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ESS’ Sportzyatra contest has a Mumbai winner
MUMBAI: Andheri (East) resident Sunil Gomes is the Mumbai zone winner of the Samsung Britain Sportzyatra contest launched by ESPN Star Sports (ESS).
Sunil has won a fully paid trip, for two, to England whereby he gets an opportunity for a reception at Wimbledon, a tour of the MCC Lord’s Cricket Ground, the Manchester United Football Club and a visit to the Silverstone circuit, which hosts the British F-1 Grand Prix.
While Nimisha Paul from Bandra (East) has bagged a Samsung 21” Colour TV for her second prize, Charmain D’mello, again from Andheri (East), has won a Samsung micro wave oven for her third prize.
As reported earlier by Indiantelevision.com the broadcaster launched the contest last month. It revolves around four premium sports events on the two channels. They were the recently concluded Wimbledon Championships which saw Swiss Roger Federer being crowned the new king, the NatWest Series which was won by England, the Formula-1 race at Silverstone and the FA Premier League Asia Cup. Viewers had to watch these mega events through June and July, sense the clues, answer the questions and win dream-come-true prizes. The first round of the contest just got over and included questions on tennis.
Contest forms are available at 45 partner pubs, bars, and restaurants across Mumbai. The other rounds of the Samsung Britain Sportzyatra contest will revolve around NatWest Series, Silverstone Grand Prix and the first ever FA Premier League Asia Cup. In the inaugural FA Premier Cup, the Malaysian national soccer team plays against leading English Premier League (EPL) teams: Chelsea, Newcastle United and Birmingham. Entry forms for the contest will also be printed in various regional newspapers. ESS will also conduct on ground events in New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Baroda, Pune, Chandigarh and Hyderabad during the telecasts.
MUMBAI: Espn Star Sports (ESS) will telecast South Africa’s tour of Australia starting 16 December 2005. The channel will showcase all the three test matches live.
The first test telecast begins on 16 December at 7:58 am while the second test telecast on 26 December is slated to start at 4:58 am. The third test on 2 January will also be telecast from 4:58 am onwards.
Of the 71 tests played between the two, the Aussies enjoy an upper hand winning 39 compared to 15 won by South Africa. Down under, the invincible Australia has won 17 of the 29 Test matches, states an official release.
