Bangladesh

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has agreed a three-year extension to its current television contracts with terrestrial broadcaster Channel 4 and pay-TV channel Sky Sports.

India's government has told the country's cricket board it should not send a team to the forthcoming Sharjah tournament in which Pakistan are also competing.

Asian sports broadcaster ESPN STAR Sports (ESS) has acquired the exclusive terrestrial, cable and satellite television broadcast rights of the English Premier League for the next three seasons beginning August 2001.

The International Cricket Council has approved South Africa?s proposals for the format of the 2003 World Cup.

A proposed one-day series in Sharjah in aid of Indian earthquake victims, featuring India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, has been called off, an Indian cricket official said.

Bangladesh will play their first overseas test against Zimbabwe in April, Bangladesh Cricket Board president Saber Hossain Chowdhury has said.

Cricket chiefs of three Asian nations have sought a meeting with the Indian government to request reversing its decision to cancel a tour of Pakistan.

Coca-Cola Company signed a three-year deal with the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Wednesday to sponsor the national team, which will make its test debut this month.

Some of cricket's leading figures were anxiously awaiting news of their fate after the International Cricket Council (ICC) began its executive board meeting in Nairobi, Kenya, on Monday.

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has asked the country's president to order a judicial investigation into allegations of Pakistani involvement in match-fixing during last year's World Cup.

US television company WorldTel has won the production and distribution rights for cricket matches in Bangladesh for five years.

Test cricket's newest recruits Bangladesh will undertake their first tour of South Africa in October, the United Cricket Board (UCB) said.

A former commissioner of London?s Metropolitan police force has been named the new anti-corruption chief of cricket?s governing body.

In a move that should add significant revenues to the coffers of cricket?s poorest affiliate nation, the Bangladesh Cricket Board has confirmed that Bangladesh has been granted Test status.

The English Football Association and the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) have put the finishing touches to a landmark Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) which will lead to long-term technical co-operation between the two governing bodies.

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