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  • Wasim, Waqar, Ijaz, Moin also fixed matches: Majeed

    LONDON: Mazhar Majeed, a sports bookie, claimed that spot/match fixing was a ‘centuries’ old practice and named former Pakistan cricket stars Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis, Ijaz Ahmed and Moin Khan as alleged participants. The sports agent accused of taking bribes to fix matches said Australian cricketers were “the biggest” culprits and that some of Pakistan’s…

  • Pakistan players “betrayed cricket” with bribes: court

    LONDON: Three Pakistan cricketers, driven by greed, betrayed their team mates and the sport of cricket itself by taking bribes to fix incidents during a test match against England last year, a London court heard on Wednesday. The plot was orchestrated by Pakistan captain Salman Butt and his agent Mazhar Majeed and involved the team’s two opening…

  • London Court begin spot fixing hearing today

    The London Court will continue hearing into spot-fixing case relating banned Pakistani trio, Salman Butt, Muhammad Amir and Muhammad Asif on Tuesday, October 04, 2011. The trios, who were found responsible of spot-fixing case by the International Cricket Council (ICC) and are helping a minimum five-year ban, are predictable to appear before the court. Muhammad…