Mumbai: A Mumbai court on Friday extended the police custody of Bollywood actor Vindoo Dara Singh, arrested for alleged links with IPL betting syndicates, till May 28. Mumbai Police's Crime Branch told the court that it planned to 'confront' Vindoo with Team Principal of Chennai Super Kings Gurunath Meiyappan (who has been summoned for questioning) and question him about IPL spot-fixing and betting. The remand plea of the Crime Branch...
07:54 PM, May 24, 2013
New Delhi: Cricketer Sreesanth arrested in connection with the IPL spot-fixing scandal had gifted a smart phone to a second girl and investigators have recovered it, police sources said on Friday. "We have recovered a second mobile phone, a Blackberry Bold, from his female friend. He has gifted this phone to her. He purchased it from Jaipur during one of the matches played by his team there," a senior police...
07:41 PM, May 24, 2013
New Delhi: In tune with India Cements, the owner of the Chennai Super Kings, distancing itself from Gurunath Meiyappan, the Chennai Super Kings' official website seems to have scrubbed all references to the BCCI chief N Srinivasan's son-in-law. The India Cements statement said Gurunath Meiyappan "is neither the Owner, nor CEO/Team Principal of Chennai Super Kings," but numerous pages (now deleted) on chennaisuperkings.com referred to Meiyappan as 'Owner' or 'Team...
07:17 PM, May 24, 2013
BJP leader Yashwant Sinha flayed the Finance Ministry and the RBI for not taking action on the recommendations of the Parliamentary committee on the IPL. ...
07:17 PM, May 24, 2013
New Delhi: A plea for a separate cell in Tihar jail on the grounds of being "well educated" and belonging to a "respected family" has been rejected by a Delhi court which on Friday dismissed the petition of former Ranji cricketer Manish Guddewar arrested in IPL spot fixing scandal. The court rejected the plea of Guddewar, a former Ranji player of Vidarbha, saying lots of educated people are lodged in...
06:55 PM, May 24, 2013
New Delhi: The clamour for N Srinivasan's head is growing stronger as after Sharad Pawar-led NCP, Sahara India Chief Subrata Roy has also said that the BCCI president should step down in the present scenario. Roy went a step further and said Pawar should replace Srinivasan as BCCI chief. "I totally agree that Srinivasan should step down. It's important that he should step down in present circumstances. Persons who are...
06:19 PM, May 24, 2013
New Delhi: In another twist to IPL betting scandal, Gurunath Meiyappan, who has been facing the heat after his alleged links with arrested bollywood actor Vindoo Dara Singh came to light, has now been disowned by India Cements the owner of the Chennai Super Kings. India Cements on Friday released a statement stating that Meiyappan "is neither the Owner, nor CEO/Team Principal of Chennai Super Kings". In a written release...
05:32 PM, May 24, 2013
From being a newspaper delivery boy to becoming a newsmaker himself, 23-year-old Shivakumar has got through to the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) - Calcutta. Shivakumar, an engineering student and the only educated member in his family, has fought hard to make his dreams come true. N Shivakumar joined IBNLive readers for an interaction. Q. How did you finance your engineering course? Are you taking loan for the IIM course...
05:26 PM, May 24, 2013
New Delhi: The latest scandal in the IPL has hit the BCCI top brass so hard that the state units have now started questioning N Srinivasan's authority and in all likelihood will seek opinion of former BCCI president Shashank Manohar on the latest fiasco. According to top BCCI officials, Manohar's advice on the way forward and his opinion on Srinivasan's "future" as the BCCI supremo will carry a lot of...
05:25 PM, May 24, 2013
As the probe reaches the doorstep of the franchise he owns, and the team CEO and his son-in-law summoned by the police for questioning, should the BCCI president step down? Former BCCI vice-president and former Cabinet Minister Kamal Morarka joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the issue. Q. Similar to how Ministry of Corp Affairs intervened in Satyam Scandal, BCCI should be shown the same treatment and N Srinivasan...
