The International Cricket Council (ICC) said talks were continuing to settle uncertainty around next year`s Champions Trophy, sources told AFP, after India refused to travel to host nation Pakistan.

The event`s fate has been hanging in the balance since earlier this month, when the ICC said India had declined to visit Pakistan for the eight-team tournament. The nuclear-armed neighbours have fought three wars since being carved out of the subcontinent`s partition in 1947 and that rivalry is often reflected on the cricket field.