Can liability be enforced in sport, like in business?

Sep 18, 2013: Umpires and referees make mistakes, but challenging them legally in the name of professionalism would be taking things a step too far

Zimbabwe cricket

Guy Whittall's close encounter of the reptilian kind

Sep 18, 2013: How Guy Whittall spent the night with an eight-foot crocodile and lived to tell the tale

Dhaka Premier League 2013

Space crunch hurting several DPL clubs

Sep 18, 2013: Most of the DPL clubs have no choice but to train at the same time in Mirpur due to lack of suitable options and poor facilities across Dhaka. It all adds up to an unbelievable chaos

Quadrangular Under-19 Series 2013-14, Visakhapatnam

Iyer, Milind back in India U-19 one-day squad

Sep 18, 2013: Batsman Shreyas Iyer and pace bowler Chama Milind return to India Under-19s limited-overs squad for the quadrangular series in Visakhapatnam later this month

Hyderabad v Kandurata, CLT20 qualifier, Mohali

Dhawan happy with winning start as captain

Sep 18, 2013: While it felt "really nice" to begin his captaincy stint on a winning note, Shikhar Dhawan said after the victory against Kandurata Maroons, he still has much to learn as a leader

A can't-really-be-bothered preview of the Champions League

Sep 18, 2013: All that you need to know about a tournament that you might have forgotten about

How scarcity affects sportsmen

Sep 18, 2013: Like elsewhere in life, in sport too, deprivation makes people anxious and one-eyed, leading to mistakes and failure

'I'd be a left-handed slogger who bowled mystery spin'

Sep 18, 2013: Who'd be a fast bowler if given the chance? Not Matthew Hoggard, for sure

When Imran walked on water

Sep 18, 2013: Botham's 1981 Ashes has been enshrined in legend, but was it the greatest all-round performance in a single series?

Durham v Nottinghmshire, Chester-le-Street, 1st day

Durham blitz brings title a step closer

Sep 17, 2013: Paul Collingwood should steer Durham away from trouble in their crucial match against Nottinghamshire as they closed in on the Championship title

Yorkshire v Middlesex, Headingley, 1st day

Yorkshire's dream withering away

Sep 17, 2013: Yorkshire may reflect on another frustrating battle with the weather as the day their Championship dream died

Essex v Glamorgan, Chelmsford, 1st day

Goodwin, Wright frustrate Essex

Sep 17, 2013: Essex were frustrated by the weather and Glamorgan's third-wicket pair as they went in search of a victory at Chelmsford to keep alive their hopes of winning promotion.

Warwickshire v Surrey, Edgbaston, 1st day

Rain pushes Surrey closer to drop

Sep 17, 2013: Surrey could do without the abrupt arrival of autumn keeping them confined to the dressing room for all but the first hour and a quarter of the first day against Warwickshire

Sri Lanka A v New Zealand A, 1st unofficial Test, 1st day

Rain mars opening day

Sep 17, 2013: Sri Lanka A finished the rain-affected first day of the first unofficial Test against New Zealand A on 115 for 3

Gloucestershire v Lancashire, Bristol, 1st day

Klinger rejects domestic qualification route

Sep 17, 2013: Michael Klinger, the Australian batsman, has turned down an offer to play for Gloucestershire as a domestic-qualified player

Northamptonshire v Kent, Wantage Road, 1st day

Northants plan open-top bus parade

Sep 17, 2013: Only 17.1 overs were possible as Northamptonshire began their penultimate match of an impressive season

India news

Injured Irfan out for six weeks

Sep 17, 2013: Irfan Pathan, the India medium-pacer, has been sidelined for six weeks with a rib injury

England news

Stokes in Ashes mix - Giles

Sep 17, 2013: Ben Stokes' performances in the ODI series against Australia could have pushed him closer to a spot in this winter's Ashes touring party, according to Ashley Giles

Indian cricket

The BCCI's ministry of truth

Sep 17, 2013: Sharda Ugra, writing for Economic and Political weekly, bemoans the BCCI's financial and political muscle that has helped the board secure an unfair control over the media

India news

Decision on SA tour deferred till month end

Sep 17, 2013: Uncertainty remains over India's tour to South Africa this summer after CSA chief executive Haroon Lorgat and BCCI secretary, Sanjay Patel met in Dubai