FIBA Secretary General Emeritus BORISLAV STANKOVIĆ and long-time FIBA Treasurer MANFRED STRÖHER on Friday received the FIBA Order of Merit. The distinction is bestowed upon "a person who has distinguished himself/herself in the field of basketball and having rendered exceptional services to sport, either through personal accomplishment or through his/her contributions to the development of basketball or sport in general" (FIBA). ... Int'l Cricket Council Chair N. SRINIVASAN "might have been barred" from becoming Board of Control for Cricket in India president but he is set to represent the Indian Board in the ICC Board Meeting in Barbados later this week, instead of BCCI President JAGMOHAN DALMIYA. According to a release from the BCCI, Srinivasan's name is mentioned as the representative of the BCCI in the ICC Board Meeting from June 24-26. Srinivasan will also chair the ICC Board Meeting in his capacity as head of the world body. It is not known why Dalmiya "will not be representing the BCCI in the ICC Board Meeting after his election as BCCI president in March" (PTI, 6/21).
