Indian Subcontinent

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) will not expand the Indian Premier League Twenty20 tournament over the next eight years, according to Wally Edwards, the chairman of the Cricket Australia national governing body.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has announced that the 2014 Indian Premier League (IPL) Twenty20 competition will open in the United Arab Emirates, with the prospect of further games being staged in Bangladesh.

The International Boxing Association (AIBA) has curtailed its official relationship with the Indian Amateur Boxing Federation and announced that it keen to find the “right people” to lead a new national governing body.

The Indian government has officially recognised Hockey India (HI) as the sole body responsible for the promotion of the sport in the country – a move that looks set to end years of instability in the governance of hockey in one of its key markets.

IMG-Reliance, commercial and marketing partner of the All India Football Federation (AIFF), has launched a tender process for acquisition of franchises for the delayed Indian Super League (ISL) project.

The Sri Lanka Premier League (SLPL) has been shelved for the second consecutive year after the Twenty20 cricket tournament failed to attract sufficient commercial interest.

The first half of the Indian Premier League (IPL) Twenty20 cricket tournament will be staged outside India after the country’s government said that it cannot provide security for the event owing to a clash with the general election.

Delhi Daredevils ownership group GMR Sports has warned Indian Premier League (IPL) franchises stand to lose around 40 per cent of their annual revenues if the Twenty20 cricket tournament is moved outside India, while Cricket South Africa has maintained it is yet to be contacted over potentially hosting the event.

Indian Premier League (IPL) chairman Ranjib Biswal has admitted that the 2014 edition of the Twenty20 cricket competition could return to South Africa amid security concerns arising from a clash with the country’s general election.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has lifted its suspension of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) after the national body held elections for a new board on Sunday.

The Pakistan government has moved to dismiss the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and its chairman Zaka Ashraf, just weeks after he was reinstated to the position.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) Board has approved a series of wide-ranging reforms relating to the governance, competition and financial models of cricket’s global governing body, with the Pakistan Cricket Board and Sri Lanka Cricket the only full members to abstain from Saturday’s vote.

The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has elected a new set of officials in a bid to overturn a ban by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

World Squash Federation president N. Ramachandran is set to be elected as the new president of the Indian Olympic Association, which remains suspended by the International Olympic Committee.

Zaka Ashraf has been reinstated as chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) by the Islamabad High Court (IHC) in the latest development in the chaotic governance of the national governing body.

Indian athletes will compete under the Olympic flag rather than their national flag at next month’s winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia.