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Afghanistan and UAE to contest final of ACC T20 Cup

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Afghanistan, who remain unbeaten in the event, made light work of Kuwait in their match at Sharjah. After winning the toss and electing to bat, Kuwait failed to capitalize and were all out for 115. Afghanistan knocked off the runs in the 17th over with man-of-the-match Nowroz Mangal guiding his side to an eight-wicket victory with an unbeaten 51 runs.

The UAE was even more impressive in its demolition of Oman, a side that had won all its group games. Oman opted to bat after winning the toss but was made to regret this decision as the wickets tumbled. The UAEs chief destroyer was Moiz Shahid who took 5 for 20 as Oman were all out for 50. The UAE top order made light work of the reply, reaching the target in only 7.1 overs.

The final promises to be a fascinating battle between the two strongest sides in the event. They have already met once in the competition with Afghanistan securing victory by the narrowest of margins – one wicket off the final delivery. The UAE will be out for revenge on home soil at the Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi on Monday.

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Source: ICC

Nabi stars in Afghan victory in ACC T20 final

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Mohammad Nabi starred with both bat and ball, smashing a half century to help Afghanistan post a total of 196-8 in 20 overs and also took a four-wicket haul to limit the hosts to 112 in just 14.3 overs.

In the other game played at the same venue, Oman defeated Kuwait by 23 runs to be placed third in the tournament.

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Source: ICC

Lilliput Kidswear Ltd. awarded as the ‘SME of the Year’ at the Emerging India Awards 2009

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Lilliput Kidswear Ltd, the dominant player in the Kidswear industry walked away with the prestigious ‘SME of the Year Award’ and ‘Most Promising SME – Retail’ at the ‘CNBC TV18 and ICICI Bank’s ‘Emerging India Awards 2009′.

November 25, 2009 /India PRwire/ — Lilliput Kidswear Ltd, the dominant player in the Kidswear industry walked away with the prestigious ‘SME of the Year Award’ and ‘Most Promising SME – Retail’ at the ‘CNBC TV18 and ICICI Bank’s ‘Emerging India Awards 2009′. These Awards are India’s foremost initiative powered by the capability of shaping the future of Indian SMEs, and have been acknowledged as India‘s biggest business award by the Limca Book of Records. Lilliput won these two prestigious awards for its global competitiveness whose business practices are at par with global giants.

The ‘Emerging India Awards 2009′ salutes those entities that are geared up to take on the world and are elevating Indian Inc to the global village. The eminent jury, sieving through 300,000 applications, conducted a detailed national survey spread across the spectrum and awarded Lilliput the coveted ‘SME of the Year’ Award as an acknowledgment to its achievement. The Award was presented by the honourable Home Minister Mr. P. Chidambaram. Lilliput also won the ‘Most Promising SME – Retail’ for its distinction and growth in the Indian Retail industry.

Thrilled Mr. Sanjeev Narula, Managing Director, Lilliput Kidswear Ltd, said, “It is a moment of great pride and honour for us to have been judged as the ‘SME of the Year’ and ‘Most Promising SME – Retail’ by the most eminent jury. Our commitment towards the industry, consistent high-quality and diligent team has won us this acclaim. The awards bring along with it a greater responsibility and promise to excel in our stream.” He added, “These awards will help us gain better access to capital, technology, global markets and quality manpower”.

The ‘Emerging India Awards’ honored SMEs which are competent enough to develop a higher benchmark of excellence, which prove to be profound motivation to the next generation of SMEs, bringing them on par with top global organizations. The awards felicitated a total of 12 categories like Automobiles, auto ancillaries and engineering; IT Communication and Entertainment (ICE) and ITeS; FMCG, food and agri-based business; Textiles and apparels; Retail; Pharmaceuticals and chemicals; Gems and jewellery and others.

