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New Delhi, Jun 6: Rajasthan Royals' owner Raj Kundra's passport has been seized by Delhi Police which questioned him for about 10 hours in connection with the IPL spot-fixing scandal and allegations that he was into betting. Police have asked Kundra not to leave the country. Delhi Police sources said that Kundra was quizzed for about 10 hours yesterday. A senior Delhi Police official had yesterday

Cardiff, Jun 6: The last fortnight has been nothing but a harrowing turmoil for the Indian cricket team and particularly for skipper MS Dhoni. As if the weight of expectations wasn’t enough, the team has been getting attention for all the wrong reasons. From the spot-fixing scandal in the just-concluded Indian Premier League VI?to an avoidable controversy that Dhoni’s ‘silence’ during the pre

New Delhi, Jun 5: Delhi Police on Wednesday called Rajasthan Royals owner Raj Kundra to seek details about accused players in the IPL spot-fixing case and the agreement they had reached with them. Kundra reached Delhi Police's Special Cell office in Lodhi Road on Wednesday morning. Earlier this week, Delhi Police had sought inputs from former BCCI secretary Sanjay Jagdale and IPL CEO Sundar Raman

Cardiff, Jun 5: Umesh Yadav wreaked havoc with a five-wicket haul after Dinesh Karthik hit a sublime unbeaten hundred as India demolished Australia by 243 runs in their final Champions Trophy warm-up match here today. Yadav took five for 18 as Australia collapsed to 34 for six wickets by the end of the 12th over and were eventually bowled out for a paltry 65 in 23.3 overs. Gangly paceman Ishant

New Delhi, Jun 4: Delhi Police has invoked stringent provisions of MCOCA against cricketer Sreesanth and 25 others arrested in the IPL spot-fixing scandal. Police sources said the stringent provisions of Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) was invoked to strengthen the case against those involved in the spot- fixing scandal. Players Sreesanth, Ajit Chandila and Ankit Chavan and 23

Mumbai, Jun 4: Actor Vindoo Dara Singh and Chennai Super Kings (CSK) principal Gurunath Meiyappan, arrested in connection with the IPL spot-fixing and betting scandal, were today granted bail by a local court. Besides Vindoo and Meiyappan, the son-in-law of N Srinivasan who recently stepped aside as BCCI president, six bookies too were granted the relief on the bond of Rs 25,000 each. The duo

New Delhi, Jun 4: Rhiti Sports, the management group run by Arun Pandey, a close friend of Mahendra Singh Dhoni, on Monday denied the India skipper had any stake in the company. Dhoni, according to media reports, was alleged to hold 15 per cent stake in the company. Pandey, a club cricketer from Uttar Pradesh, claimed that Dhoni was briefly connected with Rhiti Sports which represents players from

Mumbai, June 3: Disgraced Mumbai cricketer Ankeet Chavan savoured moments of happiness as he tied the wedding knot with Neha Sambari in a quiet ceremony here Sunday afternoon. Chavan, who was arrested in the Indian Premier League (IPL) spot fixing scam mid-May, was released last Friday by a Delhi court on bail for six days to enable him enter into the wedlock planned several months ago. After his

Chennai, Jun 3: So, N Srinivasan has "stepped aside" as BCCI president, not "stepped down". What does this really mean? How much of his powers have been abridged and for how long? There are two versions on this: One that Srinivasan has merely, so to say, gone on leave and will be back; the other, that once he's out of actually running the board, he's virtually gone for good. The Jaitley-Shukla

Chennai, Jun 2: Embattled BCCI chief N Srinivasan is to step down from his post till investigation into IPL spot-fixing scandal is over, said sources. Former BCCI chief and Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) head Jagmohan Dalmiya is likely to be named interim President. His name was proposed by BJP leader and Delhi and Districts Cricket Association president Arun Jaitley. The Indian cricket board