced. 

ICC Champions Trophy 2009 preview all nations

You already have heard that the 6^th season of ICC Champions Trophy 2009 (Mini World cup) is going to hold in South Africa at two play grounds The Wanderers and Centurion from 22 September 2009 where eight nations will take part as well. Six teams are taking part in the Warm-Up matches and England and Australia is taking parts in Natwest One-day international series. South Africa, West Indies, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and New Zealand already has played a matches each and on 20 September there will another warm-up match when New Zealand v India at Potchefstroom Pakistan v Warriors at Benoni and Sri Lanka v West Indies at Pretoria.

India is considered one of the strongest team at this moment. In the recent tour of Sri Lanka won the Compaq Cup triangular series. And last two New Zealand as well as West Indies performed well. It could say easily that last tow year they did not lose any one-series including the home series along with England.

Sri Lanka is one of the well formatted team of Asia that could do well in the last few series especially against Pakistan in odi and test and against New Zealand in the home series except losing in the final along with India. Their eye-catching showdown in the recent twenty20 world cup in England claims congratulate when the turning hand and most successful spinner Muttiah Muralitharan could not attend.

Pakistan is the third country from South Asian region and recent twenty20 world champions are determine to take the title this time. There last two tours were very fruitfulness although the home series was disappointed their fans. But, the series against Australia after a long break was hopeful.

Australia is on the way of series win. In the Natwest one-day international series, they are expecting a 7-0 victory over the host England. The last tours were very painful events for then Oceania giant especially the tour of South Africa. For England same thing is reflecting. Ashes series winner are dominated by Australian.

New Zealand is the 2^nd season winner and expecting to do well. In the press conference Black Cap captain was explaining their situation and expected highly to get the title second time. During the last series could not do well in Sri Lanka even when India visited to them, they lost their fame ever.

West Indies is the only nation who played most time in ICC Champions Trophy final and achieves title one time and two times runner up. Their last performances were very stable that could be appreciated. Though they were kept them to play international cricket when Bangladesh visit to them, it difficult to assume how they could perform in the 6^th stage.

At this moment all the fans are waiting to observe the worm-up matches result. The second worm-up matches will be staged on 20 September and look eyes on the fixture and timetable of the Champions Trophy 2009.

ICC Champions Trophy 2009: venues Fixture, time schedule and live TV action

Top ranked eight cricket teams are going to take part, ICC organized Champions Trophy torment, is also known as mini world cup cricket is one of the most expected cricket events for the cricket fans all over the globe. It regularly holds after two year. This year the event is going to host by South Africa, the Twenty20 world cup inaugural championship was hosted too. This is the sixth edition of the 50 overs formatted one-day international tournament.

ICC Champions Trophy was started in 1998 as a knock out tournament in Dhaka. Later it has been formatted as group stage, knockout (semifinals and final) and four teams will play each other in the group state match where India and Pakistan will be in the same group in A. So a big opportunity for the cricket fans of both countries.

You all know that the event was scheduled to hold in Pakistan one year ago but due toe some cricket playing counties for anxiety of security concern of Australia, England, South Africa and New Zealand crickets ICC postponed it for one year. Later they decided the venue as South Africa. The three play grounds Wanderers Stadium and Centurion Park and Johannesburg stadiums of South Africa have been selected for the champions’ trophy 2009.

Fixtures of ICC Champions Trophy 2009:

Date	The Wanderers	Centurion
Tue 22 Sept		SA v SL (D/N)
Wed 23 Sep	Pakistan v WI (D/N)
Thu 24 Sept		SA v NZ (D)
Fri 25 Sept	SL v England (D/N)
Sat 26 Sept	WI v Australia (D)	India v Pakistan (D/N)
Sun 27 Sept	NZ v SL (D)	SA v England (D/N)
Mon 28 Sept		Australia v India (D/N)
Tue 29 Sept	England v NZ (D/N)
Wed 30 Sept	India v WI (D/N)	Australia v Pakistan (D)
Fri 2 Oct		A1 V B2 (D/N)
Sat 3 Oct	B1 v A2 (D/N)
Mon 5 Oct		Final (D/N)

From Asia three test playing countries are taking part in the ICC Champions Trophy 2009 except Bangladesh. So the time schedules according to the Asia will be most important. Sri Lanka, India and the end country Pakistan according to the geological location will and time is almost half an hour vary from each other except Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka have one hour time gap to Pakistan and India have (+/-) half an hour to each countries. According the Indian time the dayer matches will be started at 13:00 IST and the day-night will be at18:00 IST.

