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India's cricket board began a meeting in Calcutta to discuss the fate of five Indian players, including former captain Mohammad Azharuddin, named in a federal match-fixing report.

Mohammad Azharuddin, one of five Indian test players named in a federal match-fixing report, has been found guilty by an internal cricket board inquiry, its president A.C. Muthiah said.

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.

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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.

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