The head of Committee of Administrators (COA) Vinod Rai expressed his confidence that the Board of Control for Cricket in India has reached consensus after almost all the top cricket board chiefs have come to India in the last two weeks to discuss the proposed revenue model of International Cricket Council.
England are the favourites, but India's tried-and-tested squad are in the hunt in the Champions Trophy.
England's football star David Beckham and his family stepped out in full force to cheer his son Romeo, who took part in the London Marathon.
After all, he has been champion there twice, is bang in form after a record-stretching 12th French Open, is injury free and last year was a whisker away from reaching the final.
The F1 driver said he may have to leave Britain to protect his privacy amid a surge of interest in his sensational debut.
Factbox on Renault's Fernando Alonso, who became Formula One's youngest champion in Brazil.
Regarded as the Oscar of sports, the nominations for 2018 Laureus World Sports Awards were finalised following a ballot by the world's sports media.
'Somewhere along the way, elected office-bearers appeared to have lost sight of the interest of cricket and begun to pursue their own interpretation of what the game should be.' 'Families made it a tradition to have their representatives occupy, if not usurp, positions in state associations,' points out Vinod Rai, who will step down as head of the BCCI's Committee of Administrators on Wednesday, October 23.
Srinivas Bhogle and Purnendu Maji reveal Rediff's Most Valuable Players in IPL 10.
The Caterham Formula One team have made 230 staff redundant while still planning to race in next weekend's Abu Dhabi season-ender, an administrator said on Sunday.
When Vijay Mallya plants a kiss on anyone's cheek it makes for a story and picture, more so when the Virat Kohli is the one at the 'receiving end'. Also, when Michael Schumacher's son, Mick, makes his motor sport debut the picture becomes worth a thousand words. Here again, Rediff.com has these and a lot more exciting events from the week gone by snapped right here.
The Indian ace registered the fastest lap for team Jordan during testing in Silverstone in preparation for the May 8 race.
Portugal newspapers quoted the driver saying his 'participation is assured with Midland F1 in the next world championship'.
The ace leg spinner has been named BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year.
Rediff.com brings a list of sportsmen who got hitched this year...
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Tuesday
Lewis Hamilton has competed with Alonso, Raikkonen, Button, Rosberg, Schumacher and Vettel, champions all of them, and he has come out on top.
The Indian race driver moved to tenth place in the Formula 3 Championship after finishing fifth and sixth in two races at Knockhill, Scotland.
Formula One world champion Michael Schumacher was named Laureus world sportsman of the year for the second time.
'If there is one thing our politicians, especially those with their ear to the ground, understand, it is the reality that their voters want three things from their children's schooling: English, English, English', notes Shekhar Gupta.
As another eventful year draws to a close, Rediff.com gives you a pictorial look back at the best and worst moments that shaped the sports stories this year.
The Indian racing ace placed second and third respectively in rounds 3 and 4 of the British F3 championship.
Beleaguered liquor baron Vijay Mallya on Wednesday announced he will retire as chairman of Sanofi India and will not seek reelection as a director of the drug maker.
Marussia's hopes of rising from the dead to race in next month's Formula One season-opener in Australia have suffered a setback after rivals rejected a proposal to let them compete with last year's car.
The billionaires, supermodels and suntanned celebrities sipping cocktails in the Monaco sunshine might wonder what planet Jacques Villeneuve is on.
'Hopefully if I am performing at my best, then there will be issues -- because they (Ferrari) will be upset about it'
'The players who performed were selected.'
"I just have to ride out the storm," Vijay Mallya said.
The India captain's formula of getting runs consistently is just to go out there and live in the situation rather than thinking of runs as his ultimate goal.
Englishman Danny Willett will be a big winner in the final world rankings of the year, to be issued next week, by narrowly punching his ticket to the 2015 Masters.
Real Madrid striker Cristiano Ronaldo took the overseas personality of the year prize.
The Venezuela-born 23-year-old has the distinction of being the first player to beat both Venus and sister Serena in Grand Slam finals.
Spoilt for choice with a pool of top quality performers in their ranks, formidable India are overwhelming favourites against minnows Bangladesh in a proverbial 'David vs Goliath' one-off cricket Test that starts in Hyderabad on Thursday.
According to a Forbes poll released on Wednesday, Spanish football club Real Madrid once again leads Forbes' most valuable teams list, which mostly includes National Football League franchises.
British Prime Minister David Cameron ignored growing speculation about the 'Curse of Cameron' on Wednesday by tweeting a message of support to Briton Andy Murray ahead of his quarter-final match at Wimbledon.
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