Indian Subcontinent

Beijing seems to be cruising towards victory in the race to stage the 2008 Olympic Games, despite human rights demonstrations on the IOC’s doorstep and Chinese stadiums that currently exist only as computer graphics.

Kate Hoey’s replacement as UK’s Minister for Sport, following Tony Blair’s post election ministerial re-shuffle, is Richard Caborn, a 57-year-old Sheffield member of parliament and former minister at the Department of Trade and Industry.

The Australian Cricket Board (ACB) may consider the issue of using an artificial eye for no-ball rulings but says it is more a matter for the International Cricket Council (ICC).

Sport presentation and production company, Great Big Events (GBE), has been appointed the ‘Official Sport Presentation Partner’ of the Australian Cricket Board (ACB) for the next three years.

New Zealand, Pakistan and Sri Lanka are to feature in a triangular cricket series with increased prize money, tentatively scheduled for April 10-19 next year.

US sports network ESPN has won its legal battle with Indian cable operator InCablenet over the under-declaration of subscriber numbers, after the Mumbai High Court in New Delhi ordered the latter to pay the relevant compensation to ESPN.

Acting England captain Alec Stewart is to organise a meeting with International Cricket Council (ICC) anti-corruption investigators early next week.

Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club will erect temporary fencing and double the number of stewards at Trent Bridge for Tuesday's one-day NatWest Series international between Pakistan and Australia.

Knowing more about the extent and nature of match-fixing within the game of cricket is more important than ‘naming and shaming’ individual players, according to Sir Paul Condon, director of the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) Anti Corruption Unit (ACU).

English cricket will have a problem with crowd security until such time as legislation can be brought in to stop pitch invasions, Australia's team manager said on Tuesday.

Anti-corruption officials from the International Cricket Council (ICC) will arrive in India on Thursday to investigate match-fixing allegations, an Indian federal police official said.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) is demanding safety contingency plans from all member countries following the crowd trouble that has marred the NatWest Series in England.

Former British Prime Minister John Major has told sportbusiness.com he will support any government moves to outlaw cricket hooligans following crowd trouble that has marred the current NatWest Series in England.

Singapore is struggling to keep prestigious sporting events because sponsors say the island cannot give them a good return on their investment.

The Australian cricket team are prepared to forfeit Saturday's triangular series final against Pakistan at Lord's if there are further crowd disturbances.

UK pay-TV operator BSkyB has won the support of the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and commercial free-to-air broadcaster Channel 4 following a run-in with the BBC over televised rights access, sportbusiness.com has learned.