New Delhi: After a report in the Economic Times that said Team India captain MS Dhoni owns a 5 per cent stake in a sports marketing firm - Rhiti Sports - that manages him and four other current cricketers, the firm issued a statement on Monday in which it denied Dhoni is a shareholder of the company. Rhiti said Dhoni has no shares as on April 26. It said it...
05:21 PM, Jun 03, 2013
Residents of Kolkata and Bangalore vent their anger on the IPL controversy. ...
03:34 PM, Jun 03, 2013
Madrid: Jose Mourinho expects to be hired as Chelsea coach by the end of the week, confirming widespread speculation that he's set to return to the London club. "I can't speak as Chelsea's coach because I am not it yet," Mourinho told Spanish television program Punto Pelota on Monday. "(but) I will go to London and between Monday and the end of the week I will be the new coach...
01:31 PM, Jun 03, 2013
Mumbai: IPL 6 betting suspects Gurunath Meiyappan and actor Vindoo Dara Singh were sent to judicial custody till June 14 on Monday. Their bail applications will be heard later in the day. Earlier today, the Mumbai Police detained a bookie, Kesu Pune alias Kishore Badlani at the international airport. Kesu is believed to be one of the links to the D-Company's betting syndicate and considered as one of the most...
11:59 AM, Jun 03, 2013
New Delhi: Questions are now being raised on Team India captain MS Dhoni's business links. The Economic Times has reported that Dhoni has a 15 per cent stake in a sports marketing firm - Rhiti Sports - that manages him and four other current cricketers - Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja, Pragyan Ojha and RP Singh. This puts Dhoni in a conflicting position during team selection meetings, where he is expected...
11:24 AM, Jun 03, 2013
Mumbai: The Mumbai Police detained one of the important bookies in the Pune circle at the Mumbai airport on Monday. Bookie Kesu Pune alias Kishore Badlani is believed to be one of the links to the Dawood Ibrahim gang betting syndicate. He was detained around 8.00 am and will be brought to the Crime Branch office in an hour. Kesu Pune had reportedly flown to Europe (the exact destination is...
10:35 AM, Jun 03, 2013
CNN-IBN takes a look at some of the big questions that are begging to be asked. ...
09:36 AM, Jun 03, 2013
Chennai: Punjab Cricket Association (PCA) president IS Bindra called some of the BCCI working committee members present at the general meeting here Sunday as gutless and said that N Srinivasan, who stepped aside as the board chief, will continue to rubber stamp every decision. Cricket Asscoaition of Bengal (CAB) chief Jagmohan Dalmiya will step in as the "interim president" till the end of the probe involving the role of Srinivasan's...
09:25 AM, Jun 03, 2013
Watch experts like Harsha Bhogle and Kirti Azad speak on measures to clean up India's most loved sports - cricket. ...
08:49 AM, Jun 03, 2013
Nairobi: England's Arsenal FC midfielder Aaron Ramsey is eyeing silverware next season with the Gunners as he aspires to win his first major trophy at the club he joined as a teenager from Cardiff City in the 2007-08 season. Ramsey implored his teammates to maintain a consistent run similar to the strong finish to the just concluded English Premiership. Arsenal secured qualification to the UEFA Champions League knock-out phase on...
04:10 PM, Jun 02, 2013
London: The official Premier League website jumped the gun on Jose Mourinho's expected return to Chelsea on Sunday by publishing a story with Monday's date - but key details left blank - announcing his appointment. "Portuguese coach is back at Stamford Bridge after signing a xx-year contract," the headline declared. "Jose Mourinho returns for second stint as Chelsea manager. Portuguese signs x-year-deal," the website added in key points alongside the...
02:17 PM, Jun 02, 2013
Miami: David Beckham said the prospect of owning an Major League Soccer team in Miami was "exciting" after he was urged to help bring a new franchise to Miami at a meeting with key political leaders on Saturday. Beckham, accompanied by Bolivian born billionaire Marcelo Claure, who wants to team-up with him in owning a new franchise, visited two potential stadiums and met with the mayor of Miami-Dade County Carlos...
09:13 AM, Jun 02, 2013
Former Olympic champion Justin Gatlin won the men's 100 metres title at Saturday's Prefontaine Classic, the fourth leg of the Diamond League athletics' series. The 31-year-old American, who won gold at Athens in 2004 then bronze in London last year after serving a doping ban, won the blue-riband sprint in a wind-assisted time of 9.88 seconds. It was Gatlin's second Diamond League win this season after he also won in...
09:05 AM, Jun 02, 2013
New Delhi: Board Of Control For Cricket In India (BCCI) President N Srinivasan is being asked to step aside unconditional, according to sources in the board. BCCI sources say they will not push for Srinivasan's resignation or impeachment but will ask Srinivasan to step aside till the inquiry into his son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan's involvement in the IPL betting and spot-fixing scandal is over. Sources also add that there is no...
09:03 AM, Jun 02, 2013
New Delhi: In a bid to cleanse the game and restore faith in the administrators, the Board Of Control For Cricket In India (BCCI) working committee is set to meet on Sunday where embattled BCCI President N Srinivasan is likely to step aside pending an inquiry. But sources have told CNN-IBN that Srinivasan has laid down two conditions - first, he wants to appoint the new secretary and treasurer and...
07:38 AM, Jun 02, 2013
New Delhi: Indian Premier League chairman Rajeev Shukla resigned from his post on Saturday amid the ongoing spot-fixing scandal that has put a serious doubt over the credibility of the league and the BCCI. However, he remains the BCCI vice president. "I took the decision to quit in view of the recent controversies. I also took into account Sanjay Jagdale and Ajay Shirke's resignation before taking the decision," Shukla told...
07:16 PM, Jun 01, 2013
Politicians, BCCI employees and former cricketers talk to CNN-IBN and give their reaction to Sunday's emergency meet. ...
03:15 PM, Jun 01, 2013
Mumbai: Distressed by the IPL spot-fixing scam, BCCI Vice President Niranjan Shah on Saturday said that the scandal has become increasingly "disgraceful" but stopped short of demanding under-fire President N Srinivasan's resignation. "It is much regrettable and distressing that the situation is getting aggravated in increasingly disgraceful manner...the matter pertaining resignation of BCCI's president Mr. Srinivasan should rather be a matter between himself and the rules and regulations of the...
12:53 PM, Jun 01, 2013
Manchester City's new manager should be announced within the next two weeks, chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak said on the Premier League club's website on Friday. "We have a wonderful team running this process internally. They have created a shortlist of managers... and we are pretty much done. We are very close. I expect to make an appointment probably in the next two weeks." Malaga coach Manuel Pellegrini has been strongly...
08:49 AM, Jun 01, 2013
New Delhi/ Mumbai/ Chennai: The walls are closing in on Board Of Control For Cricket In India (BCCI) chief N Srinivasan after two top board officials - Treasurer Ajay Shirke and Secretary Sanjay Jagdale - quit on Friday evening. Other BCCI office-bearers also likely to resign forcing Srinivasan to call a board meeting early next week, say sources. The spate of resignations came after a CNN-IBN report on how Srinivasan's...
07:41 AM, Jun 01, 2013
