A critic of the event since its inception, former England captain Nasser Hussain has once again lashed out at the IPL and said the recent controversy surrounding the league has proved that no tournament was bigger than the game.
Here's what your favourite celebrities have been upto.
He was not a part of the meeting that made the decision but that has not stopped the Champions League Governing Council to quote under-fire chairman Lalit Modi while announcing on Sunday that the Twenty20 tournament would be held in South Africa this year.
Banned former IPL commissioner Lalit Modi again took to micro-blogging site twitter to attack BCCI president N Srinivasan accusing him of "orchestrating the retention policy" to suit his side Chennai Super Kings in the upcoming seventh edition of Indian Premier League.
The battle for control of the Indian Premier League (IPL) is now headed for the courts. IPL chairman and commissioner Lalit Modi is likely to approach the Bombay High Court on Friday to prevent a meeting of the League's governing council scheduled for Monday.
Sports Minister M S Gill on Thursday ridiculed the ongoing ownership row involving the Kochi franchise in the Indian Premier League, saying it is 'just not cricket'.
There seems to be no respite from controversies for the Kochi IPL franchise. In fresh developments, it has been reported that Vipul Shah of Parani Developers and 2 others of the Kochi team were raided in Ahmedabad on Thursday.
The party leadership has been left red-faced following the ugly war of words between Tharoor and the IPL commissioner Lalit Modi with the Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party demanding that the minister be sacked on charges of corruption and that a CBI probe be constituted into the entire IPL goings-on.
Indian Premier League Commissioner Lalit Modi and title sponsor of the Twenty20 extravaganza DLF have been asked by the Sports Ministry to stop misusing the word India and comply with an Allahabad High Court order. At the centre of the controversy is the 'Building India' tagline in the DLF logo on the bowler's run-up area and the passage leading to the presentation ceremony, where players frequently tread on.
Victorian Bushrangers have qualified to play in this year's Champions League Twenty20 after winning Big Bash Preliminary final against Gold Queensland Bulls.
N Srinivasan, currently the Cricket Board's secretary, is all set to be elevated as the next president-elect at the BCCI's 81st Annual General Meeting in Mumbai on Wednesday.
Commonwealth Games Organising Committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi has catapulted to the top position in the SportzPower List 2009, while the once-powerful Lalit Modi and number one in 2008 dropped to fifth position. Union Sports Minister M S Gill dropped two spots in 2009 and is placed fourth. He is replaced by former Board of Control for Cricket in India president Sharad Pawar in the second place.
Scoffed at by purists but wildly popular among fans, the Indian Premier League has been rated by former England captain Michael Atherton as one of the 10 most significant events that changed the face of cricket last decade.
Eager to participate in the third Indian Premier League, at least a dozen Pakistani cricketers have made themselves available for the players' auction, on January 17.
After sorting out almost all the issues with the print media, the Indian Premier League (IPL) on Tuesday night faced a boycott of its coverage by major television channels from midnight. The decision of the channels coming under the umbrella organisation of News Broadcasters Association was conveyed by Secretary General Annie Joseph to IPL Chairman Lalit Modi tonight.
Do you think it is a right move by the BCCI to forcibly stop internet websites from reporting on cricket matches? What are your thoughts on the IPL's latest move? Tell us.
In a move that can be viewed as cutting down the vast powers enjoyed previously by the Indian Premier League, the Cricket Board has decided to limit the IPL Governing Council's tenure from five years to one.
The Editors Guild of India (EGI) and the Sports Journalists' Federation of India (SJFI) on Friday outrightly rejected the "appalling" accreditation norms put forward by the Indian Premier League (IPL) authorities.
Pakistani cricketers will not play in the Indian Premier League III as their board has failed to obtain their visas before the deadline for confirmation of participation, IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi said on Monday.
England's talismanic all-rounder Andrew Flintoff and deposed captain Kevin Pietersen on Friday became the highest priced auctioned cricketers in the Indian Premier League when they were bought for an identical amount of $ 1.55 million by Chennai Super Kings and Bangalore Royal Challengers, respectively.
The Commonwealth Games is symptomatic of the deeper decay, decadence, and debilitation of our moral and ethical standards. It is not just about Kalmadi. It is about much more.
Australia's Adam Gilchrist will take part in the inaugural Indian Premier League (IPL) Twenty20 tournament in April, the Board of Control for Cricket in India confirmed on Friday.
The BCCI said that a confirmation on the tour could not be guaranteed if Harbhajan Singh lost the appeal.
Indian Premier League's interim chief Chirayu Amin on Tuesday said efforts are on to clean up the scandal-hit Twenty20 event and promised a "bigger, better and transparent" IPL next year.
Newly-appointed IPL commissioner Chirayu Amin on Monday said his immediate priority is to clean up the Twenty20 league, which has been rattled by a massive financial scandal.
Under-fire from all quarters in the wake of Lalit Modi's alleged financial irregularities in the running of the Indian Premier League, the BCCI is planning to form a small sub-committee to run the Twenty20 league in future, according to sources.
BCCI bigwigs are set to give it a miss in the wake of the spat with Lalit Modi but the inaugural Indian Premier League awards still promise to be a glitzy affair.
Former BCCI president AC Muthiah on Thursday said board secretary N Srinivasan, who is also the owner of Chennai Super Kings, has no right to convene the IPL Governing Council meeting on April 26 as there is conflict of interest in his position.
'Lalit Modi has raised questions; like it or not, answers must be forthcoming,' says TVR Shenoy.
The Indian Premier League will not be given a permanent slot in the international cricket calendar, the ICC said on Tuesday.
Former Indian Premier League chairman Lalit Modi's lawyer Mehmood Abdi has been asked by the Supreme Court-appointed Justice Mukul Mudgal Committee, probing match-fixing allegations in the cash-rich tournament, to appear before it in Delhi on Thursday morning.
Serious money has finally found its way into Indian sport.
The Indian Cricket Board (BCCI) on Wednesday formally announced that the Champions Twenty20 League will be held in India in September-October but were still undecided on the fourth participating country in the event. IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi, Cricket Australia CEO James Sutherland, Cricket South Africa CEO Gerald Majola, IPL CEO Sunder Raman and ICC's principal advisor I S Bindra held parleys to decide on the event.
A Union minister and a chief minister stand accused of corrupting their office. If Prime Minister Narendra Modi lets them continue, he will have broken his election promise substantively, says Aakar Patel.
PCB chairman Ejaz Butt does not see any chance of Pakistan being represented in the second edition of the lucrative Champions League this year.
The IPL has contributed tremendously to national integration. It is here that the IPL can contribute positively by involving north eastern India and help it join the national mainstream.
Former New Zealand all-rounder Chris Cairns has suffered paralysis in his legs after the stroke in his spine during a life-saving heart surgery in Australia, according to reports.
Sadly, the Lodha panel verdict on the IPL spot-fixing scandal of 2013 can't guarantee such incidents won't happen in the future, says Bikash Mohapatra/Rediff.com.
Chairman of the Indian Premier League (IPL) Lalit Modi will travel to England and South Africa over the next 24 hours in an effort to finalise an overseas venue for this year's edition of the Twenty20 competition. A decision on the overseas venue is expected to be announced in the next two days.
N Gopalaswamy, chief election commissioner who lays down his office on March 20, said that EC would need more security forces to ensure that elections could be held in free and free manner.
© 2026 Rediff.com - Investor Information - Advertise with us - Disclaimer - Privacy Policy - Sitemap - Feedback - About us - Terms of use - Grievances