Indian Subcontinent

Lalit Modi has been suspended from all his posts in Indian cricket, including chairman of the Indian Premier League, by the Board of Control for Cricket in India.

Twenty20 cricket comes to Florida next month when New Zealand takes on Sri Lanka in an international match.

Indian Premier League commissioner Lalit Modi is likely to quit after the tournament final this weekend, following an Indian government probe into the funding of the competition.

Fresh Indian security fears have caused the semi-finals of the 2010 Indian Premier League to be moved to the DY Patil Stadium in Mumbai following two low-intensity blasts at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore on Saturday evening.

The 2011 Formula One calendar will be the biggest ever, with 20 races, after Bernie Ecclestone confirmed the addition of an Indian Grand Prix, and the continuing participation of the Turkish and Chinese Grands Prix.

The NBA has topped a list of leagues ranked by average pay at their teams, which threw up some surprising results including a second-place appearance for the Indian Premier League cricket competition, the Premier League only making fourth place, and the NFL only coming sixth.

Lalit Modi, commissioner of the Indian Premier League, has estimated an almost one hundred per centyear-on-year increase in revenue for the Twenty20 tournament.

Sahara Group and Rendezvous Sports World won the rights to own the two new Indian Premier League franchises for a combined $703 million, more than the cost of the eight original franchises combined.

Indian Premier League chairman Lalit Modi wants to set up a second version of the Twenty20 cricket competition abroad.

The Pakistan Olympic Association has provisionally rescheduled the country's national games, due to take place this month, for December due to over security fears.

Sports marketing and management company IMG has allied with a powerful Indian partner in a bid to develop the sports industry in the country.

The Mumbai Indians are the biggest earners from sponsorship so far in the third Indian Premier League cricket competition, with deals worth around Rs500 million (€8 million) combined, according to Asia Sponsorship News.

The Sport for Life! Learning Centre, a place to provide sport, education and healthy lifestyle training to disadvantaged children, was launched yesterday in Pakistan by the president of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Raja Zulqarnain Khan.

Twenty20 international cricket was revealed the winner of the first ‘Asian/Pacific Sport TV Audience Award’ yesterday for drawing more than 32.2 million viewers across Australia, India and Pakistan in 2009.

The Indian Premier League has postponed for two weeks the sale of its new franchises and removed some tough financial demands from the tender.

Players in the India team stepped out onto the pitch at the World Cup in Delhi on Saturday with the logo of construction materials company Shree Cement emblazoned on their sticks, in a move that seems to conflict with the team's sponsorship deal with conglomerate Sahara India.