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Birmingham, May 30: Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni today refused to break the BCCI gag on him in answering questions on the spot-fixing scandal that has hit IPL except to say that some players are "slightly mentally weak" compared to others. Addressing a press conference here ahead of the Champions Trophy, he made it clear that he would not answer questions relating to the recent

New Delhi, May 30: Indian skipper MS Dhoni asserted on Thursday that he will not talk about the IPL spot-fixing scandal in media. At a press conference in Birmingham ahead of the Champions Trophy, Dhoni, who leads Chennai Super Kings, was bombarded with a volley of uncomfortable questions on IPL spot-fixing. "Right now we are concentrating on Champions Trophy as this is a very important tournament

New Delhi, May 30: Delhi Police today claimed to have recovered Rs 5.5 lakh, which was part of the Rs ten lakh allegedly paid to cricketer Sreesanth for spot-fixing in an IPL match, from Mumbai. The recovery was made in Mumbai at the instance of Abhishek Shukla, who was arrested for allegedly removing money and articles of Sreesanth soon after the cricketer's arrest in May 16. Police sources said

Mumbai, May 30: Former great V V S Laxman today said the "credibility" of cricketers should not be "affected" just because of the presence of some greedy players who are lured into malpractices such as spot-fixing through use of big money and freebies. "It is very important because just for some greedy players, the credibility of the rest of the players should not be affected. I think it is a very

New Delhi, May 29: Rajasthan Royals cricketer Ankeet Chavan's plea seeking bail to get married June 2 was Tuesday rejected by a Delhi Court which sent co-accused S. Sreesanth and Ajit Chandila to judicial custody till June 4 in the IPL spot fixing case. Rejecting Chavan's plea, Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Lokesh Kumar Sharma said: "Social sentiments have no place... I don't deem it appropriate

Mumbai, May 29: Unfazed by mounting demands for his resignation, BCCI President N Srinivasan today continued his streak of defence by refusing to step down from the post. Shortly after IPL Chairman Rajeev Shukla demanded that Srinivasan "disassociate" from the inquiry against his son-in-law and Chennai Super Kings Team in the wake of IPL spot-fixing scandal, the BCCI chief told reporters that

New Delhi, May 29: Two more persons have been arrested in connection with the IPL spot-fixing scandal with police conducting searches for bookies in the case. Vicky Chowdhury, a bouncer who allegedly introduced Rajasthan Royal's player Ajit Chandila to a fourth set of bookies, and Nitin Jain were apprehended yesterday, police said today. Vicky is the friend of Bhupinder Nagar, Chief Security

Paris, May 29: Paris looked nothing like the fashion capital of the world for a few hours on Monday when France’s Gael Monfils faced off with Czech Tomas Berdych in the first round of the French Open sporting a rather garish outfit. Maria Sharapova lit up Roland Garros when she stepped out for her title defence in a figure-hugging optical illusion purple dress but chances are the fashion police

Mumbai, May 29: Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Tuesday was forced to join the silent brigade on the spot-fixing scandal even as calls for the resignation of BCCI?President N?Srinivasan began to emanate from within the board. Dhoni was bombarded with questions regarding the spot-fixing issue during Indian team’s departure press conference in Mumbai ahead of the Champions Trophy. But Dr R N

New Delhi, May 28: Arrested cricketers S Sreesanth and Ajit Chandila besides two bookies were today remanded in judicial custody till June 4 by a Delhi court which rejected the investigators' plea for two more days of custodial interrogation of the Indian pacer in connection with the IPL spot-fixing scandal case. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Lokesh Kumar Sharma turned down the plea of Special