Respected English cricket journalist and commentator Christopher Martin-Jenkins has died of cancer at the age of 67 after being diagnosed with the disease last January. Popularly known as "CMJ" in Britain, Martin-Jenkins was one of the voices of Test Match Special on BBC Radio and previously worked for the Daily Telegraph and The Times. Martin-Jenkins also served as the president of Marylebone Cricket Club in 2010 and 2011. "Desperately sad to tell you that CMJ died peacefully this morning," his friend and colleague Jonathan Agnew said on Twitter yesterday. AFP
Former NBA player Marcus Williams has been banned from playing in China for six months after testing positive for marijuana, in what is said to be the Chinese professional basketball league's first drugs case. The former San Antonio Spurs and Los Angeles Clippers player, who is now with Shanxi Zhongyu Brave Dragons, was banned by the Chinese Basketball Association after testing positive on December 9. Xinhua said it was the first drugs case in the CBA league's 17-year history. The punishment means he will have to sit out the rest of the season. AFP