New Delhi: More revelations continue to surface in the IPL spot-fixing scandal even as the three arrested cricketers - S Sreesanth, Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan - are set to be produced in court later on Tuesday. The Delhi Police has recovered Rs 20 lakh from Ajit Chandela's home while the Mumbai Police has found pictures of Sreesanth with a known bookie. They have also established links between the arrested...
07:53 AM, May 21, 2013
CNN-IBN Deputy Editor Sagarika Ghose discusses with a panel of experts. ...
11:41 PM, May 20, 2013
BCCI has failed to check the menace of fixing despite it bringing the game into disrepute repeatedly, especially in the IPL. ...
11:36 PM, May 20, 2013
Rajasthan Royals on Monday suspended the tainted trio of Sreesanth, Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan in the wake of the spot-fixing scandal on a day when investigations moved with a breakneck speed and resulted in the detention of one more cricketer, Baburao Yadav, a former Ranji Trophy player. ...
11:07 PM, May 20, 2013
New Delhi: Rajasthan Royals on Monday suspended the tainted trio of Sreesanth, Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan in the wake of the spot-fixing scandal on a day when investigations moved with a breakneck speed and resulted in the detention of one more cricketer, Baburao Yadav, a former Ranji Trophy player. Rajasthan Royals cricketers Sreesanth, Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan were arrested on May 16 on charges that they spot-fixed certain...
09:38 PM, May 20, 2013
In latest development in the IPL spot-fixing case, Delhi Police have detained former Ranji Trophy player Baburao Yadav from Delhi as investigation moved forward frantically on the last day of the custody of three Rajasthan Royals' players. However, his family has rejected allegations that he was involved in fixing. ...
08:38 PM, May 20, 2013
New Delhi: The Railways on Monday suspended former Ranji Trophy player Baburao Yadav from its Signal and Telecom division after his detention in New Delhi in IPL spot-fixing case. Baburao, who was an operator in the division, joined Railways via sports quota seven years ago. Delhi Police sources have told CNN-IBN that police are current interrogating Baburao, who had introduced alleged bookie Sunil Bhatia to Rajasthan Royals player Ajit Chandila....
08:30 PM, May 20, 2013
New Delhi: As the Rajasthan Royals prepare for the play-offs this week, Ranjit Barthakur - Chairman of Rajasthan frachise - stated that contracts of all three players involved in spot-fixing - Sreesanth, Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan - have been suspended pending inquiry. "The franchise has been hit very hard across the board and we have executed the strongest possible course of action in keeping with our zero-tolerance approach to...
07:31 PM, May 20, 2013
New Delhi: The plea of arrested Indian pacer S Sreesanth that he be provided with a copy of the FIR of the IPL spot-fixing scandal case was on Monday disposed of by a Delhi court as his lawyer did not turn up to pursue it. "No one present on behalf of the applicant (Sreesanth's advocate). The application is dismissed for non prosecution," Metropolitan Magistrate Gaurav Rao said. Sreesanth and two...
07:24 PM, May 20, 2013
New Delhi: A day after Law Minister Kapil Sibal proposed a new law to curb fixing menace in sport in the wake of IPL spot-fixing scandal, The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has backed the need of a tougher legislation to control fixing, sources said on Monday. The BCCI will write to the government asking for a new law to help curb fixing, sources added. On Sunday,...
06:33 PM, May 20, 2013
The spot fixing incident in IPL, which has come to light recently, has not only garnered criticism for cricketers Sreeshanth, Ankeet Chavan and Ajit Chandila but have also generated interest among filmmakers to turn the real life story of the cricketers into films. Reportedly, a film is being planned on Sreesanth. Titled as 'Cricket', the Malayalam film is in its initial phase of scripting. Sajan is writing the script and...
06:06 PM, May 20, 2013
New Delhi: The Indian Premier League officials have beefed up the security of four remaining teams in IPL 6 before the play-offs begin on Tuesday, with officers from IPL's Anti-Corruption and Security Unit (ACSU) accompanying each team. The decision to step up the security was taken during BCCI's Working Committee meeting on Sunday. Mumbai Indians and Chennai Super Kings were allotted an ACSU officer each on Monday morning after the...
05:51 PM, May 20, 2013
Cricketnext editor Jamie Alter joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the IPL play-offs and the shadow of spot-fixing. Q. Hi Jamie,Let it be regulated under Govt of India. Your views. Asked by: Samuel A. Hi Samuel, I'm no legal expert by any standard but I will say that I believe the IPL should come under the RTI Act. According to section 2(h) of this, even a non-government organisation comes...
05:23 PM, May 20, 2013
New Delhi: BCCI's anti-corruption unit chief Ravi Sawani on Monday held a meeting with the top Delhi police officials, who are investigating into the spot-fixing scandal that has rocked the Indian Premier League. Sawani, who has been appointed by the BCCI as commissioner of inquiry to probe spot-fixing allegations, said the Cricket Board has assured the Delhi police of providing all possible assistance in their investigation. "I had a fruitful...
04:57 PM, May 20, 2013
New Delhi: A petitioner on Monday moved a plea in the Supreme Court seeking a stay on the semifinal and final matches in the ongoing season of Indian Premier League (IPL). The petition has also sought an Special Investigation Team (SIT) probe into the spot-fixing scandal that has rocked the T-20 cricket tournament. The petition by a Lucknow resident has made all IPL franchises and BCCI party in the case...
04:31 PM, May 20, 2013
New Delhi: India is mulling a law to deal with the issue of spot-fixing in sport following last week's arrest of cricketers and bookmakers, government officials said on Monday. Former India Test bowler S Sreesanth and two other players were arrested along with 11 bookmakers on Thursday on suspicion of spot-fixing in the country's ongoing Twenty20 league. The cricket board immediately suspended the trio, who have been accused of taking...
03:42 PM, May 20, 2013
Sreesanth and other arrested cricketers along with the bookies have been taken out of the Special Cell. Sources say the cricketers have been taken to another location where they will be recording their voice samples for a forensic test. ...
02:50 PM, May 20, 2013
Mumbai: Arrested Rajasthan Royals S Sreesanth is facing more trouble as details tumble out in the IPL spot-fixing scandal. Mumbai Police sources have now told CNN-IBN that the examination of Sreesanth's laptop and notebook points to his e-mail interactions with a suspected Bollywood casting director, who sent him pictures of models. Sources say that some e-mails, possibly Sreesanth's conversations with Jiju and a bookie Jupiter, have been deleted and now...
12:24 PM, May 20, 2013
New Delhi: 7:58 pm: Railways suspend former Ranji Trophy player Baburao Yadav. He was an operator in the signal and telecom division and he joined Railways via sports quota seven years ago. 6:27 pm: Rajasthan Royals suspend contracts of all three players - Sreesanth, Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan - accused in IPL spot-fixing case, pending inquiry. 6:13 pm: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) backs the...
11:25 AM, May 20, 2013
New Delhi: BCCI officials are expected to meet Delhi Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar on Monday over the Indian Premier League spot-fixing scandal, according to sources. This comes as the role of other cricketers is also coming to light in the case. On Sunday, former Ranji Trophy player Manish Gundevar was arrested and the Delhi Police is now on the lookout for a sixth cricketer - Ranji Trophy player Babu Rao...
11:07 AM, May 20, 2013
