Like anti-doping and anti-corruption briefings, we should have anti-racism feature: Jason Holder
Cricket | Jun 28, 2020, 02:10 PM ISTJason Holder has said that racism should be penalized in a similar way as doping or corruption.
Jason Holder has said that racism should be penalized in a similar way as doping or corruption.
Pakistan's anti-graft body has filed a fresh corruption case against deposed prime minister Nawaz Sharif and three others for their alleged involvement in the illegal allotment of land in Punjab province about 34 years ago.
Legal experts have been advocating for years the need to criminalise match-fixing in India, the lack of which has meant that the hands of authorities have been tied when it comes to investigating corruption in the popular sport.
Aman Yadav, Sadar ACP, confirmed the development and said that the FIR has been registered under sections 3 and 4 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act 2002 and 120 B, 406, 463, 467, 468, 471, Prevention of Corruption Act 11, 13(2) and 13 (1)D in the Sadar police station.
Israel's longest-serving Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces the ignominy of becoming the first sitting premier of the country to go on trial for corruption on Sunday, days after he returned to power following months of political deadlock.
Pakistan's anti-graft agency has approved the filing of two additional corruption cases against former prime minister Nawaz Sharif in the accountability court. The National Accountability Bureau's (NAB) regional board, under the chairmanship of its Director General Shahzad Saleem, convened on Friday.
Shafaq accepted four charges relating to breach of the ACB Anti-Corruption Code during the inaugural edition of the Afghanistan Premier League T20 in 2018 and the 2019 edition of the BPL.
Umar Akmal was handed a three-year international ban by the Pakistan Cricket Board for failing to inform corrupt approaches ahead of this year's Pakistan Super League.
Pakistan batsman Umar Akmal has been banned for three years from all forms of cricket on corruption charges.
Pakistan's anti-graft body has issued an arrest warrant against embattled former prime minister Nawaz Sharif in a 34-year-old land related corruption case. The 70-year-old supremo of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, is currently in London for medical treatment.
Former Jharkhand minister Anosh Ekka was on Thursday sentenced to seven years' rigorous imprisonment and slapped with a fine of Rs 2 crore by a special court in Ranchi in a money laundering offence, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) said.
Steve Richardson recalled how the people injured were being sent to hospitals in rickshaws and cars and whatever transport was available at that point of time.
The BCCI Anti-Corruption Unit chief Ajit Singh has ensured that the Indian players are aware about online corrupt approaches during this time.
ICC ACU Chief Alex Marshall insists the lull in the cricketing activity does not necessarily mean a drop in fixing approaches.
The statement by the federation noted an independent investigation is ongoing into the allegations made by German broadcaster ARD in a report in January.
The judge will now issue sanctions against Akmal which could range from a six-month suspension to a lifetime ban.
Afridi feels that repeated cases of Pakistan players either being approached by bookies or them failing to report approaches is due to the failure of the Pakistan Cricket Board to set strong examples.
Umar Akmal last appearance came in last October during a home T20 series against Sri Lanka and before that he also played in the March-April, 2019 one-day series against Australia in the UAE.
The Jammu and Kashmir government has set up an economic offences wing in the Anti-Corruption Bureau to be headquartered in Jammu, officials said.
A special court for CBI cases here on Thursday sentenced a Railway Protection Force's (RPF) sub-inspector to three years' imprisonment for accepting a bribe for Rs 4,500 in 2013. Special judge A S Sayyad convicted Laxman Kushwah, the accused, under the Prevention of Corruption Act.
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