05:21 PM, May 24, 2013
New Delhi: The Twitter handle bio of Gurunath Meiyappan was updated and the reference to CSK was removed a few minutes after it came to light that he was described as Team Principal Chennai Super Kings. The information was further updated and the link to Chennai Super Kings page was also removed. Chennai Super Kings may be axed from the IPL because Gurunath Meiyappan is the CEO/Team Principal of the...
05:02 PM, May 24, 2013
New Delhi: Against the backdrop of allegations of illegal activities in the IPL, there is speculation over the future of the Chennai Super Kings with the BCCI consulting the rule book of the lucrative Twenty20 league which states that a franchise can be terminated if it fails to match certain defined criteria. Sources have told CNN-IBN that the Chennai faces termination if Gurunath Meiyappan, the son-in-law of BCCI president N...
04:53 PM, May 24, 2013
London: Indian golfer SSP Chowrasia endured a topsy-turvy start, carding a one-under 71 on the opening day to be tied 23rd in the BMW PGA Championship here. The two-time winner on the Asian and European Tours, Chowrasia had an eventful round with five birdies and four bogeys. India's other two challengers in the event, Gaganjeet Bhullar (74) and Jeev Milkha Singh (78) had a rough time in the first round....
04:05 PM, May 24, 2013
New Delhi: Sports Minister Jitendra Singh Friday said that the government would set up 25 Centres of Excellence with an aim to make India among the top five sporting nations in the world by 2024. Speaking at the conference of Sports Ministers and Secretaries of States/UTs, Jitendra said he dreamed of an India in which sports is a way of life and "a lucrative career option". "Sports Authority of India...
04:05 PM, May 24, 2013
Karachi: PCB Chairman Zaka Ashraf on Friday said they have no clue why Pakistani umpire Asad Rauf was under investigation in the IPL spot-fixing scandal and why he has been withdrawn from the Champions Trophy. Rauf is under police scanner for involvement in spot-fixing, although nothing concrete has come out yet. "The ICC has told us they were withdrawing Rauf from the Champions Trophy panel, but so far we don't...
03:46 PM, May 24, 2013
Mumbai: His confidence left shaken after getting just five games with the reserves for Sporting Lisbon, Indian football captain Sunil Chhetri has now taken a more pragmatic approach and would hold talks with the Portuguese club about his future before embarking on a second stint. "I am not used to sitting out. All my life, I have been playing for club and country regularly all 90 minutes.It plays on my...
03:35 PM, May 24, 2013
New Delhi: The government has brainstormed on the new anti-fixing law and some strict measures now seem to be in the pipeline. Sources say that fixing will be made non-bailable and will invite a fine of up to Rs 5 lakh. Sources are indicating that the new law will be modeled on the lines of the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA), a strict law, under which the burden...
03:28 PM, May 24, 2013
New Delhi: Developments in the IPL spot-fixing scandal moved at a frantic pace on Friday, with sources telling CNN-IBN that BCCI chief N Srinivasan may step down if his son-in-law and Chennai Super Kings CEO Gurunath Meiyappan is arrested. Meiyappan has been summoned for questioning by the Mumbai Police after arrested Bollywood actor Vindoo Dara Singh told the police that Meiyappan is involved in betting on IPL matches. The CSK...
03:21 PM, May 24, 2013
Once the poster-boy of cricket in Kerala, Sreesanth is probably hated and condemned like no one else. How has Brand Sreesanth taken a hit? Naveen Nair gets us this story. ...
03:02 PM, May 24, 2013
New Delhi: Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industries (FICCI) has called for legalising sports betting in the country. FCCI, in a statement, said, "Despite several attempts to ban it, betting is continuing albeit in an underground way and substantial resources have been invested into enforcing such a ban." "...middle way out is it should be regulated in a way which reduces this to an acceptable level. Hence, the...
02:51 PM, May 24, 2013
