New Delhi: In further evidence that all is not well within the BCCI and the IPL, the official website of the lucrative Twenty20 league has removed the Fair Play Award table from its home page. While the Fair Play page is still accessible, IPL seems to have removed all links to the page from its official website.
At the time of removal, Chennai Super Kings - embroiled in a potentially fatally damaging controversy involving its CEO and team principal - and Rajasthan Royals - who had three active players arrested last week on allegations of spot-fixing - were two of the top three teams on Fair Play points table, with Pune Warriors being the third team.
The Fair Play Award is given during each season of the IPL to the team with the best record of fair play. The winner of this award is decided on the basis of the points the umpires give to the teams. The IPL website - www.iplt20.com - includes a league table which updates during the tournament.
Even as a cloud of doubt hangs over the franchise, CSK will contest the IPL 6 final against Mumbai Indians on Sunday in Kolkata. Rajasthan were eliminated by Mumbai on Friday night, during the time that CSK CEO and team principal Gurunath Meiyappan, also the son-in-law of BCCI president and India Cements head N Srinivasan, was arrested in Mumbai for his alleged role in betting in the IPL. ...
11:21 AM, May 25, 2013
Mumbai: Filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar was honoured with the prestigious 'New York Citizen's Achievement Award'. The 44-year-old National-award winning director, who is presently on a vacation in New York, said that he is highly honoured to receive the honour. "I am hugely honoured and humbled by the Citizen's Achievement Award given to me by people of NYC. I m truly touched!," he posted on Twitter. Bhandarkar's last project was Kareena Kapoor-starrer...
02:31 PM, May 22, 2013
Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson capped his final season in charge of the English Premier League champions by clinching the League Managers' Association Manager of the Year award for the fourth time on Monday. The 71-year-old Scot's unparallelled success in British soccer ended on Sunday with a remarkable 5-5 draw against West Bromwich Albion. "In a way I am glad it is all over now because it has been hard...
08:23 AM, May 21, 2013
Click Here for live ball-by-ball updates of Game 67 of IPL 6 between Kings XI Punjab and Delhi Daredevils at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala. Playing XIs: Delhi: Mahela Jayawardene(c), Virender Sehwag, Unmukt Chand, David Warner, Ben Rohrer, Muralidharen Gautam(w), Irfan Pathan, Morne Morkel, Siddarth Kaul, Umesh Yadav, Ashish Nehra Punjab: Adam Gilchrist(w/c), Shaun Marsh, Mandeep Singh, Azhar Mahmood, David Miller, Manan Vohra, Rajagopal Sathish, Piyush Chawla, Praveen...
07:20 PM, May 16, 2013
Dharamsala: After beating Royal Challengers Bangalore convincingly by seven wickets, Kings XI Punjab have kept their hopes alive to qualify for the IPL 6 play-offs. But they still have a huge task to do if they want to ensure a place in the play-offs. After the victory over Bangalore, Punjab now have 12 points, four less than RCB and Sunrisers Hyderabad, who have 16 points each. The top three spots...
11:14 PM, May 15, 2013
Chennai: With their place in the IPL play-offs confirmed before the toss in the form of an RCB defeat to Kings XI Punjab, Chennai Super Kings celebrated with a 33-win over Delhi Daredevils at home on Tuesday. MS Dhoni resuscitated the innings with a breezy unbeaten 58 and defending 168 Chennai's bowlers struck at regular intervals to keep Delhi to 135 for 9. An early drop off Murali Vijay on...
11:40 PM, May 14, 2013
MS Dhoni and (58) and Albie Morkel (3/32) started in a easy win for CSK as Delhi pummeled to their 11th loss in this edition failing to chase down 169. CLICK HERE for live ball-by-ball updates of game 64 of IPL 6 between Chennai Super Kings and Delhi Daredevils played at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. TOSS: Chennai Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat first against...
07:16 PM, May 14, 2013
Mumbai: In a judgement that might clear the way for the land development in Tulip Star property, the Bombay High Court has set aside an arbitration award which had held that the agreement between Siddhivinayak Realties and V Hotels stood terminated. Siddhivinayak Realties is a joint venture between Oberoi Realty and DB Realty founders Shahid Balwa and Vinod Goenka, while V Hotels is currently the owners of the Tulip Star...
12:31 AM, May 14, 2013
Guwahati: The recent Delhi gangrape shook the conscience of the nation, President Pranab Mukherjee on Monday said and underlined the need to ponder and "reset the moral compass" of the society during this difficult time. "Sometimes certain events shake the national conscience. Recently the brutal rape on a young woman in Delhi shook the conscience of the whole nation and it compelled us to sit back and think where we...
