Cricket Australia's chief executive said that all players have a responsibility as an ambassador of the game.
The world's No. 1 golfer Tiger Woods and his Swedish wife Elin Nordegren said on Monday they had divorced following the torrid sex scandal that engulfed Woods late last year.
Earlier in the day, Omar accused PDP leader Mufti Mohammad Sayeed of 'shutting his eyes' to the sex scandal when it first surfaced in 2006 as his own people were involved.
The sex scandal that engulfed Tiger Woods may have cost shareholders of companies endorsed by the world's No. 1 golfer up to $12 billion (7.5 billion pounds) in losses, according to a study by two economics professors from the University of California, Davis.
"It is the history of this country that whenever we have tried to rise, we have been suppressed. It is entirely a conspiracy against me and there should be an inquiry in it," Sandeep Kumar said.
AT&T Inc said on Thursday it is terminating its sponsorship agreement with Tiger Woods, joining the list of companies that have distanced themselves from the top golfer in the wake of a sex scandal. The US telecommunications company is the latest corporate sponsor to back away from the world's first billionaire athlete since he became engulfed in allegations of multiple extramarital affairs.
Accused of raping a minor girl, arrested Deputy Inspector General of Border Security Force K S Padhi has been identified by her in Srinagar on Sunday night, Central Bureau of Investigation sources said on Monday.
Justices S Rajendra Babu and G P Mathur heard the petition, filed by senior advocate Indira Jaising, asking the Supreme Court Registrar General to make the report public, as there was national concern for judicial accountability.
The two, if convicted, will have to undergo three months imprisonment or pay a fine of Rs 20,000 or both.
A Blue Corner Notice is issued by the international police cooperation body to collect additional information from its member countries about a person's identity, location or activities in relation to a crime.
The Congress government in Karnataka will provide financial assistance to those allegedly sexually assaulted by Janata Dal-Secular leader Prajwal Revanna, the national party said on Sunday.
The crime investigation department booked Prajwal, grandson of former prime minister HD Deve Gowda, after a JD-S worker from Hassan lodged a complaint against him.
Karnataka Home Minister Dr G Parameshwara on Thursday said a lookout circular has been issued to arrest Hassan Janata Dal-Secular MP Prajwal Revanna who is facing allegations of sexually abusing women.
The five-member inquiry committee, probing the sex scandal that has rocked Indian hockey, submitted its report to Hockey India on Friday.
The Kerala government on Thursday assured the Supreme Court that it would provide Opposition Leader V S Achuthanandan a copy of the charge-sheet in the 1997 ice cream parlour sex scandal, involving the state's top politicians, judicial officers and others.
The CBI had on Friday raided nearly 12 places in four districts of Bihar, including residences of Verma in Patna and her in-law's place in Begusarai.
In spite of his inglorious exit from the Andhra Pradesh Raj Bhavan, in the wake of a sex scandal, veteran Congressman and former governor Narain Datt Tiwari appeared to be in a combative mood.Tiwari, 86, who was allegedly filmed in a 'compromising position' with three women, returned to Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday.Hundreds of Tiwari's supporters gathered at the Lucknow airport to welcome him with flowers and garlands.
Even as the Bharatiya Janata Party in Karnataka struggles to finalise its list of candidates to fight the assembly elections in May, the party is faced with a new problem -- a sex scandal. Vicky Nanjappa reports
The sex scandal that rocked Jammu and Kashmir last year took a new turn on Monday, when the state High Court directed the Central Bureau of Investigation to place all records related to the eight accused before the chief judicial magistrate for judicial action. The accused include one senior minister, two MLAs and several senior police officials. The high court's order has caused ripples in the state's political, administrative and social circles.
The former chief minister also sought to distance JD-S's alliance partner Bharatiya Janata Party and Prime Minister Narendra Modi from the case, amid attacks by the ruling Congress seeking their response on the issue.
Former chief minister HD Kumaraswamy claimed on Tuesday that he was not in touch with his nephew Prajwal.
Five English Premier League and three Championship (second tier) soccer clubs are being investigated in relation to allegations of widespread historical child sex abuse in the sport dating back to the 1970s, British police said on Monday.
Sex, alcohol and doping scandals coupled with a simmering controversy involving figure skating queen Michelle Kwan are sapping much-needed momentum from U.S. athletes in the run-up to the Winter Olympics.
The Labour MP from Leicester since 1987, who is a married father of two, paid for men to visit him one evening last month at a flat he owns in London, the 'Sunday Mirror' claimed.
Steve Jobs had suggested Bill Clinton to "tell the country" about Monica Lewinsky when the former United States president sought the late Apple co-founder's advice on tackling the sex scandal 13 years back, says a new book.
His father Prakash Singh, who is known for introducing several police reforms and has been awarded Padma Shri as well, had served as the BSF DG from 1993-94.
'Pura phas gaya woh... barbad, satyanash ho gaya woh.' 'Usko ticket bhi diya, election bhi ladha woh; ganda video bhi bahar aa gaya; hamara izzat bhi nikal diya woh; abhi letter ke baare main pooch ke kya hota hai?'
Priyanka Gandhi asked whether Prime Minister Narendra Modi will remain silent on the matter.
The media in Kerala seems obsessed with women and sex, says Shobha Warrier.
Tasha Schwikert, 33, who won a bronze medal at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, and her sister Jordan, 32, described themselves as Nassar victims during a news conference at a Los Angeles law firm.
Some explicit video clips allegedly involving Prajwal had started making the rounds in Hassan in recent days.
Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara has asserted there were no lapses on the part of the government in handling cases relating to the alleged sexual abuse of women by Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna and that the Special Investigation Team was probing them from all angles.
The CBI has began the probe on the request of the Tamil Nadu government on March 12.
The former president of the Afghanistan Football Federation (AFF), Keramuddin Keram, was banned from football in June for life after FIFA's ethics committee found him guilty of abusing his position and sexually abusing female players.
The Indian Premier League scandal gets murkier and murkier by the day.
The Canadian Olympic Committee apologised to its employees on Wednesday and unveiled sweeping changes to workplace policies in the wake of a sexual harassment scandal that forced former president Marcel Aubut to resign.
Sri Lanka's sports ministry said on Friday that an investigation had found evidence that members of the national women's cricket team had been forced to perform sexual favours for officials.
The sources told PTI that Shettar flew from Hubballi to Bengaluru on Sunday in a special helicopter and held discussions with Congress general secretary (Karnataka in-charge) Randeep Singh Surjewala, Congress state chief D K Shivakumar, former minister M B Patil and veteran Congress leader Shamanur Shivashankarappa.
Indian Union Muslim League leader P K Kunhalikutty, who was embroiled in a sex scandal-related controversy, has registered an impressive win by a margin of over 30,000 votes from Vengara in Kerala. Fending off an aggressive campaign against him over the scandal during the run-up to the elections, Kunhalikutty trounced his nearest Left Democratic Front-backed Indian National League opponent K P Ismail
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