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Court issues notice to Sreesanth, Chavan

August 1, 2013

Sreesanth_ChavanNew Delhi, Aug 1: A city court on Wednesday issued notices to Rajasthan Royals' players Santhakumran Sreesanth, Ankeet Chavan and 19 others accused in the alleged spot-fixing of IPL matches following an application for cancellation of their bail.

It also extended the judicial custody of Rajasthan Royals spinner Ajit Chandila, Baburao Yadav and six others.

This was following the chargesheet filed by the special cell of the Delhi police that named underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, and the Dawood-Chota Shakeel syndicate as the main conspirators for controlling illegal betting and fixing in India.

The police had named 39 accused, including Dawood and Sreesanth and booked all of them under the provisions of Maharashtra Control of Organized Crime Act (MCOCA).

Additional sessions judge Renu Bhatnagar on Wednesday took cognizance of the chargesheet submitted by the Delhi Police.

Of the 39 accused, 10 including underworld don Dawood Ibrahim and his associates Chotta Shakeel, Javed Chutani, Salim are absconding. Twenty one including Sreesanth and Chavan are on bail, while eight including Chandila, Yadav are in custody.

According to the prosecution, since the chargesheet includes stringent provisions of MCOCA, which does not allow for bail, the June order granting bail to 21 accused is likely to be revoked.

The arguments for cancellation of bail is scheduled for August 19. Meanwhile, the prosecution shall advance arguments against granting of bail to the eight accused on August 7.

Rajiv Mohan, public prosecutor in the case told the court on Wednesday that the chargesheet brings fresh evidence to light including "close to 2000 text messages regarding betting, fixing and hawala transactions".

Mohan told the court that the SMS evidence was particularly damaging since it contained texts such as "CSK pe yeh rate laga do" and "Mumbai Indians ka rate 13 chal raha hai".

The defence counsels strongly objected to the arguments of the public prosecutor stating that the chargesheet does not contain anything new and that his arguments are meant to delay the proceedings in this case. "It is the same story all over again with three times the spacing," a defence lawyer told the judge referring to the 6,000 page chargesheet.

The Delhi police on May 16 had arrested cricketers and bookies on charges of spot fixing. Later on June 3, charges had been framed under MCOCA on grounds that they had been acting under instructions of Dawood and Shakeel. Bail had been granted to 21 accused on June 10. The arguments on the bail of eight others continued throughout July.

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January 28,2020

Gibraltar, Jan 28: Young Indian Grand Master R Praggnanandhaa pulled off a huge upset, beating former world champion Veselin Topalov in the sixth round of the 18th Gibraltar chess festival to record his fifth straight win here.

The 14-year-old Chennai lad needed just 33 moves to put it across the Bulgarian. He had started with a loss against compatriot P V Nandhidhaa but since then he has been on a winning spree.

Praggnanandhaa, who recently won the world under-18 title, said: "It was very tough to prepare against him."

He is in second spot on five points with six other players and will take on Chinese GM Wang Hao in the seventh round.

Seventeen-year-old Russian GM Andrey Esipenko jumped to sole lead with 5.5 points with a win over Georgia's Ivan Cheparinov

The Russian player would be unpaired in the seventh round as he decided to take a bye.

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Adhiban beat Gabriel Flom, while D Gukesh, the world's second youngest Grand Master ever, defeated Martin Percivaldi to move to four points.

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March 12,2020

New Delhi, Mar 12: No foreign player will be available for this year's IPL till April 15 due to visa restrictions imposed by the government to contain the novel coronavirus threat, a top BCCI source told PTI on Thursday, casting fresh doubts on the fate of the event.

"The foreign players who play in the IPL come under the Business Visa category. As per the government's directive, they can't come till April 15," a BCCI source told PTI on conditions of anonymity.

The government issued fresh advisory with a ban on all existing foreign visas, except a few categories like diplomatic and employment, till April 15 in the wake of new positive cases of novel coronavirus in the country.

India has reported 60 positive cases in the outbreak which has led to over 4,000 deaths globally.

The fate of the IPL itself will be decided on March 14 at the event's Governing Council meeting in Mumbai. "All decisions will be taken by the GC in Mumbai," the source said.

Having the IPL, starting March 29, played in empty stadiums is an option being explored.

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August 3,2020

Silverstone, Aug 2: Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton on Sunday won his seventh British Grand Prix title after a dramatic last-lap at the Silverstone Circuit.

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Second-placed man Bottas was the first to suffer as his tyre deflated on lap 50, resulting in 11th place finish. Hamilton also suffered a similar issue before the final few seconds of the race.

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McLaren's Carlos Sainz had been set to finish fourth, but his own last lap tyre issue saw him eventually come home P13, allowing Renault's Daniel Ricciardo to claim fourth, following a late pass on the sister McLaren of Lando Norris.

Renault's Esteban Ocon finished sixth, having enjoyed a race-long battle with Lance Stroll's Racing Point, with Pierre Gasly having enjoyed a fine race to finish seventh for AlphaTauri.

Alex Albon finished eighth for Red Bull, having recovered from a lap 1 tussle with the Haas of Kevin Magnussen that saw him fall to last, while Lance Stroll and Sebastian Vettel rounded out the top 10, Vettel holding off a late charge form the recovering Mercedes of Bottas.

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