ENGLAND will fly to Abu Dhabi tomorrow to begin preparations for the two-Test series in India according to a report in the United Arab Emirates.

CRICKET Australia’s hopes of organising a domestic Twenty20 competition to rival the Indian Premier League have been given a major boost after the Board of Control for Cricket in India agreed to release their players for the mooted event.

International Cricket Council (ICC) referee Mike Procter has stood by his decision to ban Harbhajan Singh after the India spinner was found guilty of racially abusing Australia’s Andrew Symonds.

The Irish Cricket Union has confirmed that the proposed series of ODI's between India and South Africa will proceed as initially planned.

India's cricket coach Greg Chappell has stepped down from his post, according to reports.

A £1 BILLION (€1.47bn) lawsuit launched against the Bank of England more than 12 years ago over its alleged failure to clamp down on the fraudulent activities of the Bank of Credit and Commerce International (BCCI) collapsed in the High Court yesterday.

Suppliers of stricken MG Rover will meet later today to discuss “serious and immediate cash flow problems”.

A NEARLY one-billion-pound (€1.45bn) lawsuit against the Bank of England over its role in the world’s biggest banking fraud 13 years ago kicked-off yesterday with sharp criticism of the 300-year-old central bank.

THE Government is to move to close the legal loophole which allowed the controversial passports-for-sale scandal to take place five years ago.