Pak Match-fixing Scandal

Pak Govt. to take severe action against cricketers involved in match-fixing scandal, Sports Minister Jakhrani said while addressing National Assembly.

ICC Chief Executive Haroon Lorgat has said that there is enough clinching evidence to charge the three Pakistani cricketers.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has provisionally suspended and charged three tainted Pakistan players under its anti-corruption code in the wake of the match-fixing scandal during the team's tour of England.(Watch: Did Pakistan fix these matches? | Pak players caught on tape)A statement issued by the ICC confirmed that Salman Butt, Mohamma...

A report published in the Sydney Morning Herald on Tuesday morning suggested that two Australian cricketers, Shane Watson and Brad Haddin, were approached by an Indian bookie, a suspected Indian gangster with links to illegal bookmakers. This allegedly happened during Australia's tour of England last year and then the T20 World Cup.The newsp...

Pakistani cricketer Mohammad Asif's ex-girlfriend, actress-model Veena Malik, has handed over "proof" of his alleged links with Indian bookies to an official of the ICC's Anti-Corruption Unit. (Match-fixing: The Veena Malik story) | (Pics)Hasan Raza, who is a top official of the ICC's Anti-Corruption Unit for South Asia, met Malik at her residence ...

The three Pakistani cricketers accused of the no-ball conspiracy maintain they're innocent, said the Pakistan High Commissioner in London, Wajad S Hasan. Indicating that he believes them, he added that the three men have voluntarily dropped out of the one-day series against England."We are extremely disturbed with what has happened in the past one ...

A senior official of ICC's ACSU has reached Pakistan in connection with the ongoing investigations into allegations of 'spot-fixing'.

After Brad Haddin and Shane Watson, two more Australian cricketers have alleged that they were approached by the match fixer during Australia's tour to England last year. According to a report issued by Cricket Australia, Brett Lee and Mitchell Johnson were also approached by the same Indian gangster who had earlier tried to lure Haddin and Wa...

Pakistani captain Salman Butt and fast-pacers Mohammed Asif and Mohammed Amir will face their cricket board's internal inquiry today at the Pakistan High Commission in London. The three players were pulled out of practice in Taunton on Tuesday and asked to report to London to be questioned by Scotland Yard investigators for a second time in connect...

While Pakistan is playing a friendly match against Somerset on Thursday, its three cricketers accused of spot-fixing will be otherwise occupied.

The substantial charges of corruption against members of the Pakistani cricket team have become a national embarrassment and crisis. Pakistan's Interior Minister, Rehman Malik, is personally supervising an inquiry into allegations that players collaborated actively and frequently with middlemen on details of play - like when to bowl a no-ball - dur...

Former captain Younis Khan has sent a legal notice to British tabloid 'News of the World', which claimed in a report that he like several Pakistani cricketers had signed Mazhar and Azhar Majeed as his agents in the United Kingdom.Reliable sources close to Younis told PTI, that Younis instructed his lawyer Ahmed Qayyum to issue the notice to the tab...

The alleged bookmaker named by Pakistani pacer Mohammad Asif's former girlfriend, Veena Malik, has denied having any role in the latest match-fixing scandal.Veena, a popular Pakistani actress, had claimed on Monday that she has proof of Asif's involvement in spot-fixing and that he has been in touch with bookmakers in the recent past.She had a much...

The world of cricket gets murkier. An Australian newspaper has now reported that players Shane Watson and Brad Haddin were approached by a suspected Indian gangster and both reported it to the authorities. A report published in the Sydney Morning Herald on Tuesday morning suggests that the two Australian cricketers, Watson and Haddin, were a...

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has reportedly asked the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to drop tainted players like Mohammad Aamir and Mohammad Asif from the team for the ODI and T20 series against England. (In Pics: Pakistan's endless 'fixing' saga)Reports say that ICC President Sharad Pawar talked to PCB President Ijaz Butt and urged him t...

