Mumbai: Mumbai police late Friday night arrested Gurunath Meiyappan, son-in-law of Indian cricket board chief N. Srinivasan, in the IPL spot fixing scam after three hours of intense interrogation, an official said. Questioned at the office of the Crime Branch, Meiyappan was confronted with the evidence against him and arrested around midnight. His name [...]
New Delhi: FICCI Friday called for regulating sports betting in India in the wake of the cricketing spot fixing scandal. Despite several attempts to ban it, betting is continuing in an underground way, the business lobby said in a statement. The middle way out “is it should be regulated in a way” to reduce this [...]
New Delhi:Blistering unbeaten knocks by David Hussey and Suresh Raina took two-time champions Chennai Super Kings to their fifth Indian Premier League (IPL) final in six seasons with a comprehensive 48-run win over Mumbai Indians in the first qualifier at the Ferozeshah Kotla here Tuesday. Hussey struck an unbeaten 86 off 58 balls, with the [...]
New Delhi: A Delhi court Tuesday extended by five days the police custody of cricketer S. Sreesanth, his Rajasthan Royals teammates Ankeet Chavan and Ajit Chandila and eight bookies for alleged spot-fixing in the ongoing IPL. Metropolitan Magistrate Saumya Chauhan granted police custody of the players and the bookies till May 26 when they were [...]
New Delhi: More and more sordid details of the spot fixing scandal came tumbling out Friday as the three arrested players, including S. Sreesanth, allegedly confessed to their crime and the involvement of underworld became quite evident. Even as police sources said they stumbled on the spot fixing racket after they recorded the phone calls [...]
New Delhi: The Mumbai underworld is involved in spot-fixing in Indian Premier League (IPL) matches in which Indian fast bowler S. Sreesanth and two of his Rajasthan Royals teammates were arrested, Delhi Police chief Neeraj Kumar Thursday said. “We had information that Mumbai underworld is indulging in match-fixing or spot-fixing and have contacted a number [...]
Mumbai: It was back to jail for Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt who Thursday surrendered before a special court to complete his prison term in the 1993 Mumbai bombings case, adding one more chapter in a life story that could rival one of his films. Curious crowds and scores of camera crews had gathered outside [...]
New Delhi/Mumbai: The cricketing world was again shamed Thursday as three Rajasthan Royals players, including India fast bowler S. Sreesanth, were arrested in Mumbai for their alleged involvement in spot-fixing in the Indian Premier League (IPL) that could well have its links with the Mumbai underworld. Besides the 30-year-old Sreesanth, who has featured in 27 [...]
Pune: Amit Mishra picked up four wickets in one over to take Sunrisers Hyderabad to a sensational win over Pune Warriors in the Indian Premier League here Wednesday. Mishra took all his scalps, including the hat-trick, in the 19th over of the Pune innings which ended at 108 — 11 runs short of Hyderabad’s 119 [...]
CIMA Canada has been awarded Americas ‘Best Junior Participation Initiative’ in recognition of the success of the CIMA Mayor’s School cricket tournament – CIBC Trophy, which is the flagship event of the CIMA Mayor’s Trophy. CIMA has previously received the Americas region award by the ICC in 2005 and both the Americas and the world [...]
