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The president of cricket’s world governing body has expressed his dismay at South Africa’s decision to pull-out of a tournament for security reasons – fuelling speculation a heavy fine will be imposed on the nation.

The 2011 Cricket World Cup final will be held in a brand new stadium in the Indian capital, Delhi.

The chief executive of the Federation of International Cricketers’ Associations (FICA) has blasted the sport’s world governing body’s new international schedule.

Cricket publishing company The Wisden Group has acquired the business interests of Hawk-Eye Innovations Limited, the global pioneer in ball tracking technology for sports broadcasting and officiating.

UK pay-TV platform Sky has unveiled plans to broadcast live sport simultaneously on both conventional TV and mobile phones.

Cricket world governing body the ICC has awarded the 2011 Cricket World Cup to the joint Asian bid of Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka and Pakistan.

The ICC Board has adopted a new six-year Future Tours Program, approved a shorter format for ICC Champions Trophy tournament and agreed to introduce Twenty20 World Championship events.

FIFA's Tsunami Task Force has approved six projects in Indonesia, Maldives and Sri Lanka worth $1.48million.

Twenty travel agencies from 11 countries across the globe are the first Official Travel Agents (OTAs) approved to sell packages, inclusive of match tickets, for ICC Cricket World Cup 2007.

Nimbus Communications Limited, the global media rights partner of the BCCI, has agreed TV deals for terrestrial broadcasts of Indian cricket across a number of African countries.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has received bids from 15 member boards for its package of events from 2007 to 2015.

Australia and New Zealand have announced a joint bid to host the 2011 Cricket World Cup.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced a big increase in the programme of One-Day International (ODI) cricket for associate member countries, to develop the game globally.

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 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.