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Australian Bookmaker Sportingbet Accuses Bookmaker Waterhouse Of Damaging Industry05 / 23 / 13Australia's largest corporate bookmaker, Sportingbet, "has backed calls for a complete ban" on promoting live odds in sports broadcasts and launched "a withering attack" on bookmaker Tom Waterhouse, according to Heath Aston of the SYDNEY MORNING HERALD. Sportingbet "joined market leader Tabcorp... |
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New Panel Monitors Qatar Sports Clubs
Qatar "has set up a new committee with wide powers to organise and monitor Qatari sports clubs to improve their performance and professionalism," according to THE PENINSULA. The decision is a step in Qatar’s preparations to host the FIFA World Cup in '22 and Doha’s plans to make a fresh ...
Pakistan Super League Postponed
The Pakistan Cricket Board "was forced to postpone the Pakistan Super League T20" since several boards refused to give No Objection Certificates to their players for the cricket tournament, according to the PTI. The PCB had signed Memorandum of Understandings with several foreign players, but boards ...
Tags: Leagues and Governing Bodies, Asia
SFA To Sue Former Rangers Owner
The Scottish FA "is suing" former Rangers Owner Craig Whyte over a £200,000 ($316,000) unpaid fine "for bringing the game into disrepute," after ignoring requests to pay for the last 10 months, according to the SCOTSMAN. Scottish football chiefs "have confirmed that a writ has been served afte ...
Doping Report Australia's 'Blackest Day'
Australia's top sporting codes "have been rocked by revelations" that organized crime is behind the increasing use of banned performance-enhancing drugs by ''multiple athletes'' across sporting codes and possible attempts to fix matches and manipulate betting markets, according to Michael Gordon of ...
Aussie Sports Leagues React To Report
Drug-cheating athletes "have been warned they will face automatic bans of four years" -- double the current penalty -- "if they fail to turn themselves in by the end of the year to authorities conducting an Australia-wide purge of the major sporting codes," according to Chip Le Grand of THE AUSTRALI ...
Drugs Only Part Of Aussie Sport Problems
Organized crime "is using performance-enhancing and illicit drugs to entrap athletes who may then be blackmailed to fix matches," according to Malcolm Conn of the Sydney DAILY TELEGRAPH. A report by the Australian Crime Commission "found a link between the illegal use of drugs and attempts to match- ...
Bettings Pool Merger In HK Horse Racing
After more than six years of Jockey Club lobbying, the Hong Kong Home Affairs Bureau Wednesday "backed the two-way combining of betting pools with foreign jurisdictions, allowing overseas punters access to the larger and more attractive pools here," according to Alan Aitken of the SOUTH CHINA MORNIN ...
AITA Rejects Players' New Demands
The All India Tennis Association "outrightly rejected the rebel players’ fresh demands," saying that their inclusion in the Exec or Selection Committees is "not possible unless they enter the national federation through elections," according to the PTI. The organization also said that the thre ...
League Notes
Following Southeast Asian Games host Myanmar dropping several sports from this year's edition, Indonesia "is pushing" for tennis and gymnastics to be put back on the agenda ( JAKARTA GLOBE, 2/7 ). ... The Pakistan Cricket Board's consultant for the Pakistan Super League, Haroon Lorgat, "is tr ...
EPL Votes On Controlling Wage Inflation
The Premier League will vote on Thursday "whether to introduce new financial controls designed to dampen rampant wage inflation," according to Owen Gibson of the London GUARDIAN. All 20 Premier League clubs will vote on two proposals, which require "a two-thirds majority to pass into the rulebook." ...