Pak Govt. to take severe action against cricketers involved in match-fixing scandal, Sports Minister Jakhrani said while addressing National Assembly.

ICC Chief Executive Haroon Lorgat has said that there is enough clinching evidence to charge the three Pakistani cricketers.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has provisionally suspended and charged three tainted Pakistan players under its anti-corruption code in the wake of the match-fixing scandal during the team's tour of England.(Watch: Did Pakistan fix these matches? | Pak players caught on tape)A statement issued by the ICC confirmed that Salman Butt, Mohamma...

A report published in the Sydney Morning Herald on Tuesday morning suggested that two Australian cricketers, Shane Watson and Brad Haddin, were approached by an Indian bookie, a suspected Indian gangster with links to illegal bookmakers. This allegedly happened during Australia's tour of England last year and then the T20 World Cup.The newsp...

Pakistani cricketer Mohammad Asif's ex-girlfriend, actress-model Veena Malik, has handed over "proof" of his alleged links with Indian bookies to an official of the ICC's Anti-Corruption Unit. (Match-fixing: The Veena Malik story) | (Pics)Hasan Raza, who is a top official of the ICC's Anti-Corruption Unit for South Asia, met Malik at her residence ...

The three Pakistani cricketers accused of the no-ball conspiracy maintain they're innocent, said the Pakistan High Commissioner in London, Wajad S Hasan. Indicating that he believes them, he added that the three men have voluntarily dropped out of the one-day series against England."We are extremely disturbed with what has happened in the past one ...

A senior official of ICC's ACSU has reached Pakistan in connection with the ongoing investigations into allegations of 'spot-fixing'.

After Brad Haddin and Shane Watson, two more Australian cricketers have alleged that they were approached by the match fixer during Australia's tour to England last year. According to a report issued by Cricket Australia, Brett Lee and Mitchell Johnson were also approached by the same Indian gangster who had earlier tried to lure Haddin and Wa...

Pakistani captain Salman Butt and fast-pacers Mohammed Asif and Mohammed Amir will face their cricket board's internal inquiry today at the Pakistan High Commission in London. The three players were pulled out of practice in Taunton on Tuesday and asked to report to London to be questioned by Scotland Yard investigators for a second time in connect...

While Pakistan is playing a friendly match against Somerset on Thursday, its three cricketers accused of spot-fixing will be otherwise occupied.

The substantial charges of corruption against members of the Pakistani cricket team have become a national embarrassment and crisis. Pakistan's Interior Minister, Rehman Malik, is personally supervising an inquiry into allegations that players collaborated actively and frequently with middlemen on details of play - like when to bowl a no-ball - dur...

Former captain Younis Khan has sent a legal notice to British tabloid 'News of the World', which claimed in a report that he like several Pakistani cricketers had signed Mazhar and Azhar Majeed as his agents in the United Kingdom.Reliable sources close to Younis told PTI, that Younis instructed his lawyer Ahmed Qayyum to issue the notice to the tab...

The alleged bookmaker named by Pakistani pacer Mohammad Asif's former girlfriend, Veena Malik, has denied having any role in the latest match-fixing scandal.Veena, a popular Pakistani actress, had claimed on Monday that she has proof of Asif's involvement in spot-fixing and that he has been in touch with bookmakers in the recent past.She had a much...

The world of cricket gets murkier. An Australian newspaper has now reported that players Shane Watson and Brad Haddin were approached by a suspected Indian gangster and both reported it to the authorities. A report published in the Sydney Morning Herald on Tuesday morning suggests that the two Australian cricketers, Watson and Haddin, were a...

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has reportedly asked the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to drop tainted players like Mohammad Aamir and Mohammad Asif from the team for the ODI and T20 series against England. (In Pics: Pakistan's endless 'fixing' saga)Reports say that ICC President Sharad Pawar talked to PCB President Ijaz Butt and urged him t...