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Indians protest over cricket corruption scandal
Indian activists of Youth Bhagwan Valmiki Mahasangh Punjab hold photographs of Indian actor Vindu Dara Singh during a demonstration in Amritsar on May 21, 2013. Indian actor Vindu Dara Singh has been arrested by Mumbai police as part of the spot-fixing investigation of the IPL cricket tournament. (AFP/Getty ...
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Rajiv Rajendra novel about a fixed cricket league hits uncomfortably close to home
The reissue of Rajiv Rajendra's slim sports crime thriller arrives complete with a book publicist's eye for an opportunity. Chennai's Springboard imprint, which first published the book last year, has chosen to market Rajendra's fiction just as the 2013 Indian Premier League (IPL) season rumbles towards its troubled conclusion on May 26. ...
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Cricket and its exquisite sadness
Somewhere within it, cricket has a deep, maybe unending, payload of sadness. It's there in its history, in its psychology and perhaps more than that, it's part of what the game actually is.By sadness, I don't mean melancholy or unhappiness: they are something different. It's not about tragedy, although the game has had its share of those. Rather, it's an emotion that ...
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Father of Afghanistan cricket captain abducted near his home
KABUL - Gunmen kidnapped the father of Afghanistan's national cricket team captain near his home in an eastern city, officials said Thursday. There has been no ransom demand since Mohammad Nabi's 60-year-old father Khobi Khan was abducted from his car in the city of Jalalabad, cricket board president Shazada Masoud said. Police are searching for Khan, but there have been no leads or ...
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Indias sports bill draft to be ready by June 30 says minister
alleged spot-fixing in the IPL, has said the sports bill that is currently being drafted should be ready in full by June 30. Speaking to television channel CNN IBN, Singh said: "I feel it's very important for a very strict law, that processes are implemented not only in cricket but in other sports also. Cricket has just been exposed, but there might be things happening in other sports ...
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IPL Cricket 2013 Rajasthan to meet Mumbai for final against Chennai
Cricket News: IPL Cricket 2013: Rajasthan Royals will meet Mumbai Indians in the Qualifier 2 for a place in the final against Chennai Super ...
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20 great Ashes moments No8 Allan Border no more Mr Nice Guy 1989
Allan Border was friendly with England captain David Gower during the losing 1985 tour but the Australian vowed to 'show the bastards' four years later. Photograph: Adrian ...
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Warner apologises after fine
David Warner has apologised for his Twitter outburst against two journalists, a rant that earned him a hefty fine.The Australia batsman had blasted News Limited cricket writers Robert Craddock and Malcolm Conn, after he took offence to an article by the former on the nightlife during the rich Indian Premier League tournament, which carried a picture of Warner. The opener, who was fined 5,750 ...
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Short form of cricket spoils youths players
The appeal towards cricket among youths has increased manifold since the inception of IPL and T-20 games. Such is the attraction that the interest among youths to become doctors and engineers has taken second place. However, the fatal part of this attraction is the match fixing and spot fixing incidents, which have recently come into ...
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Hodge thrilled with win after emotional week
"It was a close contest and that is exactly where you need your experience to get a team over the line," Hodge told the IPL site. "This is the most thrilling game I have ever played in the IPL. I have played for Kolkata Knight Riders and Kochi Tuskers Kerala in the past editions. This is the first time with Rajasthan Royals and I am delighted to win the game for the ...
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Is the whole IPL 6 fixed Two more cricket teams on police radar
In a startling revelation, sources in the Delhi Police have told Headlines Today that players of two more franchise are on their radar for IPL spot-fixing.The Delhi Police Special Cell says that they are gathering more credible evidence before they finally lay their hands on these players.The cops are getting crucial leads from the ongoing interrogation of three arrested players and ...
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Cricket Australia Bulls looking into Lynns tweets on Teo case
Brisbane 4000 Queensland batsman Chris Lynn could find himself in hot water after using Twitter to opine about assault allegations levelled against NRL player Ben Te'o.Te'o released a statement on Wednesday saying he had not "acted improperly" after a Brisbane woman said she was left bleeding and abandoned with a fractured eye socket from an alleged assault by the South ...
