A mud-wrestling promotion is held in a scenic area of Wulingyuan in Zhangjiajie city, in Central China's Hunan province on Wednesday. The contestant with the least mud after the mud fight is the winner. Thirty bikini-clad women and more than 100 villagers joined the event. [PhotoCFP] A participant in the mud and is "attacked" by other participants. The Wulingyuan travel bureau has many unusual events planned to promote the scenic area. [PhotoCFP] Bikini-wearing women wrestle in the mud as part of travel promotion. Wulingyuan is a famous for site-seeing and was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1992 [PhotoCFP] An elderly villager poses with participants in Wulingyuan. [PhotoCFP] Women wearing bikinis throw mud on each other in a bid to promote travel to scenic Wulingyuan. [PhotoCFP]
The starstruck Indian Super League, Hindustan's own soccer competition is going to take off from 12-10, and as the football fans hypes up for this football competition Craig Mager Chargers Jersey , here is the basics you should know about it.
Taking Indian soccer out of sleep
The HeroISL was initiated in 2013 after seeing that a lot of Indians are passionate about football, but regrettably, have no national football league with International allure to follow. The HeroISL aims to turn the table.
It will have eight franchise clubs, owned from people and companies across the country. The competition will initiate in October and end in December.
The eight clubs that will compete in this competition are:
· Kerala Blasters FC, trained by David James with England as the foreign draft.
· Mumbai City FC, practiced by Peter Reid with England as the foreign draft.
· North East United FC Kyzir White Chargers Jersey , trained by Ricki Herbert with New Zealand as the foreign draft.
· FC Pune City, practiced by Franco Colomba with Italy as the foreign draft.
While building their outfits, each club will have to attract:
· At least 7 foreigners, out of which two will be from the squad and 5 will be from the foreign player draft;
· One marquee player Justin Jones Chargers Jersey , which in the words of AIFF is "A foreign recruit who has represented his country in any of the continental championships like the European Championship, Copa America, African Nations Cup, Asian Cup Rayshawn Jenkins Chargers Jersey , or FIFA World Cup will be called a star player;" and
· 14 Hindustani domestic players, four of which have to be local players from the city the team belongs to.
Important Who's who in the ISL
The competition is owned by Reliance Industries Ltd, Star India Pvt. Ltd. and IMG Worldwide Inc. It would be televisedbroadcasted exclusively on STAR Sports and will have Hero MotoCorp as the title sponsor; thus the name Hero Indian Super League. From Bollywood, we have John Abraham who co-owns the club North East United FC Dan Feeney Chargers Jersey , Ranbir Kapoor who co-owns the Mumbai City FC outfit, Abhishek Bachchan who co-owns Chennaiyin FC squad, Salman Khan who co-owns the FC Pune City club, and Varun Dhawan who is the brand ambassador of the FC Goa outfit. From the field of Indian Cricket Forrest Lamp Chargers Jersey , Sachin Tendulkar is the co-owner of the Kerala Blasters FC outfit and Sourav Ganguly is the co-owner of the Atletico de Kolkata club.
Indian Super League rules:
Every year, the competition would be played between October and December. Each squad will play against all other clubs twice on a home-and-away basis. The top four teams will decide in the finals.
Financing the outfit
Squad owners' investments in the Indian Super League are worth having a look. Different squads have invested massively to attract foreign players:
Goa: 430.000 USD
Chennai Titans: 380.000 USD
Atletico de Kolkata: 350.000 USD
Mumbai City: 330.000 USD
Kerala Blasters: 315.000 USD
Pune City: 280.000 USD
Delhi Dynamos: 260.000 USD
North East United: 260.000 USD
With this kind of money and international attention towards the HeroISL, this is surely a league you would not want to miss! Possibly a surge to bring football in Hindustan to a higher level!
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