Spotfixing

Pepsi notice blames the BCCI for 'breach of contract', says Board didn't act against 'sporting frauds'

The BCCI said on Friday it will address the concerns raised by Pepsi, the title sponsor of its flagship tournament, the Indian Premier League (IPL) but Pepsi is not amused. It's notice to the Board, laid bare by The Indian Express, has a tone that is sharp and unambiguous.

Yorker! Pepsi sends notice to BCCI, wants to get out of Rs 396 cr IPL title sponsorship

Beverage giant PepsiCo has sent a notice to the Indian cricket board expressing its intention to withdraw from the IPL as title sponsor because of the controversy surrounding the spot-fixing case, reports The Indian Express.

Shilpa Shetty and Raj Kundra's excellent IPL adventure

Shilpa Shetty has been waxing indignant about her trial by media. But celebrities who live in glass houses should not throw stones. The colourful love story of Shilpa Shetty and Raj Kundra is now media fodder like a real life pati, patni aur woh.

IPL spot-fixing probe: Delhi Police seeks CCTV footage from hotels

Police is also planning to seek permission for collecting voice samples of the players -- S Sreesanth, Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan -- arrested last Thursday from Mumbai along with 11 bookies.

Less shock, more sense: The fix cricket really needs

This is just the kind of setback that the IPL did not need but I don’t believe that it had a hand in creating it. Graft is deeply-rooted in sport, not just cricket, and needs a much-wider cleansing process than blaming it on the IPL.

IPL is a full blown mafia now, says Firstpost reader

What do Firstpost readers think of the spot-fixing mess? Here’s a selection of their thoughts.

Spot fixing: Mohammad Amir can appeal jail term

The Pakistani teenage fast bowler was sentenced earlier this month to six months in prison for bowling no-balls at prearranged times during a match at Lord's in August 2010.

Bookie Majeed pleads guilty in spot-fixing trial, accepts paying bribe to trio

Mazhar Majeed, who was at the centre of the spot-fixing case too pleaded guilty of charges of conspiracy to cheat and conspiracy to obtain and accept corrupt payments during the 2010 Lord's Test between Pakistan and England.

UK court verdicts will have 'no impact' on suspensions: ICC

The International Cricket Council said last night that the guilty verdicts handed down to two Pakistani cricketers in the spot-fixing case in England will "have no impact" on the length of the suspensions meted out to them at its own hearing in Doha early this year.