Sports News for April 4, 2008

Editors Guild protests IPL restrictions on media coverage
The Editors Guild of India has lodged a strong protest with Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president, Sharad Pawar, on the impossible conditions set down by the Indian Premier League for its coverage by newspaper and news photographers. ANI

Shoaib Akhtar appeals against PCB ban
Pakistani pacer Shoaib Akhtar on Friday filed an appeal against a five-year ban imposed on him by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB). ANI

South Africas Lorgat appointed ICC CEO
Former convenor of Cricket South Africas (CSA) selection committee, Haroon Lorgat, has been appointed the ICCs next chief executive officer. ANI

S.Africa takes 418 run lead helped by de Villiers double hundred
The Indian cricket teams soul was destroyed on Friday by South Africas A.B. de Villiers (batting 217) and by Jacques Kallis who scored his 30th Test century. ANI

Becks tops porn star wish list
Soccer ace David Beckham has topped many style lists but the latest in his kitty is surely a kinky one. ANI

ManU dressing room like a Eurovision song contest: Ferdinand
England captain and defender Rio Ferdinand has revealed that the Manchester United dressing room is like the Eurovision Song Contest with the different nationalities fighting over music. ANI

King Khan will ask BCCI to permit Shoaib to play in IPL
Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan has said he would ask the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to review its decision not to allow Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar to play in the Indian Premier League (IPL) until the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) lifts its five-year ban on him. ANI

Lara Bingles lavish shoot before her engagement party
Australian model Lara Bingle may celebrate her engagement with cricketer Michael Clarke by having a lavish party today. ANI