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
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
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
Thiruvananthapuram: Tainted pacer S Sreesanth, arrested in spot-fixing allegation case, was on Friday dropped from the advertisement for the state run Kerala Lottery. Sreesanth, who appeared in the advertisement for 'Karunya Lottery', was removed from the celebrities advertisement panel, State Lottery Directorate officials said in Thiruvananthapuram. The Rajasthan Royal IPL team player along with two of his teammates were arrested by Delhi police on Thursday for alleged spot fixing in...
05:29 PM, May 17, 2013
Lahore: A serving judge has been named by a Pakistani court to probe the murder of Indian death row prisoner Sarabjit Singh, who died earlier this month after being assaulted within the Kot Lakhpat Jail here. Lahore High Court Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial appointed Justice Syed Mazhar Ali Akbar Naqvi to investigate the matter and submit a report to the court. However, no deadline has been given to Naqvi...
04:48 PM, May 17, 2013
The three Rajasthan Royals players - Sreesanth, Ankeet Chavan and Ajit Chandila - arrested for spot-fixing by Delhi Police on Thursday. ...
04:10 PM, May 17, 2013
Politicians have condemned spot-fixing in IPL 6 saying such cricketers have brought shame to the game. Meanwhile, Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde has applauded Delhi Police for cracking the case. ...
03:32 PM, May 17, 2013
Mumbai: Director Ayan Mukerji would love to remake his grandfather Sashadhar Mukherjee's 1960 film 'Love in Simla'. "I loved 'Love in Simla'. I don't think many people are aware of it. If I would ever have to remake a film, it would be this movie as I loved it a lot. I have watched it many times," Ayan said in an interview. 'Love In Simla', a 1960 film, was produced...
12:37 PM, May 17, 2013
New Delhi: The Delhi police on Friday claimed that arrested Rajasthan Royals players Sreesanth and Ankeet Chavan confessed before the probe team to their involvement in spot-fixing in IPL 6 matches. Chavan reportedly said that he got lured and made a huge mistake by indulging in spot-fixing. Sources say the transcript shows that Chavan was initially reluctant but later succumbed to the bait as the bookies kept on increasing the...
12:03 PM, May 17, 2013
New Delhi: The BCCI committee on corruption will investigate the latest IPL spot-fixing scandal, which involves Rajasthan Royals' players Sreesanth, Ankeet Chavan and Ajit Chandila, and then refer the matter to the IPL Disciplinary Committee headed by Arun Jaitley - sources told CNN-IBN on Friday. Sources also told that once the matter reaches the Disciplinary Committee, it will hear the case and recommend future course of action. But before that,...
10:48 AM, May 17, 2013
New Delhi: Arrested on the charges of spot-fixing, Rajasthan Royals' player Ajit Chandila may have been involved in fixing in the last edition of the IPL as well, sources told CNN-IBN on Friday. Chandila, along with team-mates Sreesanth and Ankeet Chavan, was arrested by Delhi Police on Thursday and the trio is currently being interrogated by the Special Cell of Delhi Police. The claim that Chandila may have spot-fixed earlier ...
10:11 AM, May 17, 2013
New Delhi: Arrested on the charges of spot-fixing, Rajasthan Royals' player Ajit Chandila may have been involved in fixing in the last edition of the IPL as well, sources told CNN-IBN on Friday. Chandila, along with team-mates Sreesanth and Ankeet Chavan, was arrested by Delhi Police on Thursday and the trio is currently being interrogated by the Special Cell of Delhi Police. The claim that Chandila may have spot-fixed earlier...
10:11 AM, May 17, 2013
New Delhi: 9.20 pm: Rajasthan Royals issued a statement saying its management and team members and other staff were shocked at the spot-fixing incident involving three of its players. The statement added it had launched an internal probe into the incident. 8.01 pm: The Delhi Police 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...
08:54 AM, May 17, 2013
"Greed, for lack of a better word, is good." So said the fictional money-loving inside trader in Oliver Stone's 1987 film Wall Street. Watching the revelations of Thursday, it is clear that greed is anything but. Needless to say in the next five days while Rajasthan Royals cricketers Sreesanth, Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan remain in police custody there will be much hypothesizing, pontificating and vilifying. Fingers will be pointed,...
08:20 AM, May 17, 2013
New Delhi: A day after three Rajasthan Royals players - S Sreesanth, Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan - were arrested and suspended for alleged spot-fixing, the Delhi Police special cell is set to question the arrested bookies for more details. Sources say more than 15 other matches played in IPL 6 are under the radar and this includes teams apart from Rajasthan Royals. Police sources also say they have taped...
07:52 AM, May 17, 2013
Beijing: Chinese President Xi Jinping has taken charge of drawing up ambitious reform plans to revitalise the economy, sources close to the government said, shunning policy stimulus for fear it could worsen local government debt and inflate property prices. A consensus had been reached among top leaders that reforms would be the only way to put the world's second-largest economy on a more sustainable footing, said the sources, who are...
06:30 AM, May 17, 2013
Controversies have always been a part of IPL and this year spot-fixing by three Rajasthan players have tarnished IPL's image. Does the IPL lack moral quotient ans should the tournament be suspended? ...
12:27 AM, May 17, 2013
Over the years cricket has seen its share of controversies and right from Hansie Cronje to the News of the World expose, match-fixing and spot-fixing has become very prevalent. Amidst the new controversy, is cricket suffering from credibility crisis? ...
11:59 PM, May 16, 2013
