Bangladesh

Bangladesh has brought in Russian experts to repair disabled power plants after soccer fans threatened violence if the electricity fails during World Cup matches.

Angry Bangladesh soccer fans in the coastal Cox's Bazar district ransacking the place when power failed during the opening match of the World Cup.

Bangladesh soccer fans, angry over power failures that have stopped them viewing World Cup soccer matches, have called for a half-day general strike

The eighth South Asian Federation (SAF) Games, the region's biggest sports event, will be held in Kathmandu next year, organisers have said.

Several countries have withdrawn from events in December's Asian Games, officials of host country Thailand have reported.

Bangkok Asian Games Organising Committee (Bagoc) chairman and deputy prime minister Bhichai Rattakul has requested chefs de mission from 43 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) not to withdraw their teams from the Bangkok Asiad.

The West Indies' first official test tour of South Africa has been hit by a row over the players' payments.

Brian Lara was reinstated as West Indies captain for the delayed tour of South Africa on Monday after four days of talks ended a players' revolt over pay.

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.

Overjoyed Bangladeshis, whose cricket team won its first victory at the century's last Cricket World Cup in England on Monday, will soon have a stadium exclusively for cricket, according to media reports.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has recommended that Kenya and Bangladesh qualify automatically for the 2003 World Cup in South Africa.

At least 11 foreign teams will take part in a soccer tournament beginning in Dhaka on August 27, the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) has announced.

A Pakistani high court judge is to start a new inquiry into cricket match-fixing allegations in Lahore later this month, according to reports.

The Indian government has denied the country's national cricket team permission to play a test match in Pakistan next month, according to local television reports.

Saber Hossain Chowdhury has been replaced as Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) president because of his involvement in campaigning ahead of October's general election, a member of Bangladesh's interim government has said.

The Asian Cricket Test championship will go ahead even if India decides to withdraw from the tournament, a top official has confirmed.