Sports

 Mohammad Amir
Mohammad Amir

Others involved in cricket fixing, says agent

LONDON, (Reuters) – Sports agent Mazhar Majeed pleaded  guilty to spot fixing charges and told a British criminal court  that a fourth unnamed Pakistan cricketer was involved with  former captain Salman Butt in corrupting the sport, the Press  Association reported yesterday.

Michael Johnson
Michael Johnson

Johnson backs Olympic ban despite CAS verdict

LONDON, (Reuters) – Doping authorities should bring  their rules into line with the International Olympic Committee  to prevent convicted cheats competing at the Olympics, former  sprint champion Michael Johnson said on Wednesday.

Azim Bassarath

TTCB launches plans for cricket supremacy

(Trinidad Express) The Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board (TTCB) has approached the Ministry of Sport for funding to facilitate the preparation of the men’s senior team for the 2012 regional season, which gets underway in early January with the Caribbean Twenty20.

T&T cricketers urged to exercise T20 caution

(Trinidad Express) The Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board (TTCB) has issued a cautious reminder to national cricketers to be mindful of the rules and regulations governing their participation in unauthorised competitions.

Lionel Messi

The sky’s the limit for goal-machine Messi

MADRID, (Reuters) – Lionel Messi is 34 goals short of  becoming Barcelona’s all-time top scorer after netting a  hat-trick in the Champions League on Tuesday, and the only real  question left is when he will achieve that accolade and not if.

Mohammad Asif

Disgraced trio “shamed Pakistan”

LONDON, (Reuters) – On a day when Salman Butt should  have been celebrating the birth of his new son with friends and  family in Lahore, the former Pakistan captain was left to  contemplate a possible jail sentence and the death of his  cricket career after being found guilty of spot fixing in a  British criminal court.

Guilty verdicts should act as deterrent – Lorgat

DUBAI, (Reuters) – The guilty verdicts handed out to  Pakistan cricketers Salman Butt and Mohammad Asif in a British  criminal court yesterday should act as a deterrent and stop  others from corrupting the sport, International Cricket Council  (ICC) chief executive Haroon Lorgat said.

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