The 'Baggy Green' cap won by legendary Don Bradman on the 1948 "Invincibles" Ashes tour has been placed an estimated price of $600,000 to $750,000 by its auctioneer and could well break the auction record.
After uncertainty over whether the two-Test series against England would be held in the aftermath of the Mumbai terror strikes, BCCI cleared doubts by deciding on Chennai and Mohali as the new venues.
The BCCI on Monday described as "too far fetched" media reports that the sub-continent could lose the right to host the 2011 cricket World Cup because of continuous terror attacks, saying the high-profile event was still a long way away.
Bangladesh's Abdur Razzak has been suspended from bowling in international cricket, pending fresh assessment of his action by the International Cricket Council.
Jeev Milkha Singh consolidated his place among the elites by rising to 44th place in the latest World Golf Rankings issued on Monday.
Leaders Chelsea suffered a blow to their hopes of winning the English Premier League title when they were beaten 2-1 at home by Arsenal.
Villarreal beat last-place Recreativo Huelva 2-1, and 10-man Valencia recovered to defeat Real Betis 3-2 as both teams moved ahead of injury-ravaged Real Madrid in the Spanish league.
Veteran striker Alessandro Del Piero and Argentine international Lionel Messi sprinkled a little stardust over European football at the weekend with the Italian striking a memorable blow for soccer's golden oldies.
Kevin Pietersen and his teammates are set to return to India by Friday to play the two-Test series, the first of which would be shifted from Ahmedabad to Kolkata, according to media reports in London.
Continuous terror attacks in the sub-continent has cast a shadow over the 2011 Cricket World Cup to be jointly hosted by India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh with the International Cricket Council contemplating of keeping a stand-by venue for the mega-event.
Andrew Symonds committed yet another breach of discipline when he skipped a compulsory recovery session with Queensland, six weeks after being sent home for missing a team meeting in Darwin.
Virender Sehwag was facing Pakistan's medium-fast bowler Abdul Razzaq, who was reverse-swinging the ball, and the way the Indian handled him is narrated in an interesting story in Australia's legendary spinner Shane Warne's just released book.- In the wake of the Mumbai terror attack, the Indian cricket team will not be undertaking its scheduled tour to Pakistan, which was due to begin in January 2009. India was scheduled to play three tests and five one dayers in Pakistan.
Pakistan board chief Ejaj Butt has warned that teams like England and Australia would end up splitting the world of cricket if they shun the sub-continent because of the security situation there.
England will return to India to play their two-match Test series as per schedule, but without several senior players including talismanic all-rounder Andrew Flintoff, according to a media report in London.
Lionel Messi scored twice as Spanish league leader Barcelona beat Sevilla 3-0 and moved six points clear of rival Real Madrid, which lost to Getafe 3-1 and incurred more injury problems.
Most of his teammates may still be undecided about their decision to tour India, but England captain Kevin Pietersen has said he would return to India for the Test series, provided security adviser Reg Dickason okays the tour.
Jeev Milkha Singh and Jyoti Randhawa put up an improved show in the four-ball format, returning a two-under 70 but that could not prevent the Indian duo from slipping nine places to tied 20th after the penultimate round of the Omega Mission Hills Golf World Cup on Saturday.
Australia consolidated its position against New Zealand reaching 241 for three in their first innings after bowling out the visitors for 270 on the second day of the second Test on Saturday.- Former captains Bob Willis and David Gower have joined Ian Botham and Mike Atherton in urging the English team to return to India and play the two-Test series next month.
Sri Lanka spinner Ajantha Mendis captured a career-best 6-29 as the tourists edged Zimbabwe by two wickets to take a 4-0 lead in the five-match one-day series on Friday.- After calling off the ODI series following the Mumbai terror attacks, the England cricket team flew home on Saturday. English officials are saying that a decision to return to India will depend on security assessments.
Thus far, Scolari has led Chelsea to the top of the table despite a series of injuries to key players like Didier Drogba, Michael Essien, Ricardo Carvalho and Michael Ballack.
Rafael Benitez has admitted that he was mystified by the latest hamstring problem to be suffered by star Spanish striker Fernando Torres. Torres faces at least three weeks out after picking up the injury in the 1-0 Champions League win over Marseille at Anfield on Wednesday.
Mark Viduka will be among the substitutes when Newcastle make the short trip to his former club Middlesbrough for Saturday's English Premier League game at the Riverside Stadium.
