Bangladesh

A Pakistani high court judge is to start a new inquiry into cricket match-fixing allegations in Lahore later this month, according to reports.

US television company WorldTel has won the production and distribution rights for cricket matches in Bangladesh for five years.

The Indian government has denied the country's national cricket team permission to play a test match in Pakistan next month, according to local television reports.

Test cricket's newest recruits Bangladesh will undertake their first tour of South Africa in October, the United Cricket Board (UCB) said.

Saber Hossain Chowdhury has been replaced as Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president because of his involvement in campaigning ahead of October's general election, a member of Bangladesh's interim government has said.

A former commissioner of London?s Metropolitan police force has been named the new anti-corruption chief of cricket?s governing body.

The Asian Cricket Test championship will go ahead even if India decides to withdraw from the tournament, a top official has confirmed.

In a move that should add significant revenues to the coffers of cricket?s poorest affiliate nation, the Bangladesh Cricket Board has confirmed that Bangladesh has been granted Test status.

Bangladesh has brought in Russian experts to repair disabled power plants after soccer fans threatened violence if the electricity fails during World Cup matches.

The biennial South Asian soccer tournament in Dhaka has been postponed to early 2002 from late this year, Asian soccer authorities have said.

The English Football Association and the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) have put the finishing touches to a landmark Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) which will lead to long-term technical co-operation between the two governing bodies.

Angry Bangladesh soccer fans in the coastal Cox's Bazar district ransacking the place when power failed during the opening match of the World Cup.

Prospects of India playing a test match in Pakistan after 12 years have brightened after New Delhi invited Islamabad to hold peace talks last week, officials said on Sunday.

Bangladesh soccer fans, angry over power failures that have stopped them viewing World Cup soccer matches, have called for a half-day general strike

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.

The eighth South Asian Federation (SAF) Games, the region's biggest sports event, will be held in Kathmandu next year, organisers have said.