Match-fixing : ICC suspends Pakistan’s Butt, Asif, Aamer
LONDON: Cricket’s world governing body charged three Pakistan stars accused in a betting scam with anti-corruption offences and provisionally suspended them Thursday, as the trio protested their innocence. The International Cricket Council (ICC) said Test captain Salman Butt and bowlers Mohammad Aamer and Mohammad Asif were barred from taking part in all cricket matches with [...]
Delay is the way India prepares: Australian CWG chief
Melbourne: The world should not be worried about Indian organisers’ race against time to complete venues for the Commonwealth Games as delays are part of Indian way of preparations, Australia’s Commonwealth Games chef de mission Steve Moneghetti said on Thursday. The overlays work is yet to complete at many venues as heavy monsoon rains played [...]
Tipsarevic ousts Roddick from US Open
NEW YORK: US ninth seed Andy Roddick made a shocking second-round exit from the US Open on Wednesday with Serbia’s 44th-ranked Janko Tipsarevic firing 66 winners in a 3-6, 7-5, 6-3, 7-6 (7/4) victory. Roddick, whose lone Grand Slam title at the 2003 US Open was the most recent Slam crown won by an American, [...]
Pak match-fixing scandal: Handed over ‘proof’ of Asif’s corruption, says Veena Malik
Lahore: 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. Hasan Raza, who is a top official of the ICC’s Anti-Corruption Unit for South Asia, met Malik at her residence in Lahore on Wednesday evening after she [...]
Pak match-fixing scandal: Butt, Asif, Amir to face Pak Cricket Board today
New Delhi: 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 [...]
Federer breezes at US Open as Soderling struggles on
NEW YORK: Roger Federer coasted into the second round of the US Open on Monday while the highest-ranked obstacle in his path to the semifinals, Robin Soderling, struggled against a Grand Slam debutante. World number two Federer, seeking his 17th Grand Slam title and seventh consecutive trip to the US Open final, defeated Argentina’s 96th-ranked [...]
No links to ‘fixer’ Majeed, says Younis
Karachi: Former captain Younis Khan has sent a legal notice to British tabloid ‘News of the World’, which claimed in a report that he like 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 [...]
Pak match-fixing scandal: ICC wants tainted players dropped
New Delhi: 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. Reports say that ICC President Sharad Pawar talked to PCB President Ijaz Butt and urged him to take strict [...]
