Rajasthan Royals cricketers, Sreesanth, Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan, along with a host of bookies, have been arrested by Mumbai and Delhi police, for allegedly indulging in spot-fixing in at least three IPL matches. Gurunath Meiyappan, reportedly the Team Principal of Chennai Super Kings, was also arrested for betting.

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CRICKET

Mumbai Indian win IPL 6

Mumbai Indians finally annexed their maiden Pepsi Indian Premier League title upstaging a jittery Chennai Super Kings by 23 runs in the final in Kolkata to bring the curtains down to a tarnished sixth season of the cash-rich league. Kieron Pollard (60 no and 1/34, 1 catch) was the man-of-the-match for his all-round effort.

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MOTORRACING

Bahrain Grand Prix

Winner: Sebastian Vettel (Germany/Red Bull-Renault)

Second: Kimi Raikkonen (Finland/Lotus-Renault)

Third: Romain Grosjean (France/Lotus-Renault)

Monaco Grand Prix

Winner: Fernando Alonso (Spain/Ferrari)

Second: Kimi Raikkonen (Finland/Lotus)

Third: Felipe Massa (Brazil/Ferrari)

Spain Grand Prix

Winner: Nico Rosberg (Germany/Mercedes)

Second: Sebastian Vettel (Germany/Red Bull)

Third: Mark Webber (Australian/Red Bull)

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TENNIS

Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters

Winner: Novak Djokovic (Serbia)

Runner-up: Nadal Rafael (Spain)

Porsche Tennis Grand Prix

Winner: Maria Sharapova (Russia)

Runner-up: Li Na (China)

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BADMINTON

India Open Super Series

Men’s

Winner: Lee Chong Wei (China)

Runner-up: Kenichi Tago (Japan)

Women’s

Winner: Ratchanok Intanon (Thailand)

Runner-up: Juliane Schenk (Germany)

Malaysian Grand Prix

Men’s

Winner: Alamsyah Yunus (Indonesia)

Runner-up: Goh Soon Huat (Malaysia)

Women’s

Winner: P. V. Sindhu (India)

Runner-up: Juan Gu (Singapore)

India to host Thomas & Uber Cups

The final rounds of the prestigious Thomas and Uber Cup Badminton Championship will be held in India for the first time, although the dates are yet to be finalised. The Thomas Cup (world men’s team championship started in 1948-49) and the Uber Cup (world women’s team championships started in 1956-57) are the oldest major international events conducted by the Badminton World Federation (BWF).

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