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The United Cricket Board (UCB) in South Africa has stated that it will take all necessary measures to stamp out corruption in cricket before it hosts the World Cup in 2003.
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India's cricket board has threatened to boycott the World Cup and the ICC Knockout Cup until the Indian government clarifies its policy on playing in "non-regular" venues, a top board official has said.
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The International Cricket Council has approved South Africa?s proposals for the format of the 2003 World Cup.

New Zealand has pulled out of an international soccer tournament scheduled for India in January, saying it had had difficulty confirming travel and competition details with organisers.
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Delegations from four cities bidding for the 2006 Asian Games will gather in the South Korean city of Pusan this weekend for last-minute lobbying ahead of Sunday's vote to decide the host city for the event.

Shamila Batohi, lead advocate for South Africa's King Commission probing allegations of corruption in cricket, has had what was described as a "fruitful" meeting with India's federal police agents.

Bans will be imposed on any Indian players involved in match-fixing, the country's cricket chief said.

The King commission into match-fixing faces a crucial week in which it will hear the testimony of former South African captain Hansie Cronje, the man at the centre of the storm.
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Right-wing Hindu leader Bal Thackeray has threatened that his Shiv Sena party will not allow Pakistani cricketers to play on Indian soil, the Press Trust of India (PTI) has reported.

When India decided to stage the world's first Afro-Asian Games in New Delhi in November, it had probably not realised what it was getting into. See the FEATURES section of sportbusiness.com to find out how work is progressing as the countdown starts to the first race.
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Two bodies created by the International Cricket Council (ICC) have combined to urge the world governing body to reform itself immediately.

The International Cricket Council has warned of the need to eliminate corruption within all sports after a controversial year in cricket which was dogged with match-fixing allegations.
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Indian golf officials fear they could face an uphill task raising funds after the main sponsor of the Indian professional tour pulled out last week.

Indian cricket board's Anti-Corruption Commissioner K. Madhavan has said the board had asked him to probe three more cricketers named in a match-fixing report, including ex-captain and coach Kapil Dev.

New Zealand Cricket says it has appointed a three-man team to look into allegations that former captain Martin Crowe took money from an Indian bookmaker.

Star Sports is to launch India?s first live sports news programme this month.

Two Indian police officers have flown to Britain to search for new evidence in their match-fixing investigation.

South African cricketer Pieter Strydom said on Friday former captain Hansie Cronje had offered him up to 140,000 rand ($19,800) if the team scored less than 250 runs in a test against India in February. Strydom, who is among four South African players accused by Indian police of match-rigging, told a government inquiry into alleged match-fixing the match involved was the first test against India in Mumbai, from February 24 to 26.