Bill to regulate sports back in the limelight

With the BCCI - IPL cricket saga unfolding in the backdrop of the IPL ‘spot fixing’ scam leaving sports lovers shocked and the reputation of the “gentleman’s game” in tatters, the controversial Sports bill which had fallen prey ...

With the country being rocked by allegations of matching fixing and betting scandal surrounding players, celebrities and some cricket administrators of the controversial Indian Premier League (IPL), the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry ...

With the spot-fixing scandal growing by the day, the sports ministry wants a thorough clean-up of sports in the country and as a first step, it wants betting to be legalised. Chetan Chauhan and Nagendar Sharma report. The betman of T20 League  | Cashing ...

Industry chamber FICCI has suggested that sports betting be legalised and regulated. On Friday, the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry said the country was losing as much as Rs 12,000-20,000 crore in taxable revenues every year because of ...

The revenues of television broadcasters, especially those in the news, movies, music and sports genres, could be hit due to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) capping the standardised ad duration for all channels at 12 minutes an hour. Trai had first issued the regulation on May 14, 2012. Broadcasters had, however, opposed this, challenging it in the Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT), which ordered a stay on the norm. Trai’s latest notification on ...

BT won a round in the satellite fight for armchair sports fans today after regulator Ofcom said it would investigate BSkyB for what BT has claimed are unfair terms on sharing Sky Sports channels. The telecoms watchdog said it would probe Sky's ...

Western Australian (WA) Commissioner of Police Karl OCallaghan says alcohol advertising should be banned during sport broadcasts because they cause far more harm than betting promotion. The comments come after a new report found that self-regulation ...

(Bruce Bennett/USA TODAY Sports) Bruins goalie Tuuka Rask made 28 saves in Game 3, giving Boston a rare regulation win over the Chicago Blackhawks in the Stanley Cup. Thanks to Rask, the game was never really in question for Boston. However, also ...

Britain's telecom regulator said on Wednesday that it would launch an investigation into satellite TV firm BSkyB over the wholesale supply of its sports channels after a complaint by Sky's increasingly bitter rival BT. Ofcom said the probe would ...