Indian Subcontinent

The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) is keen to bring the 2019 Asian Games to Delhi and is hopeful of securing backing from the country’s next central government to proceed with a bid.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has moved to suspend the Rajasthan Cricket Association (RCA) after former Indian Premier League (IPL) chairman Lalit Modi was declared the winner of the state governing body’s presidential elections.

India’s Supreme Court has rejected N. Srinivasan’s request for reinstatement as president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), revealing that the influential figure is one of 13 individuals named in a secret envelope submitted to it by the Justice Mudgal committee investigating alleged corruption in the Indian Premier League (IPL).

The much-hyped Indian Super League (ISL) took another major step towards its launch on Sunday as the likes of Spanish Liga club Atletico Madrid, cricket legends Sachin Tendulkar (pictured) and Sourav Ganguly and Bollywood stars were confirmed as owners of the eight teams that will compete in the new football competition.

Generations For Peace volunteers in 15 countries led activities to demonstrate how sport can be used as a tool to bridge gender, religious and ethnic divides in their communities as part of Sunday’s first-ever International Day of Sport for Development and Peace (IDSDP).

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has confirmed that the 2014 season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) will return to India on May 2, following the opening exchanges of the Twenty20 tournament in the United Arab Emirates.

The OCA (Olympic Council of Asia) has stripped Sri Lanka of its right to host the 2017 Asian Youth Games, according to two senior officials.

Indian cricket legend Sunil Gavaskar has been appointed as the interim head of the Board of Control for Cricket in India after the country’s Supreme Court forced N. Srinivasan to step down as president of the governing body.

India’s Supreme Court has proposed that former India cricket captain Sunil Gavaskar temporarily replaces the under-pressure N. Srinivasan as president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), adding that the Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals should not compete in the 2014 Indian Premier League (IPL) amid the spot-fixing and betting scandal engulfing the competition.

India’s Supreme Court has called on N. Srinivasan, the head of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), to step down from his role to enable an investigation to take place into illegal betting during last year’s Indian Premier League Twenty20 cricket tournament.

The Bangladeshi government has requested that businesses, shopping malls and markets close after 8pm local time in a bid to avoid power outages during the country’s staging of the World Twenty20 cricket tournament.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) will not expand the Indian Premier League Twenty20 tournament over the next eight years, according to Wally Edwards, the chairman of the Cricket Australia national governing body.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has announced that the 2014 Indian Premier League (IPL) Twenty20 competition will open in the United Arab Emirates, with the prospect of further games being staged in Bangladesh.

The International Boxing Association (AIBA) has curtailed its official relationship with the Indian Amateur Boxing Federation and announced that it keen to find the “right people” to lead a new national governing body.

The Indian government has officially recognised Hockey India (HI) as the sole body responsible for the promotion of the sport in the country – a move that looks set to end years of instability in the governance of hockey in one of its key markets.

IMG-Reliance, commercial and marketing partner of the All India Football Federation (AIFF), has launched a tender process for acquisition of franchises for the delayed Indian Super League (ISL) project.