The BCCI treasurer also insisted that the spot-fixing inquiry will not in any way be influenced by the Indian board. ...
07:53 PM, May 29, 2013
Thodupuzha: In yet another twist to the nearly two-decade-old Suryanelli sex scandal, the lone convict in the case, Dharmarajan on Wednesday retracted his allegation that Congress leader and Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman PJ Kurien was involved in the case. In an affidavit filed through his lawyer in the Sessions Court at Thodupuzha in Idukki district, Dharmarajan said he made the allegation as the reporter of a Malayalam TV channel barraged...
06:32 PM, May 29, 2013
Cricketnext caught up with India, Bengal and Pune Warriors India pace bowler Ashok Dinda to get his thoughts on his and the franchise's performance in IPL 6, his axing form the national team for the ICC Champions Trophy and working with South African great Allan Donald. Excerpts from the interview: Not a good tournament for the team, but how do you rate your IPL 6? The tournament was not that...
06:27 PM, May 29, 2013
New Delhi: Frustrated with the spot-fixing scandal and a series of other controversies that have plagued the Indian Premier League, the event's chairman Rajeev Shukla on Wednesday said he was not keen to take up the position again. Shukla said his tenure was for a one-year period which is renewed every year and he was not willing to take up the high-profile post for a third consecutive term. "IPL Chief...
05:36 PM, May 29, 2013
Mumbai/New Delhi: 6.56 pm: Four more bookies were arrested by the Delhi Police on Wednesday in connection with the IPL spot-fixing case. With this, the number of arrests in the case has gone up to 26. The Delhi Police arrested alleged bookie Abhishek Shukla, who is accused of cleaning up Sreesanth's hotel room in Mumbai, thus destroying evidence. Bookies Vikas, Vinod and Nitin Jain were also picked up by Delhi...
10:12 AM, May 29, 2013
Liverpool: Liverpool say they will sign Kolo Toure after the defender's Manchester City contract expires on June 30. The 32-year-old Toure will join Liverpool on July 1 after a "deal in principal" was reached with the Ivory Coast international. Toure has been at City since 2009, having played for Arsenal for the preceding seven years. ...
11:11 PM, May 28, 2013
Jyotiraditya Scindia on Tuesday said BCCI chief N Srinivasan must resign till his name was cleared in the IPL betting scandal. ...
10:18 PM, May 28, 2013
India captain MS Dhoni chose to remain quiet when confronted with spot-fixing questions in a press conference here on Tuesday evening. ...
10:12 PM, May 28, 2013
London: Roberto Martinez asked to leave Wigan Athletic on Tuesday having guided the club to FA Cup glory days before being relegated from the Premier League, with Everton and Stoke City already linked with his signature. The Spaniard had been in charge since 2009, having previously helped turn Swansea City into one of Britain's most attractive sides. Wigan pulled off a series of relegation escapes under Martinez while winning admirers...
07:29 PM, May 28, 2013
Sharad Pawar, the former BCCI president, is all set to contest elections to the Mumbai Cricket Association. ...
06:53 PM, May 28, 2013
New Delhi: The Delhi Police on Tuesday for the first time told the court hearing the IPL spot-fixing case that the racket had links to underworld don Dawood Ibrahim. The police told the court that one of the bookies, Tiku Mandi, was in touch with a D-company pointsman. Meanwhile, the court rejected the Delhi Police's demand for extension of cricketer S Sreesanth's custody. Rejecting his bail plea, the court sent...
06:24 PM, May 28, 2013
CNN-IBN's Meenakshi Mahadevan reports from outside hotelier Vikram Aggarwal's residence. Aggarwal is likely to be summoned by the Mumbai and the Chennai Police for questioning in the IPL betting case. ...
05:36 PM, May 28, 2013
Mumbai: The Mumbai Police, investigating the IPL betting case, is seeking to call back Pakistani umpire Asad Rauf saying it had enough reasons to believe that he had links with bookies, sources said on Tuesday. The police is considering initiating the process to get back Rauf, sources said. Rauf was recently withdrawn as umpire from the ICC Champions Trophy after it emerged that the Mumbai Police was probing his role...
05:16 PM, May 28, 2013
Cricketnext goes through a list of some of the best batting performances of the 2013 season which changed the course of the tide. Chris Gayle (175 v Pune Warriors India): The single most memorable innings of this year's IPL was provided by none other than Christopher Henry Gayle. Royal Challengers Bangalore had an incredible run during the first half of the tournament in their backyard and when Pune Warriors went...
05:11 PM, May 28, 2013
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Tuesday sent cricketer S Sreesanth to judicial custody till June 4 in the IPL spot-fixing case. The court rejected the Delhi Police's demand for the bowler's two-day custody and sent him to Tihar jail. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Lokesh Kumar Sharma turned down the plea of Special Cell of Delhi Police for the custody of Sreesanth saying he cannot be held liable for what has...
04:45 PM, May 28, 2013
London: Crystal Palace are likely to try to loan back flying winger Wilfried Zaha from Manchester United next season after securing promotion to the Premier League. The south Londoners beat Watford 1-0 in the Championship (second tier) playoff final on Monday. The 20-year-old Zaha won the spot kick that sealed victory in what was meant to be his final Palace game before joining champions United. "They might want him to...
04:26 PM, May 28, 2013
Mumbai: A Mumbai court has sent actor Vindoo Dara Singh to further police custody till May 31 in the IPL betting scandal. The two others - hawala operator Alpesh Taneja and bookie Prem Taneja - have also been remanded in further police custody till May 31. They were produced in court on Tuesday. The police say they need to investigate if Vindoo gave a SIM card to an umpire. They...
02:23 PM, May 28, 2013
Chennai: The Mumbai Police team conducted raids at BCCI chief N Srinivasan's son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan's Chennai residence again on Tuesday. The police are seeking to recover more evidence in the IPL betting scandal. Meanwhile, Meiyappan's wife and mother met him in jail in Mumbai on Tuesday. Earlier on Monday, the Mumbai Police recovered a mobile phone belonging to Gurunath Meiyappan from his yacht on Monday. The police, however, are still...
12:50 PM, May 28, 2013
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has dismissed a petition by Dr Rajesh and Nupur Talwar on examination of 13 witnesses in the Aarushi-Hemraj double murder case. The couple had sought an examination of 13 witnesses whose depositions were earlier dropped by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). The court said it was not inclined to interfere with the High Court's order. It added that nothing stops the Talwar couple from...
11:23 AM, May 28, 2013
