Foreign players can play in the domestic matches in India. BCCI has allowed foreigner players to play in local tournaments including one player in Ranji Trophy.

The technical committee of BCCI has given its nod to state associations for their participation in domestic matches. The foreigner players will be treated as guest players. It is worth mentioning that former England batsman Denis Compton and West Indian pacer Roy Gilchrist had played in the Ranji Trophy during India's pre-independence.

India’s Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi, with their respective partners, reached the third round of the US Open doubles.

On Friday in New York, the seventh seeded Peas along with his Czech partner Lukas Dlouhy won against Eduardo Schwank óf Argentina and Italy's Potito Starace 6-4, 1-6, 6-3 in 72 minutes. On the other hand, Bhupati and Bahamian Mark Knowles too gave a tough fight to Yves Allegro and Horia Tecau of Romania 6-3, 6-3 in 66 minutes.

South African Rik de Voest and Australian  Ashley Fisher who overcame No. 12 seeds and Roland Garros winners Pablo Cuevas and Luis Horna 7-6 (3), 6-2, are the next to be faced by Peas and Dlouhy.

Jaen, Spain - Alejandro Valverde of Spain won the second stage of the Tour of Spain to take the overall leader's gold jersey on Sunday.

Abhinav Bindra, on Friday, advised the politicians to change their viewpoints towards sports.  

After the great welcome, Bindra reported, “Politicians should change their attitude towards sports by ensuring their sincere participation in the promotion of games in the country.”

The “Golden Boy” was invited by the department of sports and youth welfare to distribute Madhya Pradesh government’s sports awards in Bhopal.

Australian fast bowler Mitchell Johnson said that only one warm-up game in India would not sufficient for the team before October test mach. He said that the team needs more practice for outstanding performance. He demanded to increase the number of matches.

But BCCI is not interested to increase the number of matches as it can hamper India’s domestic game schedule. However, Australia has not formally requested for additional match.

Johnson said that the team will do its best to win the matches scheduled in next 3-4 months. All the players are well fit and ready take any challenge.

The PCB constituted special committee to look into Mohammad Asif's detention at Dubai airport in June this year for the alleged possession of an illegal substance has completed its investigation.

The committee led by Shaqfat Naghmi had been asked to acquire all the documents related to the case, establish facts, and after a complete investigation, submit a report to Nasim Ashraf, the outgoing PCB chairman. The report would be later sent to the ICC.

Naghmi said, "We have completed our work and now it's up to the new chairman to decide on our recommendations.”