CHANDIGARH: BCCI joint secretary Anurag Thakur, who had pulled out all stops to seek an emergency board meeting to discuss the spot fixing row, on Sunday

RIO DE JANEIRO: If back-heeled flicks, classy side kicks and 62% possession of the ball means victory, Brazil were the clear winners at the New Maracana stadium on Sunday evening.

So, N Srinivasan has "stepped aside" as BCCI president, not "stepped down". What does this really mean? How much of his powers have been abridged and for how long?

PARIS: Seven-time champion Rafael Nadal has been showing signs of nerves at the French Open, but Monday's fourth round match against Kei Nishikori could be exactly what the doctor ordered for the Spanish third seed.

NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: If a week is a long time in politics, then five days can be a lifetime in cricket politics. Last Sunday, BCCI members, including several political heavyweights, had watched in silence as N Srinivasan told a packed press conference that he had the unanimous support of the board.

NEW DELHI: If MS Dhoni thought leaving Indian shores would mean leaving the spot-fixing scandal behind, he was mistaken.

After city-trotting through India and finally setting up their first academy in Delhi NCR last year, Spanish giants Barcelona are ready to give Mumbai a glimpse of the Catalan style of learning.

MUMBAI: Ajay Shirke, BCCI treasurer and president of Maharashtra Cricket Association, bit the bullet on Thursday, threatening to resign 'this moment' if the imbroglio involving board president N Srinivasan is not dealt with immediately.

NEW DELHI: Three days after BCCI boss N Srinivasan claimed at a packed press conference that he enjoyed the unanimous support of the board, Rajeev Shukla,

MUMBAI: Police investigators trying to piece together the IPL betting jigsaw have found that the bookies and their underworld contacts used codenames to refer to each other as well as cricketers to avoid detection by security agencies who could be tapping their phones.