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The Mumbai police have outlined how Pakistan umpire Asad Rauf, who was listed as a "wanted accused" in the chargesheet on the IPL betting scandal, was allegedly given gifts by bookies, passed on match-related information to them, and placed bets on matches himself while officiating in the tournament. The police made their case on the evidence of transcripts of recorded phone conversations that

Jaipur, Sep 22: Rajasthan Royals began their Champions League Twenty20 campaign in superb fashion as they thrashed defending champions Mumbai Indians by seven wickets in their Group A match, here on Saturday. It was good all-round show by the hosts as they first restricted the visitors to 142 for seven, using helpful conditions well, and then comfortably overhauled the target with two balls to

Mumbai, Sep 21: Gurunath Meiyappan, former owner of Chennai Super Kings, was today chargesheeted along with actor Vindoo Dara Singh and 20 others by Mumbai police in the IPL betting case for forgery, cheating and criminal conspiracy, four months after the scandal rocked the cricketing world. Pakistani umpire Asad Rauf and 15 alleged bookies from that country have been named as wanted accused in

Jaipur, Sep 21: Desperate to exorcise the ghosts of the spot-fixing scandal, Rajasthan Royals will look to start afresh as they face the daunting prospect of running into IPL-6 winners Mumbai Indians in the inaugural group stage match of the Champions League T20 here on Saturday. The fact that the tournament will be the last in the shorter formats for veteran Sachin Tendulkar, who will be pitted

Bangalore, Sep 21: Having made a statement with the bat in the just-concluded India 'A' series here, Yuvraj Singh today said that he hoped to get picked in the ODI team. "I had a fantastic tournament here (Bangalore). Hopefully it will change things for me," he told reporters at the launch of cancer detection month by 'YouWeCan' and Indian Cancer Society here. "I am not here to talk about my

Kolkata: Sept 20: Former India captain Sourav Ganguly and tennis ace Leander Paes will be conferred Lifetime Achievement Awards, while successful football coach Subhas Bhowmick will be given 'Guru Ratna' by the state goverment at a function here on September 28. Reacting to the news, Ganguly said: "I really feel proud to hear this. It's a massive achievement." Excited to meet Paes who recently won

London, Sep 19: Wayne Rooney spoke of his pride after becoming only the fourth player to score 200 goals for Manchester United. The 27-year-old striker reached the milestone in United's 4-2 win over Bayer Leverkusen in the Champions League on Tuesday, when he scored twice and also laid on a goal for Antonio Valencia. Rooney joins Bobby Charlton (249), Denis Law (237) and Jack Rowley (211) in

New Delhi, Sep 18: The Indian Cricket Board (BCCI) today denied reports that chief selector Sandeep Patil has told veteran batsman Sachin Tendulkar to consider his future after playing his 200th Test during the two-match series against the West Indies in November. "There is no truth in the report. We have spoken to both Tendulkar and Patil, no such conversation ever took place," senior Board

Budapest, Sep 18: India's impressive show at the World Wrestling Championships continued as Bajrang bagged a bronze medal in the 60kg freestyle category with an overwhelming 9-2 win over Mangolia's Nyam-Ochir Enkhsaikhan, here on Tuesday. Amit Kumar had won a silver yesterday and it is first time that India have won two medals in the men's events at the World Championships level. It was Nyam-Ochir

Karachi, Sep 17: Pakistan's former captain Salim Malik, who is serving a life ban for match-fixing, has come out of hibernation to slam the current national team by comparing it to the Indian side of the '90s which, according to him, "didn't play as a unit". Malik, who has rarely made any media appearances or statements since the Justice Qayyum inquiry commission recommended a life ban on him in