BCCI withdraws Yusuf Pathan's NOC for participating in Hong Kong T20 Blitz
Fpsports • 8 years agoYusuf Pathan's hopes of being the first Indian male cricketer to play for an overseas franchise-based T20 league looked to be over with BCCI going back on the approval it granted only a few days back.
Lalit Modi drops $3.3m civil case against Kiwi all-rounder Chris Cairns
Fp Archives • 9 years agoFormer IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi has decided to drop a USD 3.3 million civil law suit against Chris Cairns in the match-fixing scandal, a major reprieve for the New Zealand all-rounder who was recently cleared of any wrongdoing in a perjury trial.
'Unpleasant and incredibly difficult': Relieved NZ cricket board says no winners in Chris Cairns trial
Fp Archives • 9 years agoPerjury charges were cleared against Cairns after he sued Indian Premier League chairman Lalit Modi for libel in 2012 over a 2010 tweet in which the administrator accused him of match-fixing.
'It's been hell': Chris Cairns cleared of perjury charges over match-fixing
Fp Archives • 9 years agoCairns repeatedly denied he was ever involved in match-fixing as he defended himself during the trial.
Jury retires in Chris Cairns perjury trial
Fp Archives • 9 years agoJurors in the London perjury trial of former New Zealand cricket captain Chris Cairns retired to consider their verdicts on Tuesday.
Perjury accused Chris Cairns threatened Vincent for scoring too many runs, court hears
Fp Archives • 9 years agoFormer New Zealand captain Chris Cairns lied under oath that he never fixed cricket matches and once threatened a teammate with a bat for scoring too many runs, a perjury trial heard.
Pakistan players involved in ICL question credibility of Essel Group
Fp Archives • 10 years ago"The fact of the matter is that till today the Essel Group which was behind the ICL owes Pakistan players and officials around two million dollars," one player told PTI.
Who wants an IPL motivated by greed and revenge?
Tom Alter • 13 years agoI can hear you saying that entire nations; entire empires; entire eras — have been built on greed and revenge. I will agree — and that is the sadness in the IPL.
Match-fixing sting: should IPL do away with spending cap?
Fp Staff • 13 years agoAre teams paying players salaries that are in violation of the IPL restrictions and is it the poor deal that players are getting that drives them towards match fixing?
Court orders Lalit Modi to pay £90,000 to Chris Cairns
Fp Staff • 13 years agoA London court ordered the former IPL commissioner to pay damages for his tweet alleging that the former New Zealand cricketer was involved in match fixing.