India

The disciplinary committee of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) began a meeting on Tuesday to decide the fate of five test players named in a federal matchfixing report and an internal inquiry by the board.

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.

Pakistan's cricket board chief Lt. General Tauqir Zia on Thursday welcomed a bid to revive the Indian tour of Pakistan, called off last week due to political tensions over Kashmir.

India's national soccer federation has called an emergency general meeting after a breakaway association was formed at the weekend, challenging its authority.

The anti-corruption unit of cricket's ruling body, the ICC, will investigate allegations about 15 foreign players made in an official Indian report on match-fixing, the International Cricket Council said on Friday.

Malaysian sports officials were dumbfounded after the country lost its bid to host the 2006 Asian Games to Qatar.

Delegations from four cities bidding for the 2006 Asian Games will gather in the South Korean city of Pusan this weekend for last-minute lobbying ahead of Sunday's vote to decide the host city for the event.

New Zealand Cricket says it has appointed a three-man team to look into allegations that former captain Martin Crowe took money from an Indian bookmaker.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) said on Thursday an official report on match-fixing, that attacked its failure to stem corruption in the game, contained inaccuracies.

BMCMedia has been appointed by the Walt Disney Internet Group to represent football web site Soccernet, in all major markets in the Asia Pacific region, including Australia, Singapore, Japan, Hong Kong, Peoples Republic of China, India, Malaysia, Taiwan, Indonesia and New Zealand.

Betting on cricket has become one of India's biggest organised rackets both in terms of money and volume of deals, according to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) report into match-fixing.

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.

Indian federal investigators are due to submit an interim report on match-fixing to the government today.

CricInfo.com has broken its page impressions record during its coverage of the India vs South Africa ICC Knockout tournament semi-final.

Indian investigators have named some Test cricketers in their interim report on match-fixing, according to a federal police official.

India will host a 16-nation soccer tournament from January 10 to 25 next year, the president of the All India Football Federation (AIFF) has said.

India's federal investigators have said they will present to the government this week an interim report into allegations of match-fixing.

The Professional Squash Association (PSA) has announced that the Men's World Open rights and title for the years 2001-2005 have been granted to Procam International.