Cricket wants to be an Olympic sport
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Cricket has applied to join the Olympic movement so that the sport can become part of the Summer Games, the International Cricket Council said.
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MELBOURNE, Australia  - Coach Bob Woolmer believes Pakistan can rebound from the purgatory of Perth and make a game of the Boxing Day cricket Test with high-flying Australia.
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Golf, rugby, squash, karate and roller sports are in the running for possible inclusion at the 2012 Olympics.
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Kevin Pietersen has said he wants to be a member of an England side that &#39;demolishes&#39; Australia in two years time after the team&#39;s 5-0 Ashes humbling during the northern winter.
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If hundreds of millions of Indians are looking a little glazed these spring mornings, it might be because the cricket World Cup is being played ten time zones away
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Matthew Pinsent hopes Britain's success in Athens will boost the bid to bring the Games to London in 2012.
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Justin Langer will be aiming for another Test double century when play begins on day two of the first Test against Pakistan at the WACA ground in Perth.
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Small is beautiful, or so Singapore hopes to convince members of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) when they vote on the site of the inaugural Youth Games this month.
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David Beckham has become the envoy of London for the city&#39;s bidding for the 2012 Olympics. The England captain is expected to make a speech on behalf of London at the IOC&#39;s Session in Singapore next July.
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Calcutta, Sept. 27: Much as we want sport and politics to be as far apart as one-day cricket is from Tests, the lead-up to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) elections in its platinum jubilee
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The International Olympic Committee wants the organisers of the 2012 Games in London to press on with their preparations.
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The Evening Standard reports that London will use television coverage from Mondayâs parade of Olympians to convince Olympic leaders of Britainâs enthusiasm to host the 2012 Summer Olympic Games.
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London - West Indies captain Brian Lara has urged his side to carry their recent good one-day form into the Test arena. West Indies won a place in Wednesday&#39;s semi-final of the ICC Champions&#39; Trophy against
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The 2008 Olympics are still a long way away but worries are already growing about whether it will become the first genetically enhanced competition in the crown jewel of international amateur sports.
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Graham Thorpe acknowledges that England need to raise their game ahead of the first Test against South Africa.
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The ICC Champions Trophy, if anything, has been an eye-opener. It speaks well for cricket that England and the West Indies will contest the final and the revival of these two teams that went
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LAHORE: The International Cricket Council yesterday said that a review of the structure of the sport was never aimed at taking away the Test status of Zimbabwe and Bangladesh.