Anwar Ali, his current side East Bengal, and parent club Delhi FC on Thursday moved the Delhi High Court and sought a stay on the suspension imposed on the player.
India's decision to ban the export of non-basmati white rice has pushed up global prices, prompting multilateral lending agencies, such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF), to call for a reconsideration of the move. Though nothing has been spelled out yet officially, sources said, the government might consider requests for government-to-government sale of non-basmati white rice, especially to West African nations where India is a major supplier. Also, traders and exporters of specialty regional rice varieties like sona masuri or gobindo bhog feel that they have been short-changed.
The ICC made it clear that only they had the "absolute discretion" to reinstate banned players.
'We are committed to leveraging our influence constructively to support the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) in fostering cricket development and ensuring playing opportunities for both men and women in Afghanistan'.
Warner is enduring a lean patch in the longest format with his last four scores, reading 21 and 28 (second Test in Adelaide) and 5 and 48 (first Test in Perth).
In a surprise decision, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Wednesday agreed to lift ban on players associated with the rebel Indian Cricket League (ICL) if they severed their links with the Subhash Chandra-owned League. BCCI president Shashank Manohar said the decision was taken after some ICL players and their support staff met the Board members and admitted committing mistake by joining the ICL.
David Warner has called upon Cricket Australia to "open their doors" and discuss overturning his lifetime leadership ban, saying he is looking forward to having an "honest conversation" with the board.
A round-up of Saturday's fifth round action in the FA Cup
Former Sri Lankan all-rounder Dilhara Lokuhettige has been banned from cricket for eight years due to corruption, the International Cricket Council said on Monday.
Four Chinese players were given three-month bans for "failing to use best efforts to win" a match at the China Open in 2018.
David Warner has called on Cricket Australia to provide more information about why umpires changed the ball used by India A in a match in Mackay on Sunday which led to a heated exchange between wicketkeeper Ishan Kishan and an on-field umpire.
Russian and Belarusian players will be allowed to compete at the US Open this year but only as neutrals, the United States Tennis Association (USTA) announced on Tuesday.
Liverpool booked their berth in the League Cup semi-finals with a 2-1 victory over Southampton
'The ability for players of any nationality to enter tournaments based on merit, and without discrimination, is fundamental to our Tour.'
Lukaku was subjected to abuse during the first leg at Juventus "before, during, and after the penalty" he scored to earn Inter a 1-1 draw, the player's representatives said.
Pakistani fast bowler Rana Naved-ul-Hasan demanded the cricket board (PCB) to remove bans and fines on all the affected players collectively who were penalised in March for indiscipline on the shambolic tour of Australia.
Pacer Sohail Tanvir is among the six Pakistani players banned from playing at a ground in Karachi after being charged with ball-tampering and abusing the umpires during a Ramadan festival Twenty20 match. Officials confirmed that Tanvir, Ahmed Shahzed, Sohail Khan, Javed Qadeer, who have all played for the national team, and Tanveer Ahmed and Nadeem Sheikh, have been banned from playing any matches at the famous Karachi Gymkhana ground.
The decision means the English Premier League club cannot register new players until January 2011, a crushing blow for the London team. The next transfer window is in January followed by another in the middle of 2010.
Both managers were fined by the FA but only Tuchel will serve a ban as he was found "largely culpable" for the fracas following the managers' post-match handshake.
The Indian Premier League governing council revealed changes ahead of the IPL mega auction, which is likely to be scheduled for November.
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has called on the Football Association (FA) to ban players who dive in order to rid the game of play acting to win free kicks or penalties.
Banned Serbian tennis player Viktor Troicki was "innocent" of a doping violation and the country's Davis Cup team supported him, World No 1 Novak Djokovic said on Tuesday.
The Union Government's decision to ban futures trading in rubber, soya oil, potato and chana for four months, in a bid to tame spiralling inflation, is unfortunate and may hit market sentiments badly, industry players said.The four commodities have a combined daily turnover of about Rs 1,200 crore (Rs 12 billion) on the Multi Commodity Exchange of India Ltd. and the National Commodities and Derivatives Exchange Ltd., the nation's biggest bourses.
The International Cricket Council slapped eight-year bans on United Arab Emirates (UAE) cricketers Mohammad Naveed and Shaiman Anwar Butt for their alleged role in trying to fix matches in the T20 World Cup qualifier in 2019.
AB de Villiers said that if Mumbai Indians (MI) star and Indian skipper Rohit Sharma moves to Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB), it would be a massive headline-making move
Close to half of women soccer fans in England and Wales have personally experienced sexist or misogynistic abuse at matches but most have never reported it to authorities, a new study by anti-discrimination charity Kick It Out revealed on Wednesday.
The Sindh high court suspended the 2007 Pakistan Cricket Board regulation under which players were banned from domestic cricket and the national team if they took part in the unofficial Indian Cricket League.
Chelsea were cleared to sign new players in the January transfer window on Friday after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) suspended a ban imposed by world body FIFA.
Alex Marshall said that he is happy to find that more and more players are reporting corrupt approaches with the ICC ACU, ensuring them to keep the game clean.
Allrounder Abdul Razzaq and pace bowler Rana Naved have become the latest banned players to ask the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to reconsider allowing them to play for the national team, the board said on Tuesday.
The Pakistan Cricket Board might pardon Twenty20 captain Shahid Afridi and six other players banned and fined for indiscipline if they apologise for their actions, chief selector Mohsin Khan said on Wednesday.
'The ITIA accepts that the player did not intend to cheat, that his violation was inadvertent and unintentional, and that he bears no significant fault or negligence for it.'
Wimbledon's decision to ban Russian and Belarusian players from this year's tournament following the invasion of Ukraine was wrong and lacked respect, world number one Novak Djokovic said on Monday.
European soccer's governing body UEFA wants to prohibit the controversial third-party ownership of players, secretary general Gianni Infantino said on Thursday.
Indian Cricket League champion Lahore Badshahs' skipper Inzamam-ul Haq has claimed that the Pakistan Cricket Board is all set to lift the ban on players aligned with the 'rebel' Twenty20 league. "I have got positive vibes and response from the PCB about granting recognition to the ICL and I am hopeful the bans on the ICL players would be lifted soon," Inzamam, also a former Pakistan skipper, said.
A match-fixing scandal in Malaysia led to 18 players being banned by the country's football association has been blasted as a "disgrace" by the country's sports minister.
The two Russia national rugby sevens players suspended from all competition for taking the banned substance meldonium are Alexey Mikhaltsov and Alena Mikhaltsov, the sport's governing body, World Rugby, said on Saturday.
The Pakistan Cricket Board on Wednesday allowed players aligned with the 'rebel' Indian Cricket League to take part in domestic tournaments but left it to ICC to decide on their international career. 'We have allowed them to play domestic cricket but only the ICC can decide on lifting the international cricket ban on the ICL players,' PCB chairman Ejaz Butt told a news conference on Wednesday.
Swedish tennis player Lucas Renard has been suspended for six months and fined $5,000 for a corruption offense, the Tennis Integrity Unit said, on Friday.
'Cummins is not surprised at how fast the landscape is changing and told Fox Sports: " ... there's going to be other opportunities that are going to be really hard for players to say no to, different franchises around the world. I think realistically we've got to manage players a bit differently to what we have in the past.'
