NEW DELHI: India's football chiefs on Thursday backed a proposal to hold a new tournament inspired by cricket's popular Indian Premier League, despite fierce opposition from the country's top clubs. 

India's victory in the fourth ODI against Zimbabwe can be credited to the bowlers, especially to Mohit Sharma who ended with figures of 2 for 26 in his debut match. Sharma ran in hard and looked in g

Friday’s BCCI working committee meeting here assumes significance in the light of the Mumbai high court’s order terming the spot-fixing and betting probe panel as illegal further denigrating the way in which the richest cricket body in the world functions.

The Board of Control for Cricket is heading for another legal battle with a rising internal faction as the latter has threatened to move to court if the Tamil Nadu strongman N. Srininvasan attended and reclaimed the position as the body’s president at Friday’s working committee meeting here.

BCCI vice president Niranjan Shah on Thursday became the first senior official to openly call for a fresh probe into the Indian Premier League spot-fixing scandal, saying such a step was needed as the Board’s “image has really gone down”.

India made light work of their fourth one-day international against Zimbabwe on Thursday, as they beat the hosts by nine wickets to take a 4-0 lead in the series.

Manchester: Peter Siddle took two wickets shortly before stumps on the second day of the third Ashes Test at Old Trafford to cement a strong Australia position built by captain Michael Clarke's 187.

Chris Rogers fell 16 runs short of his first international century as Australia reached tea on 180/3 against England on Day One of a third Ashes Test marred by another DRS controversy.

New Delhi: BCCI secretary Sanjay Patel today admitted that there was "a slight mistake" in the circular issued to summon a Working Committee meeting that led to its cancellation on the day.
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IN A HUMANE GESTURE, India cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has adopted a rescued stray pup from the Hope and Animal Trust in Ranchi. Dhoni, who has posted a picture of the pup on his twitter page, has named the dog ‘Leah’. “Adopted a rescued pup from Hope and Animal Trust Ranchi.