Tag: match fixing
‘Tsunami’ of match-fixing in lower-level tennis: review panel
WIMBLEDON: Lower-level tennis has a "tsunami"-like problem of match-fixing, according to a review panel set up to look into allegations of corruption in the...
Apples and oranges: Why Smith’s tampering is incomparable to Amir’s fixing
LAHORE: There have been some questionable observations made by the some of the Pakistani commentariat, which seem to have captured the imaginations of many of...
ICC suspends Zimbabwe official for 20 years for match fixing
HARARE: Rajan Nayar, a domestic cricket official in Zimbabwe, has been suspended from all cricketing activities for 20 years by the ICC for attempting to...
Zimbabwe cricket official gets 20-year ban for West Indies fix attempt
DUBAI: A former senior Zimbabwe cricket official has been suspended from the game for 20 years after he admitted trying to influence the result...
Spot-fixing allegations surface before Perth’s Ashes farewell
PERTH: A new spot fixing controversy has surfaced in Cricket, this time in the fields of Ashes, which has already seen great drama in the...
Bangladesh Premier League tackles illegal cricket betting with stadium raids
DHAKA: Bangladesh has launched a series of police raids to crack down on illegal betting in cricket stadiums that has gripped the country’s main...
Match-fixing was at its peak in 1996: Shoaib Akhtar
Former pacer Shoaib Akhtar claimed Tuesday (today) that match-fixing was at its rampant best in 1996 but himself refrained from getting involved in the...
Match-fixers deserve life ban but ready to face Amir: Cook
English skipper Alastair Cook said he wants all cricketers found guilty of match-fixing to be banned for life, but that he would be prepared...
Match-fixing concerns return as former player pleads guilty
Allegations of corruption in world tennis were reignited on Monday when a former Australian professional tennis player pleaded guilty to match-fixing just hours after...
‘Widespread’ match-fixing allegations hit tennis
Report claims Grand Slam winners involved
World tennis was rocked on Monday by allegations that the game’s authorities have failed to deal with widespread match-fixing,...
Waqar shrugs off match-fixing claims by English tabloid
Pakistan head coach Waqar Younis Friday brushed aside British tabloid claims of match-fixing against his team in their six-wicket defeat in the third one-day...
Match-fixing has taken toll on Pakistan cricket: Imran
Pakistan cricket legend Imran Khan lamented that the match-fixing scandal has robbed the country of two match winning bowlers Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Aamer....
13 face life-ban for Zimbabwe match-fixing
A Zimbabwean probe has recommended life bans for 13 national footballers and officials implicated in a 2009 match-fixing scam in Asia, according to a...
Phelps eyes 20th medal as China scandal star quits
Michael Phelps was targetting a 20th Olympic medal on Thursday while the Games' badminton match-fixing scandal prompted disgraced Chinese star Yu Yang to announce...
Asian fans turn to social media over fixing
Badminton fans across Asia took to social media on Thursday to express anger and embarrassment over the Olympic match-fixing scandal, with 3.7 million posts...
Eight disqualified over badminton fixing scam
Eight players involved in a match-fixing scandal at the Olympic badminton tournament have been disqualified, the Badminton World Federation (BWF) confirmed on Wednesday. But...
Fenerbahce president guilty of match-fixing
An Istanbul court sentenced Monday the president of top side Fenerbahce, Aziz Yildirim, to six years and three months in prison in its final...
