Governance

The Pakistan Cricket Board has earmarked Lahore, Karachi and Rawalpindi as the three host venues for 2025 Champions Trophy, in the initial draft schedule of the tournament, sent recently to the ICC. 

The Champions Trophy, which was last held in England in 2017, is expected to be held tentatively in February-March next year, even as the PCB hastens plans to upgrade venues that will host the first ICC event in the country in nearly 30 years. 

Oct 15, 2020 11:10
MUMBAI: Greg Barclay, a director of New Zealand Cricket since 2012, and who is currently its nominee on the ICC board, could emerge as the compromise candidate for the post of chairman of the International Cricket Council (ICC).
Oct 15, 2020 11:10
BEIJING: The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) has confirmed that Dishang Group is the title sponsor of the upcoming 2020 ITTF Women’s and Men’s World Cups. One of China’s largest manufacturers and exporters of apparel, Dishang Group is headquartered in Weihai (Shandong province), the host city for both events, which will be staged on the following dates:
Oct 15, 2020 11:10
BIRMINGHAM: The City Council's direct contribution to Birmingham 2022 remains at £184 million ($238 million/€203 million), around 25 per cent of the total cost of the event. 
Oct 15, 2020 11:10
LAUSANNE: The Swiss courts have returned to the South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) 36.6 million Swiss francs ($40 million) which had been retrieved from two former officials accused of corruption, the office of the attorney general (OAG) announced on Thursday. 
Oct 15, 2020 11:10
MELBOURNE: The four-Test series between Australia and India later this year is set to start with a day-night Test in Adelaide. The long tour (more than two months) is likely to begin with the white-ball games.
Oct 14, 2020 15:10
MUMBAI: The much ballyhooed (mostly by the BCCI) but toothless Indian Cricketers' Association (representing retired players) has one more gripe to add to the many that are piling up, with little hopes of redressal. 
Oct 14, 2020 11:10
AUCKLAND: New Zealand Rugby is expecting a "near-capacity" crowd in Auckland's Eden Park for the second Bledisloe Cup international against Australia on Sunday. New Zealand has been relatively successful in the fight against COVID-19.  NZR said on Tuesday that 40,000 tickets for Sunday's match in the city had already been sold. 
Oct 14, 2020 11:10
NEW DELHI: In a bid to promote aquatic sports and to help swimmers and coaches reach their fullest potential at the International level, the Swimming Federation of India on Tuesday announced that SFI has entered into a strategic partnership with Moregold Sports for the purpose of developing a world class swim coach education, development and certification pathway for India.
Oct 13, 2020 18:10
MUMBAI: Sunfeast India Run As One, India’s largest virtual citizen-led movement kick-started on the 74th Independence Day with the vision to unite the country in support of those who had lost their livelihoods due to the pandemic.
Oct 13, 2020 11:10
NEW DELHI: The National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) on Monday tweeted that it had started collecting samples of players competing in the Indian Premier League in the UAE, after enlisting personnel from Dubai.