Three Pakistan cricket players questioned by British police over claims they were involved in a fixing scandal will return home on Friday, the London legal firm representing them said. “The Metropolitan Police has been notified that Mohammad Aamer, Mohammad Asif and Salman Butt will return to Pakistan later this morning,”…

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ISLAMABAD – Federal Minister for Defence Chaudhry Ahmed Mukhtar has threatened to resign from the prestigious cabinet slot and basic membership of the Pakistan People’s Party, if the Government tried to make his brother-in-law and Chairman Pakistan Cricket Board Ejaz Butt a ‘scapegoat’ in connection with the match-fixing scam.
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LONDON (AFP) – Pakistan and Essex leg-spinner Danish Kaneria has been released without charge by police after being arrested in connection with alleged cricket betting irregularities, police sources said Wednesday.
Kaneria, 29, was arrested in May on suspicion of fraud and released on bail without charge pending further inquiries.
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LAHORE (AFP) – Pakistan’s Cricket Board chief Ijaz Butt stressed Wednesday that British police had yet to charge any of the three players accused of spot-fixing and said there was “zero tolerance” against corruption.
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The ICC has said it had warned the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) against recruiting former Pakistani leg-spinner Mushtaq Ahmed, implicated in a match-fixing scandal 10 years ago, as its spin bowling coach.
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