Indian Subcontinent

Organisers lost over $2 million when benefit cricket matches involving Indian, South African and Sri Lankan players were called off following the recent match fixing controversy.

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.

The judge investigating allegations of match-fixing and betting against Pakistan cricket captain Wasim Akram and two other leading players has said he expected to submit his report next week.

The judicial commission investigating charges of betting and match-fixing in Pakistan cricket has been asked to look into the conduct of Pakistani players at the recent World Cup.

Former England cricket captain Alec Stewart has conceded that a bookmaker's statement accusing him of taking money in exchange for information affected his form during the recent tour of Pakistan.

Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Tauqir Zia has said the much-delayed report of a match-fixing inquiry would be made public within the next 10 days and promised there would be no more delays.

The finances of Sri Lanka's recently sacked cricket board are in such confusing shape that they will require an independent probe by a special committee, a member of the new interim administration has said.

Sri Lanka's off-field cricket crisis has deepened as the interim committee running the governing board prepared to resign.

The start of the Asian rugby union championship was thrown into disarray by the last-minute withdrawal of the Thai team on Saturday.

The biggest event on the domestic golf tour, the Indian PGA Championship, has now become a specially sanctioned event of the Asian PGA tour, officials said on Tuesday.

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.

The four bids so far submitted for the sponsorship of the Indian cricket team are not satisfactory, the treasurer of the country's cricket board (BCCI) has said.

ITC Ltd , India's largest cigarette maker, has invited proposals to take over its sponsorship of the nation's cricket team following a government move to discourage tobacco advertising.

Indian hockey authorities have sacked chief coach Vasudevan Baskaran and dropped three senior players after their disappointing seventh-place finish at the Sydney Olympics.

Malaysian sports officials were dumbfounded after the country lost its bid to host the 2006 Asian Games to Qatar.

Indian internet firm Satyam Infoway has struck a deal to acquire sports portal Kheladi.com for $1.3 million, to be paid mainly through an issue of shares.