Lionel Messi said he will not be part of Argentina's squad for the Paris Olympics.
Participating teams have been named after English Premiership sides.
Despite just one bid and the sponsorship rights going for its base price, the Board of Control for Cricket in India expressed satisfaction with its deal with Star India Pvt Ltd and ESPN for all 13 home international fixtures till March 2014.
The country's leading sports broadcasters -- ESPN, Nimbus and Sony -- have made presentations to Board of Control for Cricket in India on their marketing plans for promotion of its upcoming Twenty20 Indian Premier League ahead of a tendering process for telecast rights expected to start by the month-end.
Litton Das believes that facing the red 'SG Test' in India would present an entirely different and more difficult test for the team.
The three leading broadcasters have bid for cricket telecast and marketing rights for eight years, starting 2007, including two World Cups.
ESPN is experimenting to see if the sport can gain traction in the United States, where professional and college football are king while cricket, with its loyal but small fan base, is viewed as being on the fringe.
Neeraj Chopra said he is focussing on training and strengthening his blocking leg.
Taskin was dropped from T20 WC match against India after missing team bus, pacer denies
'I guess only the top players' images matter. I guess only the independent tribunal's opinion on the top players is taken as sound and right.'
The Board of Control for Cricket in India awarded the title sponsorship for all international series and the domestic tournaments in India for the year 2013-14 to Star Private Ltd. and ESPN at the base price of Rs two crore per fixture, considerably low compared to their previous deal with Airtel on Thursday.
'Now, because of these mistakes, I'm not feeling that confident to continue with them. I was struggling a lot in the last months. I was waiting for the result. The only thing I need right now is some clean air.'
This year's US Open runs from Aug. 28-Sept. 10.
Ousted from the England squad, controversial batsman Kevin Pietersen will trade his willow for a microphone in the upcoming Twenty20 World Championships as he has been signed by the event's official broadcasters ESPN-STAR Sports for a "presentation and analysis" stint.
This means the channel could garner over $1.8-2.7 billion from cricket advertising alone in the next 8-9 years.
Bronny James, NBA legend LeBron James's 18-year-old son, suffered a cardiac arrest while practicing with the University of Southern California basketball team and was in stable condition.
India will start their T20 World Cup campaign on June 5 against Ireland at the newly constructed Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in New York.
Glenn Maxwell pulled out of RCB's previous match against Sunrisers Hyderabad stating that 'physical and mental toll probably just wore me down a little bit'.
The public broadcaster has ensured Doordarshan gets the feed for all ODIs by signing agreements the top contenders for BCCI's telecast rights.
ESPN Star Sports will shell out nearly $1 billion (570 million pounds) for the commercial and marketing rights for the Twenty20 Champions League.
New Zealand's former star batter Ross Taylor has suggested that fast bowler Neil Wagner's retirement was "forced", hinting at the possibility of unrest in the Kiwi camp.
The Australian was Dhoni wanted to to stick around in the transition phase as Gaikwad was handed the captaincy.
'We tried to keep him, but there is nothing we can do'
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Australian and RCB all-rounder Glenn Maxwell expressed that his franchise cricket teammate and Indian batting superstar Virat Kohli is the "most clutch player" he has played against.
Fans raise questions over USA's ability to control crowds after the chaos at Copa America final and hoped that the organisers of the 2026 World Cup, being co-hosted by the USA, Mexico and Canada, would take steps to prevent a repeat of the same.
Former Australian captain Aaron Finch on Wednesday slammed critics for questioning India batter Virat Kohli's place in Men in Blue's T20I set-up, calling the chatter around his spot "the biggest rubbish he has ever heard".
Australia's World Cup heroes Travis Head, Pat Cummins and Mitchell Starc have all kept their respective base prices in the highest bracket of Rs 2 crore.
Novak Djokovic's bid for a record 25th Grand Slam title kicked off on Monday with an easy win over qualifier Radu Albot in the US Open first round.
Robinson dismissed Virat Kohli thrice in England and he is again looking forward to challenging the Indian great's 'ego'.
"You can memorize 1000s of words, but what do you do if you get a word that you don't know?"
India international Cheteshwar Pujara has been suspended from one county game after his team Sussex was docked 12 points in the County Championship.
Climate protesters halted the US Open women's semi-final between American Coco Gauff and Czech Karolina Muchova for nearly an hour on Thursday.
Argentina captain Lionel Messi is not thinking about his international future beyond next year's Copa America, where he will try to lead the country to a second successive continental title at the tournament in the United States.
