Bangladesh

India's government has told the country's cricket board it should not send a team to the forthcoming Sharjah tournament in which Pakistan are also competing.

Several countries have withdrawn from events in December's Asian Games, officials of host country Thailand have reported.

Asian sports broadcaster ESPN STAR Sports (ESS) has acquired the exclusive terrestrial, cable and satellite television broadcast rights of the English Premier League for the next three seasons beginning August 2001.

International Cricket Council President Jagmohan Dalmiya will recommend that Kenya hosts the ICC knockout tournament next year.

Bangkok Asian Games Organising Committee (Bagoc) chairman and deputy prime minister Bhichai Rattakul has requested chefs de mission from 43 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) not to withdraw their teams from the Bangkok Asiad.

The International Cricket Council has approved South Africa?s proposals for the format of the 2003 World Cup.

Nairobi will host the 2000 International Cricket Council (ICC) one-day knockout tournament between the nine test playing nations, the ICC has confirmed.

The West Indies' first official test tour of South Africa has been hit by a row over the players' payments.

A proposed one-day series in Sharjah in aid of Indian earthquake victims, featuring India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, has been called off, an Indian cricket official said.

Ali Bacher, chairman of the International Cricket Council (ICC) development committee, has said the number of teams at the 2003 World Cup in South Africa should be increased from 12 to 14.

Brian Lara was reinstated as West Indies captain for the delayed tour of South Africa on Monday after four days of talks ended a players' revolt over pay.

Bangladesh will play their first overseas test against Zimbabwe in April, Bangladesh Cricket Board president Saber Hossain Chowdhury has said.

Last year's Cricket World Cup generated a #30m profit, according to a report by the England and Wales Cricket board.

The Bangladesh cricket team has had a boost in the run-up to the Cricket World Cup in England by securing a shirt sponsor for the tournament.

Cricket chiefs of three Asian nations have sought a meeting with the Indian government to request reversing its decision to cancel a tour of Pakistan.

Overjoyed Bangladeshis, whose cricket team won its first victory at the century's last Cricket World Cup in England on Monday, will soon have a stadium exclusively for cricket, according to media reports.

Coca-Cola Company signed a three-year deal with the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Wednesday to sponsor the national team, which will make its test debut this month.

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