Johannesburg, May 26 (ANI): Controversial Pakistani umpire Asad Rauf will fight to clear his name after he was called for questioning in the ongoing spot-fixing scandal in the Indian Premier League, according to family sources.

New Delhi, May 26 (ANI): Congress President Sonia Gandhi has condemned as "despicable" the Maoist strike on her party colleagues in Chhattisgarh's Jagdalpur district, and described it as an attack on the nation's democratic values.

Ahmedabad, May 25 (ANI): A bookie named Vinod Mulchandani was allegedly accepting bets on Indian Premier League (IPL) matches is arrested in Ahmedabad and cash as well as gold worth Rs 1.54 crore was seized from his possession, police said.

New Delhi, May 25 (ANI): Former Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) President I.S. Bindra on Saturday demanded the immediate removal of a defiant N. Srinivasan due to the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) spot-fixing row, calling him "arrogant" and insisting that his continuance would damage Indian cricket.

New Delhi, May 25 (ANI): Indian Premier League Governing Council Chairman Rajiv Shukla on Saturday said there will be no changes in the schedule of the tournament.

London, May 25 (ANI): Football legend David Beckham's dreams of owning a Major League Soccer (MLS) team has been put on hold by Manchester City.

New Delhi, May 25 (ANI): A defiant Board of Cricket Control in India president N. Srinivasan on Saturday said that he had done nothing wrong with regard to the Indian Premier League, and categorically refused to resign from his position.

New Delhi, May 25 (ANI): Janata Party president and activist lawyer Subramanian Swamy on Saturday had a another take on the current spot fixing episode dogging the sixth edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL), saying that Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president N. Srinivasan should not be the only person asked to resign.

Sydney, May 25 (ANI): Former Australian Football League (AFL) chief executive Adrian Anderson has said that Cricket Australia (CA) and state cricket associations needed a robust national approach to anti-corruption.

New Delhi, May 25 (ANI): Communist Party of India-Marxist leader and former Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament D. Raja on Saturday expressed concern as a citizen of India over spot fixing episode in the ongoing sixth edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL).

New Delhi, May 25 (ANI): Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president N Srinivasan said late Friday night that he will not resign from his post in the wake of his son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan being arrested by the crime branch of the Mumbai police for his involvement in the Indian Premier League (IPL) betting-spot fixing scandal.

Mumbai, May 24 (ANI): Chennai Super Kings so-called Principal Owner Gurunath Meiyappan landed at Mumbai Airport on Friday evening after 7 p.m., well past the 5 p.m. deadline set by the crime branch of Mumbai Police to report to it for investigation or interrogation with regard to betting in the Indian Premier League (IPL).

New Delhi, May 24 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said on Friday that a special investigation team (SIT) should probe the spot-fixing accusations currently gripping the money-spinning Indian Premier League (IP) cricket league.

New Delhi, May 24 (ANI): Describing cricket as an important and popular game, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) spokesman D.Tripathi on Friday called for the resignation of Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president N.Srinivasan on moral grounds in the wake of his son-in-law and Chennai Super Kings Principal Gurunath Meiyappan being summoned by the crime branch of Mumbai Police to join the investigations into the spot fixing in the Indian Premier League (IPL).

London, May 24 (ANI): Manchester City CEO Ferran Sorriano has said that the club will not exchange their squad with rivals Manchester United, even if given a chance to do so.

New Delhi, May 24 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday said that a special investigation team (SIT) should be formulated to probe the spot-fixing accusations, currently gripping the money-spinning cricket league.

Patna/Bhopal , May 24 (ANI): Minister of State for Home Affairs RPN Singh Friday said it would not be right to ban the Indian Premier League (IPL) in view of the fresh revelations in the spot fixing scandal, and promised to act tough against the guilty.

New Delhi, May 24 (ANI): Sports Minister Jitendra Singh said Friday that states need to take adequate steps to combat illegal practices in sports after the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) was marred by spot-fixing.

New Delhi, May 24 (ANI): Janata Dal-United (JDU) leader Sharad Yadav on Friday said that the Indian Premier League should be banned in the wake of exposure of sleaze, betting and spot fixing by television channels.

New Delhi, May 24 (ANI): Indian Premier League Governing Council Chairman Rajiv Shukla and BCCI vice-President Arun Jaitley met Law and Justice Minister Kapil Sibal on Friday, and demanded the enactment of a strong anti-fixing legislation at the earliest.

Mumbai, May 24 (ANI): Mumbai Police on Friday rejected Chennai Super Kings boss Gurunath Meiyappan's plea to give him time till Monday to appear before its crime branch for questioning with regard to his role in betting and spot fixing ion the current edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL).

Sydney, May 24 (ANI): Veteran Australian sports commentator David Morrow will not be sacked by ABC Radio for his racist remarks, but will be banned from working during this season's marquee rugby league events so that he can complete training and cultural awareness programs.

Sydney, May 24 (ANI): An Australian cricketer has offered an apology for a tweet in which he called a woman accusing Australian rugby league star Ben Te'o of assaulting her, as 'bad news' and 'psycho'.

Sydney, May 24 (ANI): Australian Test batsman David Warner has said that the Indian players caught in the Indian Premier League (IPL) spot-fixing scandal should be banned from cricket.

New Delhi, May 23 (ANI): Sports Minister Jitendra Singh on Thursday said he has been forced to hang his head in shame due to the Indian Premier League (IPL) spot-fixing scandal, which is becoming bigger and murkier with each passing day, insisting that a deterrent law could have prevented the credibility crisis that cricket is facing right now.