Indian Subcontinent

Former South Africa cricket captain Hansie Cronje confessed on Thursday to approaching two team mates about fixing a one-day match against India this year and admitted accepting nearly $100,000 from bookmakers since 1996.

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.

India's cricket team will not take part in the next Commonwealth Games, Suresh Kalmadi, president of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA), has announced.

India are to introduce a contract system with graded payments for their national cricketers that will fulfil a long-standing demand.

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.

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.

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.

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.