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The International Cricket Council (ICC) Board has approved a series of wide-ranging reforms relating to the governance, competition and financial models of cricket’s global governing body, with the Pakistan Cricket Board and Sri Lanka Cricket the only full members to abstain from Saturday’s vote.

The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has elected a new set of officials in a bid to overturn a ban by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

Tokyo 2020 president Yoshiro Mori said the Japanese capital’s organising committee for the Olympic Games is seeking to introduce female members as he welcomed the election of Yoichi Masuzoe as the city’s new governor.

Snooker’s Players Championship is to be moved from Thailand due to political unrest in the south-east Asian country.

The 2014 Laureus World Sports Awards will take place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on March 26, following the cancellation of the planned event in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

The PGA Tour golf sanctioning body has unveiled the dates and locations for the first six tournaments on the inaugural PGA Tour China schedule this year.

The Women’s Tennis Association has announced a revamp of its WTA Championships as the season-ending event prepares to move from Istanbul to Singapore this year.

World Squash Federation president N. Ramachandran is set to be elected as the new president of the Indian Olympic Association, which remains suspended by the International Olympic Committee.

The Tokyo Organising Committee of the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games was formally established today (Friday), with former Prime Minister of Japan Yoshiro Mori confirmed as the head of the organisation.

A South Korean district court has handed suspended six-month prison sentences to two officials found guilty of forging signatures of senior political figures during Gwangju’s successful bid to host the 2019 Fina World Swimming Championships.

The OneAsia golf organisation has announced the postponement of the 2014 Thailand Open as a result of the 60-day state of emergency declared in Bangkok.

Zaka Ashraf has been reinstated as chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) by the Islamabad High Court (IHC) in the latest development in the chaotic governance of the national governing body.

The delayed 2013 Women’s World Squash Championship will take place in Penang, Malaysia from March 17 this year.

Former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori has agreed to become the head of the local organising committee for the Tokyo 2020 summer Olympic Games, according to the Kyodo news agency.

Indian athletes will compete under the Olympic flag rather than their national flag at next month’s winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia.

The Japanese government and Tokyo authorities are in final talks with a view to appointing former Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori as head of the city’s local organising committee for the 2020 Olympic Games, according to Kyodo News.