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Sports: Hermenegild Suuma wins first stage at Kinai Grand Tour
Hermenegild Suuma, 28, takes victory in Kinai to obtain his second win this season. Suuma left behind his main rivals in the final kilometres to give AABL-Ujredi the win in the first stage.
Suuma had won last month the Gazapkhuli Grand Prix, an one-day race held in Mktvartvelo. "We knew we had a chance if we were able to shake the peloton, as if it was a difficult day to control by any team, particularly as the first stage", Suuma declared. "I was not exactly expecting to win, even if I started feeling better and better as kilometres advanced. But Kimmo [Peltonen]'s moves earlier helped to select the number of riders".
"It is true that they were not probably keeping an eye on me and that could improve my chances", the Juglander rider said. "I can't say if it was my important win but it was certainly a tougher one considered the quality of the riders I was facing".
Mktvartvelo: Football League television rights under criticism
The Mktvartvelo Premier League Association (MPPL) expects that the revenue for the clubs will grow considerably as consequence of the televison rights for the top-tier men's football division for the 2024-2027 period, which negotiation period will end on June 30. The MPPL hopes that the amount will increase two or three times compared to the previous period, as interests in the competition and quality of players have consolidated and increased. "There will be room for improvement in the next decade, we are convinced", declared Gocha Enukidze, chairman of the MPPL.
However, controversy erupted as it was confirmed that Channel 7 television channel is interested to bid for television rights for men's and women's football leagues in the Unitary State of Mktvartvelo. This has led to accusations of conflict of interests, giving that the Vice-chairman of MPPL, Zhuldys Birinseli, also owns of 25% of Channel 7.
Enukidze, however, has denied such conflict of interests. "Mrs. Birinseli is Vice-chairman as a representative of the clubs, and her role does not involve in any way the negotiation of television rights or any economic management of the assets and rights of the league. I understand the concern about those who are not familiar about the situation, but the negotiation and tender process will be done with transparency, with only the benefit of the clubs and the public as maximum priority".