Source: Press release distribution via India PRwire

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About Lilliput:

Lilliput Kidswear Ltd. was incorporated in 1991 by the dynamic visionary Sanjeev Narula to export world class kidswear. With the opening of its first retail store in April 2003, it has rapidly grown and is now one of the largest Kidswear groups in India. Besides India where Lilliput has a large number of 225 stores, Lilliput has its presence in Kingdom of Bahrain, Cairo, Egypt, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Quwait, Shanghai, China and Orisa & Moldova, Ukraine, Sultanate of Oman, Yemen and Nepal and a turnover of Rs 310 crores in FY 08-09. Throughout the range of their products, the quality is maintained at a consistent level to ensure optimum care for their sensitive customers. Lilliput has a strong workforce of 7000 people in more than 150 cities throughout the country. In Exports, Lilliput is very active in Europe; The USA, and other countries. Lilliput partnered with private equity firm INDIVISION in October of 2006. INDIVISION is the financial arm of Future group.

Website: http://lilliput-india.com/

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Preparation begins for Dubai qualifier

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With the formalities now over and the draw finalized, the seven nations competing in the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 2009 Qualifier Dubai, 7-11 November, can now begin preparing for their first group match on Saturday afternoon at Jumeriah Beach, Umm Suqeim.

The team seeded number one, Japan, has been pitted against 2006 Asian Champions Bahrain and Uzbekistan in Group A, while an inexperienced Australian team will be tested when it faces Iran, China and Oman in Group B. The draw was held earlier today at the Zabeel Hall at the Dubai Sports Council in front of dozens of spectators, including the Australian and Oman squads, as well as delegates from the Japanese team.

Among the special guests were Salah Tahlak, LOC Tournament Director, FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Dubai 2009; Joan Cusco, FIFA Beach Soccer General Manager; and United Arab Emirates Head Coach Marcelo Mendes, whose team will play two friendly matches during the qualifier against the resting team in Group A. Eric Cantona€s French team will play the third friendly match on 9 November.

Because Group A has only three teams, during the group phase one team at a time will be resting. To ensure that all the teams play an equal number of matches during the group phase, friendly matches have been scheduled for the resting teams. These three friendly matches will not count in the final Group A standings.

The top two nations in each group will progress to the semi-final. The two finalists will then represent the region at the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Dubai 2009. The winner from Asia 1 will face Spain, Cte d€Ivoire and El Salvador in the group stage, while Asia 2 has the tough task of taking on the current world champions, Brazil, as well as Nigeria and Switzerland in Group D.

Although Australia took part in the inaugural FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in Brazil in 2005, this is the first time the team from down under has competed in a Beach Soccer qualifier. In fact, the Australian team has never played together competitively. It was pulled together in a short time and given a crash-course in playing Beach Soccer. Five members of the team played at Rio de Janeiro 2005, while the rest of the players come from New South Wales and South Australian football clubs.

&We didn€t have the chance to play any competitive matches before we came here,& said Australian coach Airton Andrioli. &Because we don€t play beach football competitively in Australia, what we did, we went all over Australia and selected players who we felt could adapt to beach football. After we finalized the team, we went to a few camps in which we explained the rules. We didn€t have the chance to play any games so far.&

Aussie friendlies

The Australian team has managed to organize two friendly matches, one against Nigeria this afternoon and the other on Wednesday against Bahrain, a team that shocked the Asian Beach Soccer community in 2006, when it won the Asian qualifier against Japan. Bahrain shares a similar story with Australia; in 2006 it had pulled a team together just for the tournament.

Joan Cusco says not to rule out the Aussies: &The first time Bahrain built a team, they came just like Australia, scouting players, making camps and building a team and they won the tournament in 2006.& As a result, three players from that team went on to play for Bahrain€s national football team.

&I have a good group of players here and have been working hard for the last few weeks and we€re confident that we can qualify,& Andrioli said during a press conference. Australia will play Iran in its first qualifier match on Saturday afternoon.

Oman coach Talib Al Thanawi believes his team is under pressure to qualify, after the team won the Beach Soccer title at the Asian Beach Games in Bali last year. However, this is the first time the team makes an appearance at a FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualifier. Oman takes on China in the first qualifying round on Saturday.

Source: FIFA