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One on One Brad Haddin
We caught up for a quick chat with Australian vice captain Brad Haddin to discover how many NRL apps he's downloaded and why he's hell bent on re-claiming that little urn of Ashes in England.AL: The important question first: How do you plan to keep up with the NRL while you're away?BH: (Laughs) That is important! Online. I won't miss my Raiders games while I'm away. ...
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David Warner fined for Twitter comments
Australia batsman David Warner has been hit with the maximum fine available after pleading guilty to breaching the Cricket Australia code of ...
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County Championship round-up Graham Napier hits fifth half-century in nine innings
Graham Napier will always be best known for his extraordinary ability to hit the ball out of the ground - he has twice struck 16 sixes in an innings, in a Championship match as well as his then world record Twenty20 innings against Sussex in 2008 - but those monstrous feats naturally did not happen every week. Nowadays, he is more of a little-and-often contributor for Essex by comparison. ...
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England v New Zealand We will try to win it with words says Neil Wagner
There will be a barrage of invective, insults and possibly innuendo from New Zealand. The way that Neil Wagner, the tourists' left-arm swing bowler, described it, it sounds like huge fun - and if they should manage to get under England's skin before the Ashes then so be it.In a candid assessment of his team's intentions Wagner outlined his approach to each of the opposition ...
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Joe Root remains grounded as dream of Yorkshire Test hits home
Two Yorkshiremen will be making their first Test appearance on their home ground tomorrow. Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow are viewed by many as the future of England's batting and this match will be a significant step for ...
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Phil Mustard shows strength to slow early leaders Middlesex
Phil Mustard's half-century held together a Durham innings that had threatened to subside feebly enough to gloss over some shortcomings in Middlesex's catching after the First Division leaders had backed their bowlers to repeat last season's first-day gains on this ...
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Carberry form too hot for Lancashire
Michael Carberry continued his excellent form in the Yorkshire Bank 40 as holders Hampshire extended their lead at the top of Group B with a nine-wicket victory against Lancashire at the Ageas Bowl. Carberry finished on his career-best one-day score of 150 not out as Hampshire chased down a target of 245 with six overs to spare. The opening batsman, who hit 96 against Durham last Sunday, ...
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Durham 259 Middlesex 11-2 | County Championship Division One match report
Durham's Phil Mustard reached his half-century with a disciplined display against Middlesex in the Division One match. Photograph: Stu Forster/Getty ...
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Kent make encouraging start
LV County Championship - Division OneCanterbury - Day FourKent 327 (M J Walker 142) & 419-6 dec (R W T Key 182, M J Walker 157) v Lancashire 317 (G Chapple 88, S G Law 66, M J Chilton 53, M J Saggers 5-43) & 208-3 (P J Horton 69, S J Croft 59 no)Kent (10pts) drew with Lancashire (10pts) Lancashire were left frustrated as Kent did enough in their second innings to claim a share of the ...
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Glamorgans Jim Allenby makes hay before Leicestershire collapse
Joshua Cobb top-scored with 29 as Leicestershire were dismissed for 142 by Glamorgan in a County Championship Division Two game. Photograph: Harry Engels/Getty ...
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Afghan cricket captains dad abducted
UNKNOWN gunmen have dragged the father of Afghanistan's cricket captain from his car on the outskirts of Jalalabad city and have taken him hostage, officials ...
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North fires for Glamorgan
Marcus North and Murray Goodwin hit half centuries as Glamorgan enjoyed the better of the first day's play against Leicestershire in their LV= County Championship Division Two game at Grace Road.Put into bat on a damp, cloudy morning, Glamorgan reached 256-5 before bad light brought an early end to the day with 5.2 overs remaining. North scored 68 and Goodwin 57 to turn things round for ...
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Mumbai hopeful of Tendulkar recovery
Sachin Tendulkar's participation in the second qualifier on May 24, despite the batsman suffering a wrist injury for which the normal recovery time is around three ...
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Mumbai as a city must look to a progressive future
Homosexuality was only decriminalised last year in India, so it is natural that some old ways of thinking will linger, but the recent discrimination against a transgender individual in the city is an ugly reminder of the work yet to be done.
Mumbai is a massive city of over 11 million people, it is the capital of the world’s largest democracy, and is home to a cosmopolitan mix of people from all over the country and the world. Yet some in Mumbai remain, in many ways, social backward in many of their views toward traditional taboo issues such as homosexuality, bisexuality, transgender and cross-dressing. Read more
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