FIFA, the ruling body of world football, Wednesday banned Spanish football giants FC Barcelona from signing any new players until the summer of 2015.
Brazil's World Cup stadiums will not stage matches for up to three weeks before the tournament begins, under a ruling by football's governing body FIFA.
Australia defeated Bangladesh by seven wickets in their last match of the World Twenty20 at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium here Tuesday.
Rangana Herath spun Sri Lanka into the semi-finals with a brilliant five for three in the massive 59-run demolition of New Zealand in a low-scoring Group 1 encounter of the ICC World Twenty20 at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhary Stadium here Monday.
Two brilliant performances from Yuvraj Singh and Ravichandran Ashwin saw India through in their last Group 2 match of the ICC World Twenty20 against Australia by 73 runs at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium here Sunday.
Another inspiring performance by leg-spinner Amit Mishra and offie Ravichandran Ashwin helped India beat Bangladesh by eight wckets in a Group 2 match and qualify for the semi-finals of the ICC World Twenty20 at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium here Friday.