Rajasthan Royals speak out over IPL 2025 match-fixing row
- 22-Apr-2025
The Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 has faced controversy after the Rajasthan Royals were linked to match-fixing allegations. The Rajasthan Royals team called the accusations “misleading” and said they have damaged their reputation. According to Zee News, the controversy began after Jaydeep Bihani, a member of the Rajasthan Cricket Association’s (RCA) ad-hoc committee and a […]
Indian team owner arrested in Lanka T10 Super League for match-fixing
- 13-Dec-2024
COLOMBO: Sri Lankan police have arrested an Indian-origin team owner of the Lanka T10 Super League on match-fixing charges. The suspect has been identified as Prem Thakkur, owner of team Galle Marvels. Police produced the accused before a court in the capital Colombo, requesting his physical remand. The magistrate handed Thakkur over to police on […]
Former Sri Lanka spinner Sachithra Senanayake arrested on match-fixing allegations
- 06-Sep-2023
Sachithra Senanayake is accused of influencing two Lanka Premier League (2023) players to fix matches in 2020.
Zimbabwe’s Brendan Taylor reveals he took $15,000 bribe to fix matches
- 24-Jan-2022
Former Zimbabwe cricket captain Brendan Taylor revealed Monday in a tweet he took cocaine, a $15,000 bribe from an Indian businessman to fix matches and that he faces a multiple-year ban from international cricket. “The ICC (International Cricket Council) are taking the decision to impose a multi-year ban on my international cricketing career,” tweeted the […]
Corruption only leads to pain, humiliation, says Nasir Jamshed’s wife
- 08-Feb-2020
"I am a doctor, cricketers make more money than us, don't get the need of indulging in corruption," said jailed cricketers wife in the emotional piece.
Sri Lanka plans tougher laws against match fixing
- 07-Jun-2018
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka will enact tougher laws and create a special police unit to deal with match-fixing following a TV documentary exposing global corruption in cricket, the sports minister said Thursday. Faiszer Musthapha said existing laws were inadequate to deal with match-fixing and other forms of cheating exposed in the Al Jazeera documentary. The minister […]
2011 World Cup Indian team member under focus in match-fixing probe: report
- 07-Apr-2018
NEW DELHI: A member of India’s 2011 World Cup-winning squad is being summoned for questioning to investigate for possible links in a match-fixing scandal relating to the domestic T20 tournament in Jaipur last July. Rajputana Premier League (RPL) had come under the scrutiny of BCCI’s Anti-corruption Security Unit (ASCU) last year causing an investigation led […]
Malaysian badminton pair probed for match-fixing
- 14-Feb-2018
KUALA LAMPUR: Two Malaysian badminton players are being investigated for suspected match-fixing by the sport’s governing body and could be banned for life if found guilty, a sports official said Wednesday. The Badminton World Federation (BWF) is probing the pair over alleged fixing that happened about two years ago, said Norza Zakaria, president of the […]
ICC, cricket chiefs find no evidence of Ashes match-fixing
- 09-Feb-2018
DUBAI: International cricket chiefs said on Thursday they have found no evidence of match-fixing during the third Ashes Test between Australia and England following an investigation into allegations made by a British newspaper. The Sun said two bookmakers, including an Indian “Mr Big”, had offered to sell it details of rigged periods of play in […]
Sri Lanka cricket cleared of corruption, board says
- 09-Jan-2018
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka Cricket said on Tuesday the sport’s global governing body had found no evidence of wrongdoing following allegations of match-fixing and other forms of corruption. The board said the International Cricket Council had failed to uncover evidence of graft during an investigation into explosive accusations levelled by former Sri Lankan players. SLC chief […]