India
AFRO-ASIAN GAMES GETS NEW DELHI GO-AHEAD
The first Afro-Asian Games will go ahead in New Delhi in November as scheduled, the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) president has said.
INDIA TO BAN TOBACCO SPONSORSHIP
The Indian government says it will ban smoking in public places and the sponsorship of sporting events by tobacco firms in a bid to lower cigarette-related deaths.
PRABHAKAR SAYS BAN UNFAIR, AZHARUDDIN SILENT
Manoj Prabhakar, banned for five years by the Indian cricket board, said on Wednesday he had deserved better treatment for helping expose match-fixing.
BMCMEDIA SIGN SOCCERNET WEB MARKETING DEAL
BMCMedia has been appointed by the Walt Disney Internet Group to represent football web site Soccernet, in all major markets in the Asia Pacific region, including Australia, Singapore, Japan, Hong Kong, Peoples Republic of China, India, Malaysia, Taiwan, Indonesia and New Zealand.
ESPN STAR SPORTS NAMES NEW INTEGRATED SALES VP
ESPN Star Sports (ESS) has promoted Vib Sharma to senior vice president, advertising and integrated sales.
INDIAN TAXMEN CONTINUE CORRUPTION INVESTIGATION
Tax investigators have begun examining the contents of several lockers sealed during last week's searches of the homes and offices of Indian cricketers, cricket officials and bookies.
ICC DISMISS CORRUPTION CHARGES AGAINST DALMIYA
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has dismissed corruption allegations against its president Jagmohan Dalmiya on the opening day of a two-day meeting to discuss a match-fixing crisis.
ICC POISED TO OPEN PROBE INTO MATCH-FIXING
The International Cricket Council (ICC) is poised to appoint a commission to investigate allegations of betting and match-fixing, and it has vowed to take tough action against anyone found guilty.
PAKISTAN ASKS ICC TO INTERVENE OVER INDIA’S STANCE
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has asked the International Cricket Council (ICC) to "authoritatively" deal with India's refusal to play Pakistan in international cricket.
SRI LANKA IN CRICKET CASH TURMOIL
Sri Lankan cricket is in financial limbo after a court issued an order preventing the newly appointed interim administration from operating the cricket board's bank accounts.
SAMARANCH EXPECTS `THIRD DIMENSION? FROM ATHENS
International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Juan Antonio Samaranch has said Athens would provide the 2004 Games with a "third dimension".
SKY SPORTS TO SHOW NEXT THREE ENGLAND TOURS
Sky Sports have won the rights to screen live broadcasts of the England cricket team?s tours of India and New Zealand next winter.
TEST STARS BANNED FOR LIFE IN MATCH-FIX PROBE
Former Indian captain Mohammad Azharuddin and test player Ajay Sharma have been banned from cricket for life following allegations of match-fixing..
BETTING ON CRICKET HAS BECOME MAJOR RACKET, SAYS REPORT
Betting on cricket has become one of India's biggest organised rackets both in terms of money and volume of deals, according to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) report into match-fixing.
OLYMPICS GETTING TOO BIG, SAYS SENIOR IOC OFFICIAL
The Olympic Games have become too big to be hosted by less developed nations and must be scaled back, says senior International Olympic Committee (IOC) official Jacques Rogge.
METROSPORT LANDS INDIA SOCCER RIGHTS
UK sports advertising firm Metrosport has been appointed to handle advertising and sponsorship rights for the current UK tour of the Indian national soccer team.
ICC TO LAUNCH MATCH-FIXING INQUIRY
The International Cricket Council is to launch an independent inquiry into the match-fixing charges against Hansie Cronje after getting all the relevant details from the South African cricket board and Delhi police.
ICC PRESIDENT TO MISS KEY MEETING
The president of the International Cricket Council (ICC), India's Jagmohan Dalmiya, will not attend a key meeting of the ICC's executive board in New Zealand this weekend.