BCCI ties up with Maharashtra Police to fight corruption

Shashank Manohar, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president, who has long-advocated involving central and state security agencies to probe corruption in Indian cricket, has urged Devendra Fadnavis, the Maharashtra chief minister, to set up a sports integrity Intelligence Gathering Unit (IGU) under the joint aegis of the cricket Board and Maharashtra Police. Manohar, who met Fadnavis […]

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Shakib handed one-match suspension

Shakib Al Hasan, the captain of the Rangpur Riders franchise in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), has been handed a one-match suspension and fined 20,000 Taka for breaching Bangladesh Cricket Board’s (BCB) code of conduct during the league encounter against Sylhet Super Stars on Thusday (November 26). Shakib was found breaching levels one and two of the player’s code. He […]

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Kamal Haasan, Chiranjeevi to attend IIFA Utsavam 2015

Popular southern stars Kamal Haasan, Chiranjeevi and Akkineni Nagarjuna among others will attend the first edition of IIFA Utsavam, which will focus on the four southern film industries — Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam. Set to take place here on December 4-6, the event will witness the biggest conglomeration of southern stars. In an official statement, the organisers have confirmed […]

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Sharif for talks with India without preconditions: Geo News

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has indicated that Pakistan is ready for a dialogue with India without pre-conditions for sustainable peace, according to Pakistani TV channel Geo News. Mr. Sharif is said to have given this indication during a meeting with his British counterpart David Cameron on the sidelines of Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) here on Friday. The channel […]

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