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London, May 24: India should legalise betting to stamp out corruption in cricket, says former England captain Geoffrey Boycott who feels the menace of fixing, which has currently dented the IPL's reputation, emerges more frequently in the Asian countries. "The way to stop it altogether, except for the odd one -- but we're getting too many at the minute -- is this business of making betting legal

London, May 24: Former IPL commissioner Lalit Modi has been very critical of the way the league has been run by the BCCI and even called board president N Srinivasan a "monster" in one of his recent tweets. he talks about the current spot-fixing controversy, the Sahara pullout and much more. Excerpts: What does the Sahara development say about the BCCI and the manner in which it is being run? If

Chennai, May 23: CEO of Chennai Super Kings, Gurunath Meiyappan has been asked to appear tomorrow in Mumbai before Crime Branch police there in connection with the IPL betting scandal, police said today. Two Mumbai Crime Branch officials, who arrived here this morning to quiz Meyiyappan with whom arrested Bollywood actor Vindoo Randhawa was allegedly in touch, were also believed to have served

New Delhi, May 23: Sports Minister Jitendra Singh today said he has been forced to hang his head in shame due to the IPL spot-fixing scandal, which is becoming bigger and murkier with each passing day, insisting that a deterrent law could have prevented the credibility crisis that cricket is facing right now. "It is very shameful. As a young person, as a sports fan, as the Sports Minister of the

Mumbai, May 23: The investigation into the spot-fixing scandal took another turn on Wednesday, with the name of Chennai Super Kings’ (CSK) chief executive officer Gurunath Meiyappan, who also happens to be Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) chief N Srinivasan’s son-in-law, cropping up in reports from Mumbai Police’s investigation cells. While television channels were agog with

Bangalore, May 23: It seems that cricketer S. Sreesanth, arrested on charges of spot fixing last Thursday, was interested in betting many years before the IPL scandal broke out. S36 Sports and Entertainment Pvt. Ltd, the company in which he held 74 per cent stakes, had proposed running “betting houses” in India and abroad as one of the main objectives of the company. Incidentally, legal sports

New Delhi, May 23: It had been a crisis week for Rajasthan Royals. They seemed to be up against one more when Sunrisers Hyderabad fought back in the second innings to put themselves on course for victory. But Brad Hodge, the dangerous Australian, produced a doughty innings to cut short Hyderabad’s run in the Indian Premier League and give his team a four-wicket victory at the Feroz Shah Kotla

Mumbai, May 22: A relative of the owner of IPL franchise Chennai Super Kings with whom actor Vindoo Randhawa, arrested in connection with the spot-fixing scandal, was in frequent touch, is under the scanner of Mumbai Police, Crime Branch sources said today. "Vindoo made several calls to this relative of the Chennai IPL owner. We may call the person in question to ascertain the reasons why these

New Delhi, May 22: Chennai Super Kings might have come a cropper against Mumbai Indians in the league stages but the two-time champions showed their superiority by turning a high-profile encounter into a one-sided operation. Chennai’s 48-run victory on Tuesday night powered them to the Indian Premier League final, their fifth overall in the event. Their march to the final was fashioned by Michael

Mumbai, May 21: Bollywood actor Vindoo Randhawa, son of late wrestler-actor Dara Singh, was today arrested in connection with the IPL spot-fixing scandal, a Mumbai Crime Branch official said. "Vindoo was questioned after he was found to be in contact with the bookies and subsequently arrested today," the official told PTI without revealing further details. 49-year-old Vindoo, winner of reality