India

South Africa cricket captain Graeme Smith has called on the International Cricket Council to rethink its recommendation for a Twenty20 world championship.

Sky Sports has won live and exclusive rights to broadcast England’s tour of India.

Nimbus Sport has reached agreement with leading broadcast platforms in the USA, Canada, Carribean, UK and the Middle East for live television coverage of Indian cricket.

UK public broadcaster the BBC has won exclusive radio rights to all international tour matches in India for four years, including next month's England series.

Television production company Nimbus Communications has bagged the global media rights to Indian cricket for the next four years in a $612million deal.

The Qatar Football Association (QFA) wants to host the 2015 Asian Cup finals, with many facilities in place after being built for this year's Asian Games.

Plans have been approved for a Twenty20 World Championship as early as September 2007 and a revamped ICC Champions Trophy featuring just the top eight teams in world cricket from 2008 onwards.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has chosen Nimbus Sport to produce all television coverage of international and domestic cricket from March 2006 to March 2010.

India has asked the West Indies to cut one Test Match from their tour of the Caribbean.

The president of Formula One champions Renault expects smaller sponsors to fill the void created by the withdrawal of cigarette brand title sponsor, Mild Seven, at the end of the year.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has told India not to go ahead with their threat to organise their own playing schedule.

India is set to take no part in the ICC Champions Trophy one-day tournament after hosting it this year.

Three venues in India for international cricket's ICC Champions Trophy 2006 have been confirmed.

The International Cricket Council has called together representatives from its full member countries to discuss the issue of television rights in India.

Indian public sector oil company ONGC (Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd) will be the title sponsor for the 10th edition of Indian soccer's National Football League.

Allied Bank Limited has signed up as co-sponsors to the India-Pakistan Test Series 2006.