09:25 PM, May 13, 2013
Chennai: Chennai Super Kings were sitting pretty at the top until Monday when Mumbai Indians pushed them to second position with a win against Sunrisers Hyderabad, but the two-time IPL champions will be determined to reclaim their top position with a win at home against bottom-dwellers Delhi Daredevils on Tuesday. With just pride to play for, Delhi can only hope to finish the season on a high but Chennai would...
07:25 PM, May 13, 2013
Chennai: Southern actor R Madhavan looks up to actor filmmaker Kamal Haasan as his deity, and when he met him recently at an award ceremony, he felt like a teenager again. "Had a great time at the Vijay Awards. Met my god Kamal sir again after a while. (I) was a gaping teenager all over again," tweeted Madhavan. Madhavan and Kamal bonded well at the 7th edition of Vijay Awards...
05:52 PM, May 13, 2013
Chennai: Bollywood baadshah Shahrukh Khan was conferred with Chevalier Sivaji Award, constituted after veteran Tamil actor Sivaji Ganeshan, Saturday here at the 7th edition of Vijay awards. Shahrukh received the award from the hands of Kamal Haasan, Vijay and members from the family of Sivaji Ganeshan. "I have enjoyed working with Kamal Haasan and Ajith Kumar in my career. I may be the owner of Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL...
10:01 AM, May 12, 2013
Bollywood veteran actor Pran Krishan Sikand was honoured with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award by I&B Minister Manish Tewari at his residence in Mumbai. He is seen with his son Sunil and daugter Pinky Bhalla. PTI Photo. ...
10:35 AM, May 11, 2013
New Delhi: Veteran actor Pran received the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke Award for his contribution to cinema at his residence in Mumbai. Due to health reasons, the actor could not travel to New Delhi earlier and was presented with award by I&B minister Manish Tewari at Pran's residence today. The 93-year-old Pran, whose real name is Pran Krishan Sikand, has appeared in 350 films from the 1940s to the 1990s and...
12:47 PM, May 10, 2013
Delhi: Royal Challengers Bangalore will look to put one foot in the IPL play-offs with a win when take on the lowly Delhi Daredevils at the Feroz Shah Kotla here on Friday. Bangalore have won seven of their 12 encounters so far and a win against Delhi will do them a lot of good where their play-off chances are concerned. Delhi, on the other hand, are out of the reckoning...
10:35 PM, May 09, 2013
Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan will reportedly attend Vijay awards in Chennai where he is to be honoured with Sivaji Ganesan award. Vijay TV has invited King Khan to be the guest of honour at the 7th edition of the award ceremony on May 11. Earlier recipients of this award are South Indian film personalities like Kamal Haasan, Mani Ratnam and A R Rahman. SRK, 47, is the first Hindi...
07:02 PM, May 09, 2013
New Delhi: On the 93rd birthday of Oscar winning American graphic designer Saul Bass, we bring to you an old picture of Bass holding his Oscar award. Saul Bass won an Oscar in 1968 for directing a short documentary film called 'Why Man Creates'. ...
11:00 AM, May 08, 2013
Jaipur: Rajasthan Royals should have an easy time against Delhi Daredevils in IPL 6 at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium on Tuesday. They have registered a thrilling and important win against Pune Warriors on Sunday night where they chased down 179 off the penultimate ball. Rajasthan have seven wins in 11 matches and one more victory against Delhi will put them at ease as far as their playoff chances are concerned....
06:42 PM, May 06, 2013
Salim Ahamed's critically acclaimed debut feature 'Adaminte Makan Abu' picked up four national awards in 2011 and was India's official entry into the Best Foreign Language Film at the Oscars that year. Screened at every major international film festivals, it went on to win accolades from the national and international media. Director Salim Ahamed joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on his film 'Adaminte Makan Abu' and new projects. Q....
06:31 PM, May 06, 2013
Mumbai: Filmmaker Anurag Basu, who started his direction career with 1996 hit daily soap 'Tara', says films should not be considered superior to television and adds that filmmaking is easier. He also directed TV shows 'Star Bestsellers' and 'Koshish... Ek Aashaa' before making his big screen debut with 2003 movie 'Saaya' starring John Abraham and Tara Sharma. "I don't feel that films are superior to television. I don't know why...
05:13 PM, May 06, 2013
