Asia

India's cricket authorities have deferred announcement of punitive action against test players named in a federal match-fixing probe report until next Tuesday.

CricInfo.com has broken its page impressions record during its coverage of the India vs South Africa ICC Knockout tournament semi-final.

India's cricket board is to undergo a shake-up with the introduction of professionals to help administer an organisation previously served mainly by volunteers.

A Chinese domestic soccer match is to be transmitted live on the internet for the first time, an official of Shanghai Webtv Co Ltd said on Wednesday.

The four-member Olympic Council of Asia's Evaluation Committee has arrived in Hong Kong's to scrutinise Hong Kong?s bid to host the 2006 Asian Games

The bidding process by cities hoping to host the Olympic games has been open to abuse for years and needs a radical revamp, the mayor of Cape Town, which failed to win the 2004 Games, has said.

Three capital cities and Hong Kong have presented bids to host the 2006 Asian Games, the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) has confirmed.

The IOC cannot be expected to help China with any internal issues or foreign disputes during the build-up to the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, IOC president Jacques Rogge has said.

Chinese Olympic officials are likely to appoint a home-grown insurance broker to cover the 2008 Olympics rather than an international intermediary experienced in big event, sports related insurance.

The International Olympic Committee said today that Beijing has assembled a high quality bid for the 2008 Olympic Games.

Canadian athletes should expect better funding from the government to ensure a good showing if Toronto hosts the 2008 Summer Olympic games, a former Canadian Olympian has said.

Beijing's high-kicking, kung-fu fighting Special Police Brigade is ready to persuade soon-to-visit Olympic officials that they can handle bombs, hostage-takings and terrorists.

Beijing has decided to bring its public toilets up to Olympic gold standards in its pursuit of the 2008 Games, the China Daily said on Monday.

Olympics sailing organisers today were forced into a costly postponement of Tuesday's racing in the new 49er skiff class after a paint job began causing tears in the colourful skiffs' sailcloth.

A representative of Taiwan?s Olympic Committee is to meet mainland China?s sports officials to discuss the feasibility of Taipei co-sponsoring the 2008 Olympics with Beijing.

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has agreed a three-year extension to its current television contracts with terrestrial broadcaster Channel 4 and pay-TV channel Sky Sports.

ESPN Star Sports has acquired the exclusive telecast rights for all international cricket out of Pakistan till the year 2002.

United Arab Emirates cricket authorities demanded yesterday that all of their team's matches in the ICC Trophy be replayed because two of their top players were refused entry into Canada.