Matchfixing
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South Africa bowler Tsotsobe investigated in fixing case: Report
Cricket | Feb 25, 2016, 06:44 PM ISTJohannesburg: South Africa fast bowler Lonwabo Tsotsobe is reportedly under investigation in a match-fixing case that has already seen one of the country's former international players banned for 20 years.Tsotsobe told the Wisden India website
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Dinesh Mongia was in ICL match-fixing gang: Lou Vincent
Cricket | Oct 12, 2015, 10:03 PM ISTLondon: Tainted New Zealand cricketer Lou Vincent on Monday told a London courtroom that former Indian cricketer Dinesh Mongia was one of the key members of a "Gang of four" that fixed matches during the
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BCCI explores options to retain eight-team IPL
Cricket | Jul 15, 2015, 04:57 PM ISTNew Delhi: Stung by the suspension of Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals from the IPL, the BCCI's top officials are now working out a contingency plan to ensure that the high-profile league remains an
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Shilpa Shetty-Raj Kundra love story (see rare pics)
Bollywood | Jul 14, 2015, 02:14 PM ISTNew Delhi: The beautiful Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty and her businessman husband Raj Kundra are one of the power couples of Bollywood.Shilpa married London based businessman on November 22, 2009. The couple will complete 6
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I approached Pravin Tambe for coaching thing: Hiken defends himself
Cricket | Jul 13, 2015, 08:02 PM ISTNew Delhi: Mumbai Ranji cricketer Hiken Shah today said he is “shocked” after the BCCI found him guilty of making a “corrupt approach” to a fellow player and said that he had approached Pravin Tambe
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Match fixer's Indian-origin accomplice jailed for 34 months
Football | Jun 24, 2015, 12:37 PM ISTSingapore: A 36-year-old Indian-origin Singaporean, who was an accomplice of notorious football match-fixer Wilson Raj, has been jailed for nearly three years for passport fraud and harbouring a criminal.Raja Morgan Chelliah admitted last month to
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Former Premier League player guilty in match-fixing plot
Football | Apr 29, 2015, 09:12 PM ISTBirmingham, England: A former Premier League player was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in jail on Wednesday after being convicted of plotting to bribe lower-league players to fix matches in England.Delroy Facey, who played as a
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El Salvador soccer players acquitted in match-fixing case
Football | Mar 28, 2015, 06:26 AM ISTSan Salvador, El Salvador: Eleven soccer players and two foreign businesspeople accused of match-fixing involving El Salvador's national team were acquitted of criminal charges Friday.Prosecutors had accused the defendants of money laundering, cover-up and illegal
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World Cup 2015: Indian bookies top ICC watchlist
Cricket | Feb 14, 2015, 09:35 AM ISTNew Delhi: While the 11th edition of Cricket World Cup kicks off on Saturday, the shadow of corruption and match fixing is chasing the quadrennial event.The Anti-Corruption and Security Unit (ACSU) of International Cricket Council
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World Cup 2015: ICC is aware of match fixers, says Dave Richardson
Cricket | Feb 11, 2015, 12:22 PM ISTNew Delhi: The International Cricket Council CEO Dave Richardson today said that the governing body is aware of who the match fixers are who travel across the world trying to influence players, umpires and groundsmen.He,
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World Cup players warned of match fixing menace
Cricket | Feb 07, 2015, 06:40 AM ISTSydney: The head of cricket's anti-corruption unit has likened match fixers to pedophiles in the way they groom their victims.Speaking to reporters about match fixers on Friday, ahead of next week's start of the cricket
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Japan football fires national coach Javier Aguirre
Football | Feb 03, 2015, 03:17 PM ISTTokyo: Japan coach Javier Aguirre was fired on Tuesday over concerns that allegations of his involvement in match-fixing will interfere with qualifying for the 2018 World Cup.Aguirre agreed it was unavoidable, Japan Football Association president
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IPL verdict: SC bars Srinivasan from contesting BCCI polls; Meiyappan, Kundra charged of betting
Cricket | Jan 22, 2015, 04:19 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Supreme Court On Thursday barred N Srinivasan from contesting BCCI polls and observed that his son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan and Rajasthan Royals franchise co-owner Raj Kundra are involved in betting.The court while announcing
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No evidence of match-fixing by BCCI officials in IPL: Mumbai police
Cricket | Jan 20, 2015, 07:47 AM ISTMumbai: The Mumbai police told a court here on Monday that they had not found any evidence of match-fixing against top BCCI officials with regard to IPL in 2013."We have found no evidence of match-fixing
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Kiwi players warned of 'honey traps' during World Cup
Cricket | Jan 11, 2015, 06:26 PM ISTWellington: New Zealand cricketers are at risk of "honey traps" laid during the forthcoming World Cup by sophisticated match fixing syndicates, betting chiefs.Weeks before the World Cup, Cricket Players Association chief executive Heath Mills said
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NZ law assigns prison sentences for match fixing
Cricket | Dec 04, 2014, 03:39 PM ISTWellington, New Zealand: New Zealand lawmakers have unanimously passed a bill which will give police increased powers to tackle match-fixing ahead of next year's Cricket World Cup.The bill passed this week will become law before
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What really gives pain to Pakistani cricketers more than the game?
Cricket | Nov 05, 2014, 07:29 PM ISTCricket is a religion in our country and if you happen to be one of the followers than this is a must watch for you.We can still recall Inzamam-ul-haq's responses post matches to commentators, which
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Amnesty for players who report match-fixing
Cricket | Oct 20, 2014, 12:57 PM ISTMelbourne, Australia: Cricket Australia said Monday it will provide an amnesty period for its players to report potential corruption-related or past match-fixing cases ahead of the 2015 World Cup it will co-host with New Zealand.
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Chris Cairns formally charged with perjury in match fixing
Cricket | Sep 26, 2014, 09:56 AM ISTLondon: Former New Zealand cricketer Chris Cairns will appear in court next week to face one count of perjury linked to a libel action he brought in the UK in 2012.Cairns won £90,000 in damages
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High-profile cricketers to give evidence in Chris Cairns perjury charge
Cricket | Sep 16, 2014, 02:27 PM ISTLondon: An array of high-profile international cricketers — including disgraced former New Zealand batsman Lou Vincent — will be called to a London court next year to give evidence in the Chris Cairns perjury case.Cairns