The Bangladesh cricket team was arriving for prayers at the mosque when the shooting occurred but all members were safe, a team coach told Reuters.
The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) has added cricket to the 2010 Asian Games schedule after the organisation voted to include the sport at a general assembly in Kuwait earlier this week.
The sound of leather against willow will be heard for the first time at an Asian Games next year after the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) announced that cricket had been added to the programme on Wednesday.
Survival will be foremost in Bangladesh's mind whereas Sri Lanka will aim for a winning start when they cross swords in the second Super 4 match of the Asia Cup in Colombo on Saturday.
'We are recreating the biggest sports rivalry in the world, which is Indians versus Pakistanis right here in the United States.'
India have flown in Dinesh Karthik as a stand-by player for injured Virender Sehwag as the visitors gear up for Tuesday's last league match of the Asia Cup against Sri Lanka.
India has been grouped with hosts Pakistan for the Asia Cup to be held in June and July this year.
Sri Lanka crushed Afghanistan by 68 runs to win the gold medal in the men's Twenty20 cricket event at the Asian Games on Friday.
Jagmohan Dalmiya would take over as the President of the Asian Cricket Council at its Annual General meeting to be held in London on Tuesday.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India on Thursday confirmed that the Indian women's team will take part in the Asia Cup, beginning in Bangkok on Saturday, but uncertainty remains over the side playing arch-rivals Pakistan in the continental competition.
Mashrafe Mortaza will replace Pakistan's Shoaib Akhtar in Asia's squad for the Afro-Asia Cup.
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is keen to revive a strong Asian bloc in world cricket but believes strained cricket relations with India are a hurdle in the way. PCB chairman, Shahryar Khan returned home from Colombo after chairing the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) meeting without any one-to-one meeting with the Indian cricket board officials or discussions on revival of Indo-Pak cricket. "The Asian bloc can be revived in world cricket and made influential again but first Pakistan and India need to work on the same wavelength," Khan said.
A lucrative media deal could be in trouble if a solution isn't found to break the deadlock between India and Pakistan on the Asia Cup issue.
The Asian Cricket Council awarded the rights to ESPN-Star after Nimbus bagged out of the deal citing the absence of big names in the tournament.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) will apply for the inclusion of women's cricket at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Durban, South Africa, the governing body has said.
The ICC handed a two-match suspension to India women's team skipper Harmanpreet Kaur for her boorish behaviour during the third ODI against Bangladesh.
BCCI has sent a 23-point agenda to all affiliated units 21 days prior to the holding of the AGM.
Pakistan aren't exactly 'begging' India to play against them but Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Shaharyar Khan said they are well within their rights to 'push' the Board of Control for Cricket in India into honouring the Memorandum of Understanding for six bilateral series between the two countries.
A seven-wicket victory over Malaysia also gave them a berth in the ICC Under-19 World Cup 2006.
BCCI to lock in broadcast deal by August-end before series against Australia; Afghanistan ODIs moved to January
India enjoys close relations with Afghanistan and both accuse common neighbour Pakistan of not doing enough to stop Islamist militants operating on their territory.
Pakistan Cricket Board Chairman Shaharyar Khan has refused to follow in the footsteps of Pakistan Hockey Federation which announced this week that it would boycott future international events in India.
Eden is the longest surviving Test ground in Asia. The stadium hosted its first match in 1934 between India and England.
India captain Harmanpreet Kaur lauded the bowlers after the team's triumphant campaign in the Women's Asia Cup, which ended with a lop-sided win in the final against Sri Lanka in Sylhet, Bangladesh, on Saturday.
England cricketers -- both men and women -- will undergo anti-racism training courses this year after a survey revealed that more than one-third of black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) players have faced the prejudice in the game.
Batsman Lokesh Rahul and all-rounder Parveez Rasool have joined Royal Challengers Bangalore from Sunrisers Hyderabad for the 2016 Indian Premier League. IPL Chairman Rajeev Shukla, said: "The Royal Challengers Bangalore have made strong moves ahead of the season. KL Rahul is one of the talented young batsmen in the Indian circuit while Parveez Rasool is an asset to any team with his all-round abilities." "The duo will join a dream line-up at RCB with India's Test Captain Virat Kohli leading them," he added.
Video footage of BCCI secretary Jay Shah appearing to turn down an offer to wave the national flag after India beat Pakistan in a thrilling cricket match at the Asia Cup in Dubai on Sunday has sparked a controversy, with Opposition leaders taking a dig at him.
Pakistan captain Sarfraz Ahmed, on Friday, met Andile Phehlukwayo and apologised for hurling allegedly racist slurs at the South African all-rounder during the second ODI in Durban.
Bangladesh promised enhanced security for the Pakistan cricket team during next month's Asia Cup, after political unrest in Dhaka endangered their participation in the regional event.
Mani said if the Indian team visits its neighbours, it will be a 'big breakthrough' for Pakistan cricket.
Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Najam Sethi acknowledged that all countries want to play against India as it enables them to earn maximum revenue.
It's a downfall for the powerhouse that produced some iconic names such as PT Usha, Shiny Wilson, Anju Bobby George, Rosa Kutty, Mercy Kuttan and Bobby Aloysius among others."
The Olympic Council of Asia are looking for new hosts for the 2017 Asian Youth Games after stripping Sri Lanka of the event because of an ongoing row over autonomy that has plagued sports in the island nation.
Spinner Rashid Khan celebrated his 20th birthday in style by producing a stunning all-round display as Afghanistan beat Bangladesh by 136 runs in an Asia Cup match in Abu Dhabi on Thursday.
Australia would be open to hosting Asian arch-rivals Pakistan and India in a series to revive a contest world cricket wants to see, board chief Nick Hockley said.
Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq hopes bilateral cricketing ties with India will resume despite the chief of the neighbouring board ruling out the possibility in the near future after the recent attack on an army camp in Kashmir.
The south Asian country has remained largely starved of international cricket since the 2009 attacks on a bus carrying Sri Lankan cricketers in Lahore, wounding six players and a British coach and killing eight Pakistanis.
The BCCI's refusal to send its team to the Asia Emerging Nations Cup scheduled in Pakistan this April has put a question mark on the tournament's organisation in the country.
Afghanistan's cricket team will shifted its home base from Sharjah to the Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association stadium in Noida where they will play their matches and practice after an MoU was signed on Thursday in this regard.
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