English football player Wayne Rooney's father was today arrested in an investigation into a betting scandal in Scottish football. Wayne Snr, 48, was arrested at his home in the West Derby area of Liverpool. The Manchester United and England striker's uncle Richie, 54, was also arrested as a total ...

MUMBAI - Sri Lanka's another former captain, Arjuna Ranatunga may come forward to substantiate the match-fixing allegations made by his former team-mate, Hashan Tillakratne. "I am planning to hold the press conference in Sri Lanka next week and will reveal more details on this regard, he said ...

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has launched an investigation into the Friday's one-day international between England and Pakistan. The sport's governing body said Saturday that the decision was taken after the ICC received information from a British newspaper on the scoring pattern in the ...

Pakistan's embattled cricket team were embroiled in allegations of match-fixing on Sunday after British police arrested a man on suspicion of conspiracy to defraud bookmakers. The controversy erupted after the News of the World alleged some members of the Pakistan team were involved in a betting ...

JOHANNESBURG (Agencies) Retired South African cricket boss Dr Ali Bacher claims he was reprimanded at an ICC meeting for raising the issue of match-fixing in the 1990s. On the 10th anniversary of the revelations of match-fixing by the then South African captain Hansie Cronje, Bacher said there ...

LAHORE Essex police is to question Pakistan spinner Danish Kaneria over a cricket betting scandal. But the leggie Saturday rejected reports that he is under investigation over his involvement in a while playing for the English county side last year. British newspaper The Sun reported Saturday ...

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has provided match fixing proves to Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) against alleged involvement of wicket keeper Kamran Akmal and medium pacer Rana Naveed-ul Hasan. PCB chairman Ijaz Butt on Friday made the startling revelation that ICC had provided PCB with the ...

LAHORE Pakistan former captain Ramiz Raja backed Younus Khans decision to resign from the captaincy of the national team. In an interview with Calcutta Telegraph, Ramiz said: This team has been doing pretty well and the World T20 win, in particular, got the entire nation behind it. Im happy ...

Former cricket captain Inzamamul Haq said match-fixing allegations started emerging whenever Pakistan lost matches. Talking to media here, Inzamam has asked the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to taken strict action if any player found guilty otherwise unveils those who framed allegations. Former ...

LONDON (AFP) - Professional tennis players who lose matches on purpose or are involved in betting rackets should be banned for life, the nine-times Wimbledon singles champion Martina Navratilova said Sunday. British newspaper reports here said that tennis authorities are to announce a clampdown ...