A depleted Indian team, sans senior players Sachin Tendulkar and regular captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, arrived in the Carbbean for a limited overs series against the West Indies, starting on Saturday.
In the ICC Player Rankings for Test bowlers, Australia's Ryan Harris has moved up two places to second following his six wickets against India in the fourth Test at MCG.
India's Vijender Singh got off to a smashing start in the men's boxing event at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, on Friday.
During his tenure as captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has gone from being extremely cautious to trying something fancy, hoping to catch the opponent by surprise. However, mostly, he's ended up with egg on the face, especially overseas.
Former West Indies player Keith Arthurton conducted a three-day coaching clinic this weekend on the islands of Tortola and Virgin Gorda and had no doubt whatsoever that he has seen the next Tendulkar in seven-year-old Aidan Gorege.
The Indian Davis Cupper beat British Jamie Baker 7-5, 6-2 in the first round of the Lexington Challenger.
West Indies fast bowler Kemar Roach and his team were dealt misery on top of their one-day series loss to Bangladesh after being fined for breach of the International Cricket Council code of conduct.
South Africa overcame a sizzling late innings blitz by Darren Sammy to take a 2-0 lead in the One-Day International series against the West Indies on Monday.
South Africa eased to a 66-run victory over West Indies thanks to centuries by Hashim Amla and AB de Villiers and some aggressive bowling in the first One-day International on Saturday.
Unhappy with the move, India said it will not accept any changes or extension to the Kyoto Protocol, which is the only legally-binding document that imposes emission reduction targets on industrialised countries, excluding the US.
Sanjay Kolte, Jai Bhagwan and Dinesh settled for the bronze after losing their semi-final matches.
Chasing a target of 281, the West Indies, who looked to be in deep trouble at 55 for three when Ishant Sharma dismissed Adrian Barath (27), were 202 for 7 from 71.3 overs when bad light forced an early end to the match.
Grenada smashed US Virgin Islands 10-0 while Suriname trounced Montserrat 7-1 in the CONCACAF preliminary round football World Cup qualifiers. Elsewhere, Antigua beat Aruba 1-0 despite having three players sent off and missing a penalty while Belize held out for a 1-1 draw away to St Kitts & Nevis to earn a prestigious tie against Mexico.
Cricket fans travelling to the West Indies for the 2007 World Cup will be provided with a high level of security.
Four Hasidic rabbinical students at the Chabad Lubavitch world headquarters in Brooklyn, New York, remember slain Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg and his wife Rivkah.
Former Spanish Finance Minister Rodrigo Rato is almost certain to take over as the new managing director of the International Monetary Fund after the United States backed his candidature for the top job.
Kavita Raut on Friday became the first Indian woman to win an individual medal in track events of the Commonwealth Games as she bagged the bronze in 10,000m race at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi.
Chetram Singh will be unable to hold any ICC post because he is a bookie.
India's shooters and wrestlers continued their good showing to boost India's gold medals tally on Day 3 of the 2010 Commonwealth Games, in Delhi, on Wednesday. The hosts added six more gold to their tally, with shooters contributing to three of those. They also won four silver and two bronze medals to stay second in the standings, behind Australia.
Hall has cited a pre-existing medical condition for his decision not to seek re-election as president of the West Indies Cricket Board.
The names of flag bearers in order of the country's entry into the Olympic stadium.
India have been drawn in along with Japan, Oman and Singapore in the Asian qualifying group for the 2006 World Cup football finals.\n\n
Heer Ganjwala, a second year BMM student, tells us about SIFE's Business Internship Initiative for students.
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