Rahul Dravid still continues to get the backing of all those who matter, including the selectors, though he might have been unsuccessful to put an end to his failures in Chennai.

It has been learnt that David has got suggestions from the five wise men that he should take a break from the game for a while so he can regain his focus and come back afresh.

There's official announcement of the cancellation of the first edition of the Champions League Twenty20, which was to be held in Mumbai, Bangalore and Chennai, and was initially scheduled to be played from December 3 to 10 but was postponed due to the terror attacks on Mumbai.

Now, it has been announced by the governing council, comprising the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), Cricket Australia and Cricket South Africa that event would be held in October 2009.

When Dinesh Kumar defeated Algeria's Abdelhafid Benchabla 17-11 to enter the semifinals of the light heavy weight division in Moscow, he became the second Indian to assure himself of a medal at the AIBA Boxing World Cup.

On 13th December during the semifinals, the Haryana boxer will face Vladimir Cheles, after the Russian beat Artur Beterbeiv of Maldives 5-1 in the other quarterfinal.

The Haryana boxer who lost to Benchabla in the first round of Beijing Olympics, must be satisfied now, as last night’s win was a sweet revenge for him.

An anti-racism code, which will run parallel with the existing Code of Conduct will soon be prepared by the International Cricket Council (ICC).

ICC informed via a statement, “The decision to draft the code was ratified at the conclusion of the two-day Chief Executives Committee (CEC) meeting here on Sunday. The code will be drawn up after receiving written comments and suggestions from the members.”

The names of three Indian shooters, including Olympic champion Abhinav Bindra are included among the top-10 in latest world shooting rankings released by International Shooting Sports Federation (ISSF).

The World Cup Final gold medalist Gagan Narang moved up three places to the sixth spot in the men's 10-metre air rifle event, while Bindra, who won India's first individual gold medal at Beijing in August, stayed at his second spot.

The England cricket team, led by skipper Kevin Pietersen, arrived in Chennai on Monday evening.

The entire team arrived in two batches from Abu Dhabi to play two test matches against India.

England are scheduled to play two Tests - in Chennai (Dec 11-15) and Mohali (Dec 19-23).

The first test is scheduled to begin on Thursday at Chennai.