Europe based TV channel Sky Sports will show the matches live for in UK, Wales and Scotland. New Zealand is the only nation can watch match on Sky Sports and Fox Sports is ready to give effort for Australia.

The Indian fans can watch the matches on DD National beside Star Cricket and Sri Lanka, Singapore, Malaysia and Pakistan have opportunity to watch on Star Cricket as well.

DIRECTV for USA, super sports for African countries, Asian Television Network ATN for Canada, BTV for Bangladesh and GEO Super is ready for the Pakistan fans.

FIFA Confederations Cup 2009 Live score and telecast media

ESPN is will telecast all the sixteen FIFA Confederations Cup matches live from South Africa’s four different venues. ESPN has given a schedule where they explains in details about the TV Guide of is four media where it will provide live screaming and text commentaries.

Quote from Soccer365

ESPN2 will air 12 matches. ESPN will televise four, including two group stage matches – United States vs. 2006 FIFA World Cup champion Italy (June 15, 2:25 p.m. ET), and Italy vs. Brazil (June 21, 2:25 p.m.). ESPN will also air both semifinals -- Wednesday, June 24 at 2:25 p.m. in Bloemfontein, and Thursday, June 25, at 2:25 p.m. in Johannesburg.

FIFA Confederations Cup was known as King Fahd Cup, which was inaugurated and used to host in Saudi Arabia as well from1992. At the third stage it has been changed as Confederations Cup. From then it is organized by FIFA and hosed in different countries by turn. The year 2009 is going to host by South Africa in four venues instead of the Durban where the FIFA World Cup 2010 will be inaugurated. FIFA Confederations Cup is considered one of the most prestigious matches after World Cup.

Date	Fixture	Time (ET)	TV	Venue	Report
Game times – 9:55 a.m. and 2:25 p.m.
June 14	S Africa v Iraq	9:55	E2/360/EM	Johannesburg	-
June 14	N Zealand v Spain	2:25	E2/360	Rustenburg	-
June 15	Brazil v Egypt	9:55	E2/360/EM	Bloemfontein	-
June 15	USA v Italy	2:25	E1/360/EM	Pretoria	-
June 17	Spain v Iraq	9:55	E2/360/EM	Bloemfontein	-
June 17	S Africa v N Zealand	2:25	E2/360/EM	Rustenburg	-
June 18	USA v Brazil	9:55	E2/360	Pretoria	-
June 18	Egypt v Italy	2:25	E2/360/EM	Johannesburg	-
June 20	Span v S Africa	2:25	E2/360/EM	Bloemfontein	-
June 20	Iraq v N Zealand	2:25	360	Johannesburg	-
June 21	Egypt v USA	2:25	E2/360/EM	Rustenburg	-
June 21	Italy v Brazil	2:25	E1/360	Pretoria
Semifinals
June 24	A1 v B2	2:25	E1/360/EM	Bloemfontein	-
June 25	A2 v B1	2:25	E1/360/EM	Johannesburg	-
Third Place Match
June 28	Semi Losers	8:55	E2/360/EM	Rustenburg	-
Final
June 28	Semifinal Winners	2:25	E2/360/EM	Johannesburg	-

To get live coverage you can get assist FIFA.com TV which is available in the following countries of Europe. All you will get free of cost even after the matches you can enjoy your favorite matches’ highlights by surfing the FIFA.com TV.

Digicel has announced that they will Bring FIFA World Cup 2010 and Confederations Cup for the Caribbean people. By accessing their mobile phone, they able to watch the matches live.