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Entrusted with overseeing the transition at the BCCI, the Lodha Committee aims to ensure that all the recommendations approved by the Supreme Court are carried out by both the board and the state associations concurrently. Danny Welbeck England Jersey .In the following six months, both the BCCI and the state associations will need to clean up their house and refurbish it based on the various recommendations. Secretary of the Lodha Committee, Gopal Sankaranarayanan, warned that if the BCCI or the states were to violate any of the rules laid out in the Lodha report, they would be guilty of contempt of court.If either the BCCI or the state associations choose to take steps now which are inconsistent with the letter and spirit of the committees bylaws which have been approved by the court, then they will be guilty of contempt of court, Sankaranarayanan told ESPNcricinfo.The duty cast upon the Lodha Committee, the BCCI as well as all the state associations has commenced yesterday with the judgement.In a historical verdict on Monday morning, the two-judge bench of the Supreme Court, comprising Chief Justice of India TS Thakur and Justice Ibrahim Kallifullah, accepted most of the recommendations made by the Lodha Committee. The court said the recommendations were binding not just on the BCCI, but also on the state associations, and both had up to six months to implement the recommendations.This, it could be interpreted, will render possible forthcoming state association elections in contempt and should they be held at all, their results null and void.Office bearers and officials at both the BCCI and the states have been slow to react, stating they would study the order before deciding the next step. That next step, it is understood, might not be theirs anymore - the Lodha Committee is likely to go into the minutiae of every state association in order to ensure that every recommendation will be adhered to and due administrative changes are put in place by the time the six-month deadline is completed.The committee would not want to be seen as being slow by merely observing what the BCCI and the states are doing in the next six months. The resulting message that could go out to the states is that the only way they could remain Full Members is by adhering to the new rules laid out in the Lodha report and carrying out the constitutional amendments ordered by the court. So if Delhi and District Cricket Association wants to continue to be a Full Member, it will need to get rid of proxy voting, the biggest malaise affecting one of the oldest cricket associations in the country.Similarly, if any state association is holding elections before the court deadline expires, the Lodha Committee has the powers to dictate to the state whether it can actually go to polls, or if the results can be frozen, if the candidate(s) qualify to stand for elections or not.There have been questions on whether the BCCI and the states might need to rewrite their respective constitutions and bylaws. However, it is understood the Supreme Court has already approved both the memorandum of rules as well as the bylaws that were written and submitted to it by the Lodha Committee, which appears to indicate that the BCCI will, as party to the judgement already made, accept a new constitution. Phil Jones England Jersey . Halifax beat the Saint John Sea Dogs 7-5 on the strength of two goals apiece from Nikolaj Ehlers, Matt Murphy and Brent Andrews. Jonathan Drouin also scored and had three assists while Zachary Fucale made 17 saves for the Mooseheads (16-8-0), who led 6-1 after two periods. Kyle Walker England Jersey . Now, with Game 6 set for Fenway Park and an 8:07 p.m. ET first pitch, the Detroit Tigers face the unenviable task of having to beat the Boston Red Sox twice, on the road, to advance to the World Series. http://www.englandsoccerpro.com/Harry-Maguire-England-Jersey/ . "We have always prided ourselves on the way we play defence. Having two big pieces back is going to be a key for us moving forward for years to come," said Knighthawks head coach Mike Hasen. ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates -- The Asian Football Confederation has confirmed a rule for elections to FIFA Council seats, allowing Olympic powerbroker Sheik Ahmad of Kuwait to be a candidate.Elections in May for FIFA positions will be conducted under the terms of the FIFA regulations which allows any member association to nominate a candidate, the AFC said on Thursday after an executive committee meeting.That is different from AFC election rules which require that candidates shall be proposed by his football association.Kuwaits national soccer body is barred from nominating candidates while suspended by FIFA in a dispute over government interference.Sheik Ahmad has continued his duties for FIFA and the IOC, which also suspended Kuwait last year, as an individual while the dispute between the government and sports bodies has continued.The AFC previously said the seat held by Sheik Ahmad would be for another two-year mandate rather than the usual four-year term.The elections being held in Bahrain were originally scheduled in September, then delayed twice. Three more seats on the 37-member FIFA Council must also be filled in polls of FIFAs member federations in Asia.The AFC executive committee also hopes to launch a competitive bidding process next year for the commercial rights to its competitions from 2021 onward.The current eight-year deal awarded by previous AFC leadership to Singapore-based World Sports Group without an open tender was criticized as undervalued. Jamie Vardy Jersey. It is very important that we have a transparent process to choose the right model and partner for our next cycle, AFC President Sheik Salman said in a statement.The 2013-2020 master rights deal for AFC competitions was valued at $1 billion with at least $600 million coming to the Asian soccer body then led by Mohamed bin Hammam of Qatar.However, after Bin Hammam was banned by FIFA, an AFC-appointed review of its finances by accountancy firm Pricewaterhouse Cooper said no financial due diligence was performed before the rights deal was agreed in 2009.The WSG agency has since been brought under the banner of its French-based parent group as Lagardere Sports.On Thursday, the AFC also launched an integrity project called Do the right thing, with renewed commitment to encourage whistleblowers.Sheik Salman said the Kuala Lumpur-based AFC wanted member federations to help identify and recruit a head of integrity. That hiring should be confirmed at the May election meeting in Bahrain.The executive meeting was held ahead of the annual Asian soccer awards gala, held in Abu Dhabi. ' ' '
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