The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Friday filed a petition in the Supreme Court challenging the Calcutta High Court’s directive to initiate criminal proceedings against six of its top officials for filing false affidavits that led to the expulsion of Jagmohan Dalmiya from the BCCI.
The High Court had found former president […]
BCCI officials on Tuesday refused to comment on the Calcutta High Court’s directive to initiate criminal proceedings against six top officials for filing false affidavits in the Jagmohan Dalmiya expulsion case, saying their lawyers were handling the issue.
“I don’t know what is the exact decision. Just now I am hearing that such a decision is […]
India’s newly-appointed national selectors, the first set to be paid by the BCCI, will be on a four-year contract which will be reviewed annually, according to Shashank Manohar, the board’s new president. Manohar was confirmed as Sharad Pawar’s successor at the annual general meeting in Mumbai, while Kris Srikkanth was appointed the new chairman of […]
The BCCI has decided to empower its president to have a final say in choosing the panel of selectors.
It will no longer be mandatory for the BCCI President to accept the nominees put up by the respective zones at the Annual General Meeting.
“The age old system of the zonal representatives holding meetings on the eve […]
Sports Minister M S Gill on Sunday expressed gratitude towards the BCCI for its decision to give an annual grant of Rs 50 crore to National Sports Development Fund after India’s best-ever medal haul in the Beijing Olympic Games.
“BCCI is our richest sports institution and its president Sharad Pawar was kind enough to give Rs […]
Almost after 18 months of exile, Jagmohan Dalmiya is back with a motive as the newly elected president of Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB). 68 year old Dalmiya had earlier been accused of misappropriating PILCOM accounts for which he was banned and had to relinquish his post as CAB president in December 2006 after 13 […]
The Cricket Board has started disbursing funds to assist sportspersons of the country picked for the Beijing Olympics.
However, the joint venture between the BCCI and the Sports Ministry to support sportspersons of select disciplines for three years is yet to be officially launched, according to the BCCI’s July quarterly newsletter.
The joint venture for which the […]
Sharad Pawar, the BCCI president has said that all teams participating in the proposed Champions League have the freedom to include players of their choice for the US$5 million multi-club Twenty20 tournament, even it means including players with ties to the unauthorized Indian Cricket League (ICL).
“This is not within the BCCI’s jurisdiction,” Pawar said. “They […]
Sharad Pawar, the BCCI president and ICC vice-president, can continue as the Indian board’s president till his term ends in September as it has emerged that an ICC rule barring dual roles does not apply to a president-elect.
Pawar was expected to quit his BCCI job soon after assuming the additional role of president-elect early next […]
Harbhajan Singh’s onfield display of frustration has upset the BCCI so much so that he could face a one year ban. The board sources said that the Nanavati probe is expected to settle whether Bhajji had been provoked by Sreesanth. At yesterday’s hearing, Bhajji did not deny slapping Sreesanth but said that he had been […]