Olympic and America's Cup sailor Ben Ainslie and BT joined forces to launch 100% Sport, a global initiative to inspire sports fans around the world to take action to tackle climate change and reduce carbon emissions by using renewable energy. Ainslie is using his experience in an effort to inspire fans and organizations to live and work more sustainably (BT). ... A day after Pakistan Cricket Board Chair Shaharyar Khan threatened to boycott India if the bilateral series in December does not happen, Indian Premier League Chair Rajeev Shukla "has hit back," saying their neighbors need to resolve "some issues and reservations" of the Board of Control for Cricket in India first. Khan claimed that "the two countries had signed a Memorandum of Understanding, which included a series in December, and India needed to honour it." He said, "That is not happening because of the existing situation and secondly we first need to get clearance from our government for the series and then ask PCB to also first resolve some reservations and issues that we have" (CRIC BUZZ, 9/27). ... Corporate watchdog Australian Securities & Investments Commission "will investigate a Victorian travel agency that intentionally wound up its operations in the midst of a legal battle" over a tour to the FIFA World Cup in Brazil. It "has written to former customers of Sports Australia Travel Group advising it had referred complaints over its deregistration, which occurred months after the litigation began, for further investigation" (THE AUSTRALIAN, 9/29).
