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11:29 PM, May 17, 2013
Melbourne: Spin legend Shane Warne says the ongoing Indian Premier Legaue spot-fixing scandal is like a "kick in the teeth" for cricket. Indian pacer Sreesanth and two other bowlers from Rajasthan Royals team were arrested in a post-midnight operation in Mumbai on Thursday by Delhi Police for spot-fixing IPL matches for payments of up to Rs 60 lakhs just for giving away pre-determined number of runs in an over. "This...
11:02 PM, May 17, 2013
Sources said that one of the two players is an Indian while the other is an international player. ...
10:38 PM, May 17, 2013
Mohali: Australian cricket great Adam Gilchrist has called for life bans if the players arrested for their alleged role in spot-fixing in the ongoing IPL are found guilty. "For my mind, any player found involved in any implications where they are proven that they have handled illegal bookmakers' bets or whatever, there is no place for them in the game whatsoever ever again. It's so clear now, we are so...
10:32 PM, May 17, 2013
Jaipur: Rajasthan Royals' CEO Raghu Iyer said the arrest of three of its cricketers for alleged role in spot-fixing in the ongoing IPL has caused "immense distress" to everyone associated with the franchise. "All of the Rajasthan Royal owners, management, captain, coach and players and staff are shocked and disappointed at the entire situation which has caused immense distress to us all," Iyer said in a statement. Errant Indian pacer...
10:26 PM, May 17, 2013
New Delhi: The Rajasthan Royals team on Friday issued a statement on the IPL spot-fixing incident involving three of its key players, including top bowler S Sreesanth. The statement said the team management, the coach, captain Rahul Dravid, players and staff were "shocked and disappointed at the entire situation". The statement added that the team has launched an internal probe into the matter. Below is the full text of the...
09:41 PM, May 17, 2013
New Delhi: The second day of the spot-fixing crisis that threatens to tarnish the credibility of the Indian Premier League (IPL) and Indian cricket saw several shocking details emerge during the interrogation of the arrested Rajasthan Royals players, Sreesanth, Ajit Chandila, Ankeet Chavan and Amit Singh. Here's a breakdown of Friday's major developments. Sreesanth confesses to spot-fixing, say sources After initially being defiant, Sreesanth, the fast bowler who has played...
09:29 PM, May 17, 2013
New Delhi: Delhi Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar on Friday said women were present with cricketer S Sreeshant and his friend Jiju Janardhan when they were arrested for their alleged involvement in spot-fixing in IPL matches. "Very much. Girls were present with Sreesanth and Jiju. We also have information about others (players)," he said. Asked whether honey trap was used in cricket, he said it was an open secret and is...
09:03 PM, May 17, 2013
Ajit Chandila is 29 and Ankeet Chavan is 27 - old enough to tell right from wrong, young enough to have time left in the game. But today, they sit in a jail cell awaiting an uncertain future. ...
08:31 PM, May 17, 2013
Ed Hawkins is the author of the book 'Bookie Gambler Fixer Spy: A Journey Into the Heart of Cricket's Underworld'. ...
08:25 PM, May 17, 2013
New Delhi: The Delhi Police on Friday said it has no reasons to interrogate cricketer Rahul Dravid or Rajasthan Royals owners Raj Kundra and Shilpa Shetty in connection with the spot-fixing case in which three players were arrested. "Delhi Police has no reasons to invite them to join investigation of the spot fixing case," Delhi Police spokesperson Rajan Bhagat said. He said the reports that police may interrogate Shilpa Shetty...
08:05 PM, May 17, 2013
New Delhi: Indian pacer S Sreesanth, who is being quizzed along with 13 others in the IPL spot-fixing scandal case, today moved a Delhi court seeking a a copy of the FIR registered against him. Sreesanth, his two teammates of Rajasthan Royals franchise and 11 bookies were on Thursday remanded to police custody for five days. The cricketer be supplied with a copy of the FIR for preparing his defence,...
07:47 PM, May 17, 2013
Bangalore: Chennai Super Kings coach Stephen Flemings today said that the spot-fixing scandal that rocked the IPL could lead to strange happenings on the field being suspected of wrongdoing and added a "sinister" approach to the game. He said the scandal, which allegedly involved India pacer S Sreesanth and his two Rajasthan Royals team-mates, has sullied the game and his players were saddened by the incident. "I have not really...
07:44 PM, May 17, 2013
New Delhi: A day after the Delhi Police unearthed an alleged spot-fixing racket in IPL matches, a host of other probe agencies have begun sniffing for any clandestine 'hawala' transactions linked to it. The Enforcement Directorate (ED), which is tasked to check illegal payment gateways like 'hawala' and unreported cash transactions, has started scanning operations of suspected dealers even as it plans to soon approach the Delhi Police to get...
07:10 PM, May 17, 2013
New Delhi: Lawyers of S Sreesanth and his IPL teammates Ajit Chandila and Ankit Chavan on Friday claimed that the players were innocent and accused the Delhi Police of "wrongly trapping" them in the IPL spot-fixing case. A day after the Indian pacer, Chandila and Chavan were remanded in five days police custody along with 11 others, their lawyers questioned the police action and accused the cops of following illegal...
07:05 PM, May 17, 2013
New Delhi: Indian Premier League Chairman Rajeev Shukla Friday warned of "strongest possible action" against those players found guilty of spot-fixing in the ongoing edition of the cash-rich league. Reacting to the sensational arrest of Indian paceman S Sreesanth and two of his Rajasthan Royals teammates -- Ankeet Chavan and Ajit Chandila -- Shukla said that the development has come as a shock for the organisers. The three Rajasthan Royals...
06:16 PM, May 17, 2013
Do the IPL spot-fixing incidents involve just players and bookies or are there more powerful stakeholders involved? Is over-commercialisation of a sport to blame for what is happening? Has infusion of big money and corporate greed worked to the detriment of the game? Sanjay Jha, founder of cricketnext.com, joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the issue. Q. I have lost faith in IPL and BCCI..they will always try to...
06:03 PM, May 17, 2013
Various national and international sports bodies incorporate certain measures and employ observers to keep things as fixing from happening? Why doesn't BCCI do the same with the IPL? What are these steps? Joginder Singh, former CBI director, joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the matter. Q. Betting is legalized in Countries like UK and US, lot of people say it should also be done in India to curb corruption....
06:03 PM, May 17, 2013
Mumbai Joint Commissioner of Police Himanshu Roy said more skeletons could tumble out in this controversy as probe continues. ...
06:01 PM, May 17, 2013
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde on Friday congratulated Delhi Police for unearthing the illegal practice of spot-fixing in IPL cricket matches which led to the arrest of three cricketers and several bookies. "I congratulate Delhi Police. Whenever they do good work I appreciate," Shinde told reporters here on the sidelines of an event of border guarding force BSF. He said the probe in the case is at...
05:41 PM, May 17, 2013
