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New Delhi, May 20: Former India cricketer Kirti Azad today began a fast, demanding that the Indian Premier League, which has been a hit by a series a controversies, be scrapped. Azad, who is also a BJP leader, began the hunger strike outside the Feroz Shah Kotla ground here. "All those who are watching, I have a question. Shouldn't there be transparency? There is too much of politics in sports. I

Hisar, May 20: The Indian Premier League (IPL) is nothing but an array of corruption and graft, yoga guru Baba Ramdev said in Hisar on Saturday. "Huge black money is being invested in it," he said adding "this is a black game now". "It is a token of debauchery," Ramdev told people at his roadshow in the city. "This vicious circle shall be brought to an end for the sake of the country. There is

Kolkata Knight Riders cruised into the play-offs in style beating Pune Warriors by 34 runs in their last league encounter of the Indian Premier League (IPL) at the Subroto Roy Sahara Stadium . Knight Riders qualified as the second-placed side and will now play toppers Delhi in the Qualifier 1. In the eliminator, Mumbai Indians will facing either defending Chennai Super Kings or Royal Challengers

New Delhi, May 20: Australian cricketer Luke Pomersbach, accused of molesting an American woman, was on Saturday granted bail by a Delhi court. The court found that he had not tresspassed into her room in the five star hotel where the alleged incident took place on the intervening night of May 17-18, after a post-match party. The court also directed the 27-year-old batsman, playing for Royal

New Delhi, May 19: The American woman who was allegedly molested by Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) player Luke Pomersbach has issued notice to the team's owner Sidhartha Mallya seeking his apology for his tweets questioning her character. Zohail Hameed has sought Mallya's unconditional apology, her advocate Jitender Garg said. Garg said: "A legal notice is issued to Sidhartha Mallya for his

Mumbai, May 19: Bookie Sonu Yogendra Jalan alias Malad has told the crime branch that he paid Rs 10 crore to a Sri Lankan cricket player for fixing a match. He also mentioned that some Indian cricketers were also involved in match fixing, sources said. He along with Devendra Kothari alias Bhaiyyaji, were arrested by the city crime branch on Thursday. They are believed to be a part of a bigger

Mumbai, May 19: The Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) might have gone through with a ban on Shah Rukh Khan from Wankhede but the viability of the embargo is questionable, particularly given the Bollywood superstar's long-standing ties with the sport's national governing body, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). Some even predicted, in fact, that the ban could have political and

Floundering Team Hyderabad seemed to have saved their best for the penultimate league engagement against Rajasthan on Friday. Dravid's Rajasthan, needing two wins from their last two outings, looked in a spot of bother after batting first. Their total of 126/8 was not enough to test even Hyderabad, who cantered to a five-wicket win sans skipper Kumar Sangakkara at the Rajiv Gandhi International

David Beckham just wants two things: the flame to burn right and a spot on Britain’s Olympic team. The former England national team captain and current star for the Los Angeles Galaxy will light a cauldron at a ceremony Friday when the flame arrives in southwestern England from Greece on the eve of a 70-day torch relay for the 2012 London Olympics. “I hope it lights,” he said with a chuckle

New Delhi/Kolkata, May 18: Bollywood and West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee have come out in support of superstar Shah Rukh Khan after he was banned from the Wankhede Stadium for five years following a scuffle with MCA officials. The 46-year-old actor and co-owner of IPL team Kolkata Knight Riders ( KKR) said that he lost his cool when he saw MCA officials manhandling his daughter and