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...deliver the first review of his team's probe into alleged improper dealings between the now notorious former Indian bookmaker Mukesh Gupta and some of the game's biggest names, including Brian Lara (West Indies), Mark Waugh (Australia), Alec Stewart (England), Martin Crowe (New Zealand) and Arjuna Ranatunga (Sri Lanka...
When Australia's Waugh and Shane Warne were revealed as having accepted thousands of dollars each from a bookmaker while in Sri Lanka in 1994?an episode that was covered up for three years by the Australian Cricket Board?many observers scoffed at their defense of having been "naive." But Christopher Doig, chief executive of New Zealand Cricket, argues that even the more worldly players can be seduced by professional charmers. He cites the case of New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming, who was targeted by an Indian bookmaker in London in 1999: "Fleming is an exceptionally intelligent, capable...
...LANKA Hopes Grow Adding to the impetus for peace, the opposition People's Alliance said it supported government efforts to end the country's 18-year civil war, including the possible lifting of a ban on the Tamil Tiger group. Norwegian-led truce talks were also being held in London...
DIED. SIRIMAVO BANDARANAIKE, 84, the first woman elected to lead a nation; in Sri Lanka. Bandaranaike, who first became Sri Lankan Prime Minister 40 years ago, served two more separate terms during her turbulent and somewhat patchy political career, resigning from her last post in August. She may have been the first national leader to address the world as "a woman and a mother," but she could be ruthless: her hamhanded suppression of a Marxist insurrection in 1971 resulted in 20,000 casualties. Bandaranaike had a heart attack in a car on her way home from voting in the elections...
...Cinderellas Of the 200 countries that have sent athletes to Sydney, several could only produce the smallest of teams. Sri Lanka, Bosnia and Oman have only one representative each, while Somalia is fielding...