At least four suspected bookmakers have been thrown out of cricket stadiums during the ongoing scandal-tainted Bangladesh Premier League, in efforts to ensure the tournament is graft free, an official said on Thursday. BPL secretary Ismail Haider Mallick said anti-corruption officials had spotted the four whom they suspected of placing bets on behalf of clients during Twenty20 league matches, which is illegal in Bangladesh.
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The 33-year-old man, identified as Jagdish Kanani was arrested from suburban Borivali on Sunday night.
The Serena Williams show continued at the US Open as the world number one moved a step closer to a calendar Grand Slam on Wednesday, while Mardy Fish took a final Flushing Meadows bow as the curtain came down on the American's career.
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Pakistan spinner Saeed Ajmal has been reported for a suspected illegal action following the second one-day international against Australia in Dubai on Friday, the International Cricket Council said. An ICC statement said umpires Asad Rauf and Billy Bowden, as well as third and fourth umpires Zameer Haider and Nadeem Ghouri, had reported concerns over the 31-year-old's action and decided it should be scrutinised further.
Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah said the blast seemed to be aimed at sabotaging the Pakistan Super League final in Lahore.
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Defending champion Stanislas Wawrinka and compatriot Roger Federer suffered contrasting third round defeats at the Monte Carlo Masters on Thursday.
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The Gujarat tourism department is planning to convert the erstwhile house of Modi's family into a museum, reports Sohini Das.
An Iraqi soccer fan shot dead a player of the opposing team as he tried to score an equalising goal in the final minutes of a match, police said on Monday. The shooting on Saturday in Hilla, 100 km south of Baghdad, during a match between local teams, underscored the country's propensity to lawlessness even as violence by militant groups falls to lows not seen since mid-2003.
Pakistan will soon become the first country to introduce a special law for the solemnisation and registration of marriages in its minority Sikh community.
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Giant-killer Divij Sharan continued his fine form at Nigeria ITF event and the unseeded Indian accounted for third seed Andreas Haider-Maurer in straight sets to reach the final even as Isha Lakhani bowed out of the women's event after losing the semifinal tie.
Mumbai terror attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed led Jamat-ud-Dawah has set up various new fronts and established camps all over Pakistan to collect donations and sacrificial animals in the name of helping Kashmiris in India.
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Seven university students and chief of a banned Islamist group were charged for the murder of an atheist blogger in 2013.
The Hussains, hailing from Madhubani district of Bihar, had planned to go shopping on Sunday, but fate willed otherwise.
'The opposition party was disappointed that the UN listing does not mention the Pulwama terror attack, in which 40 CRPF personnel lost their lives, and has no reference to Jammu and Kashmir'
A source in the Imran Khan government told PTI that the Punjab police are waiting a go-ahead from the "top" to lay hand on Saeed.
'This was the worst phase yet in the state's human rights history.' 'Notorious interrogation centres were set up, large numbers died in firing on civilian mobs.' 'This is what today's generations might identify better as the Haider phase in Kashmir's history,' says Shekhar Gupta.
The JMT consisted of officials from Foreign Offices, Home and intelligence services of both the countries.
Patna Senior Superintendent of Police Jitendra Rana said the main accused Kundan Kumar was arrested from Ekangalsarai in Nalanda district.
The auction was held by Christie's on Monday evening and the highest price of 720,000 pounds went for Syed Haider Raza's La Terre (1985).
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While India's rivalry with Pakistan is historic, the one against Bangladesh has been a bitter one post the controversial 2015 World Cup quarter-final at Melbourne.
The two sides have also initialled a complete text on agreement for reduction of nuclear risks between the two countries.
Pakistan A players Misbah-ul-Haq, Taufeeq Umar and Zulqarnain Haider landed in jail for getting a speeding ticket in Abu Dhabi
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India were handed a 3-0 drubbing in the Olympic football qualifier.
With the issue of pre-notification on missile tests high on agenda, India and Pakistan held their third round of expert-level talks on nuclear confidence-building measures (CBMs) in New Delhi on Friday.
Pakistan officials hope Sunday's match will encourage other countries to send their teams by next year.
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