Stop all cultural ties with state sponsored terrrorist neighbors. There was a basketball match arranged between China and USA which was meant to promote cultural ties. Yesterday the match was stopped in the middle, due to violent blows exchanged between players. Not only players kicked each other opponents even the Chinese spectators participated by throwing bottles.
The bookie arrested by Scotland Yard for alleged 'spot-fixing' in the ongoing England-Pakistan Lord's Test claims to have links with bookmakers in India as well.
Mazhar Majeed, 35, told an undercover reporter of The News of the World during a sting operation that there are no major activities when the "Indian market is not open".
Pakistan captain Salman Butt, pace duo of Muhammad Asif and Muhammad Aamir and four other players were questioned by the Scotland Yard detectives after the bookie, in the video of the sting operation, claimed that the team bowled no balls for money during the match.
In the the same recording, Majeed claims to know bookmakers in India as well.
"...in terms of results, depending on who we are playing, sometimes it can be £3,00,000. The max it can be is £4,50,000. You can speak to any bookie in India and they will tell you about this information and how much they'll pay. If you had the information and they knew that it was coming from the source they'd pay you that money themselves," he is quoted as saying.
"I deal with an Indian party. They pay me for the information."
In one conversation, the tabloid reported that "to hammer home the amounts of money our man could win, Majeed called an Indian bookie he regularly deals with and asked him how much he would pay for a definite Oval Test result. Majeed demanded $1.2 million but the bookie replied, 'I'll give you one (million)'."
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Rehman Malik has launched a damage control exercise after warning the Pakistani cricket team not to indulge in match-fixing, claiming that his comments had been taken "out of context".
"A section of (the) press has twisted my statement out of context, and wrongly projected my words," Malik posted on micro-blogging website Twitter last night.
He claimed that his statement regarding the Pakistani team had apparently "been taken negatively" though it was "most relevant" in view of the importance of the India-Pakistan faceoff in the World Cup semifinal on Wednesday. i fail to understand when sachin was dropped 4 times by pak fielders in Mohali and final catch at 85 run score was matured that means sachin is hot cake for match fixers when sachin plays with pak grandsons but the match fixing is suspected? Pak match-fixing sting: Arrested bookie claims Indian linkThe bookie arrested by Scotland Yard for alleged 'spot-fixing' in the ongoing England-Pakistan Lord's Test claims to have links with bookmakers in India as well.
Mazhar Majeed, 35, told an undercover reporter of The News of the World during a sting operation that there are no major activities when the "Indian market is not open".
Pakistan captain Salman Butt, pace duo of Muhammad Asif and Muhammad Aamir and four other players were questioned by the Scotland Yard detectives after the bookie, in the video of the sting operation, claim
Re: parkistan is heaven for terrorists and match fixers like azar
by pravin sarode on Aug 19, 2011 01:06 PM
The bookie arrested by Scotland Yard for alleged 'spot-fixing' in the ongoing England-Pakistan Lord's Test claims to have links with bookmakers in India as well.
Mazhar Majeed, 35, told an undercover reporter of The News of the World during a sting operation that there are no major activities when the "Indian market is not open".
Pakistan captain Salman Butt, pace duo of Muhammad Asif and Muhammad Aamir and four other players were questioned by the Scotland Yard detectives after the bookie, in the video of the sting operation, claimed that the team bowled no balls for money during the match.
In the the same recording, Majeed claims to know bookmakers in India as well.
"...in terms of results, depending on who we are playing, sometimes it can be £3,00,000. The max it can be is £4,50,000. You can speak to any bookie in India and they will tell you about this information and how much they'll pay. If you had the information and they knew that it was coming from the source they'd pay you that money themselves," he is quoted as saying.
"I deal with an Indian party. They pay me for the information."
In one conversation, the tabloid reported that "to hammer home the amounts of money our man could win, Majeed called an Indian bookie he regularly deals with and asked him how much he would pay for a definite Oval Test result. Majeed demanded $1.2 million but the bookie replied, 'I'll give you one (million)'."
