Zimbabwe

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has been forced to slash £4m ($6.29m/EUR5.80m) off its 2003 budgeted expenditure.

Cricket governing body the ICC has clamped down hard on those refusing to play ball during its World Cup event - by withholding from a number of nations their share of tournament revenues.

Cricket's world governing body the ICC is expecting to generate a $188m ($177m) profit pot from the current World Cup which concludes this weekend in Johannesburg.

A preliminary review of the Cricket World Cup will top the agenda when the sport's governing body, the ICC, meets in Johannesburg later this week.

Security around the remaining fixtures of the Cricket World Cup has been stepped up as the political crisis in the Middle East deepens.

The number of summer contracts offered to England cricket internationals is likely to be dramatically reduced as a direct result of the World Cup fiasco.

The management of the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) say they have no regrets over the decision to boycott a Cricket World Cup game in Zimbabwe - despite the fact it cost England a first round exit.

New Zealand's decision to refuse to play its Cricket World Cup match in Kenya has resulted in the ICC demanding it forfeit four points after it refused to rearrange the fixture.

The political row that has cast a shadow over the Cricket World Cup continues as the International Cricket Council Executive Board meets today to discuss New Zealand's application for the relocation of its match against Kenya.

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) is facing another deadline today in its ongoing row over the England team's Cricket World Cup game against Zimbabwe.

World Cup executive director Dr Ali Bacher (pictured) has stated that England's controversial Cricket World Cup match against Zimbabwe will not take place in Harare on Thursday, February 13.

English cricket chiefs seem set to finally confirm later today whether its team will play its Cricket World Cup match in Zimbabwe - just 48 hours before the game is due to get underway.

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has written to the International Cricket Council (ICC) stating that the England team will not play its scheduled match in Zimbabwe.

The IOC has appointed a new director of its international co-operation and development department.

The Cricket World Cup has finally got underway in South Africa - but the shadow of rows over co-hosting continues to blight the tournament.

The England & Wales Cricket Board's appeal against the ICC's decision to reject their request to move the scheduled World Cup game in Zimbabwe will be heard by the ICC-appointed South African judge, Justice Albie Sachs, in Cape Town today.