Aryan Khan and Raj Kundra were among the top five celebrity searches in India this year for their run-ins with the law, according to Google's 'Year in Search' report.
Only recently, Pakistan batsman Umar Akmal resumed his career after remaining suspended from all cricket activities since February 2020.
Aditya Verma's PIL in the 2013 IPL betting and scandal brought the BCCI to its knees. He continues to fight corruption in Bihar cricket.
Umar, who was recently allowed to resume playing club cricket in Lahore, was banned by the PCB last year for not reporting spot-fixing offers
The Court of Arbitration for Sport has reduced the ban on Umar Akmal to 12 months but hit him with a fine of 4.25 million Pakistani Rupees for breaching the PCB's Anti-Corruption code
According to ICC, Sanath Jayasundara was 'offering a bribe or other reward to the Sri Lankan Sports Minister
While the ICC's Anti-Corruption Tribunal had charged both the Pakistan-born cricketers back on September 13, 2020, the backdated quantum of sentence was passed on the day
Last year, the BCCI's Ombudsman had reduced the quantum of sentence for both S Sreesanth and Chavan to seven years
A television programme broadcasted in Al Jazeera on May 27, 2018 had claimed that bookies had fixed certain portions of India's Test matches
Last month, Sri Lanka cricketer Nuwan Zoysa was banned for six years in a different case under the ICC Anti-Corruption code
Pitch-siding is the practice of transmitting information from sporting events for the purpose of gambling, or directly placing bets
The ban for Nuwan Zoysa is backdated to 31 October 2018, when he was provisionally suspended
Qadeer Khan admitted to six breaches that relates to failing to disclose approaches or invitations received in relation to the Zimbabwe v UAE series in April 2019
Dilhara Lokuhettige was charged for his involvement in match-fixing during a T20 tournament in UAE in 2017, where a Sri Lankan team participated
The ICC's detailed judgement in the case has revealed that Heath Streak once received two 'bitcoins' from a corruptor in 2018, valued at US $35,000 at that time
Mohammad Naveed and Shaiman Anwar Butt were previously suspended by the ICC after they were found guilty of two offences each under Anti-Corruption Code
Former UAE captain Mohammad Naveed and top-order batsman Shaiman Anwar Butt were found guilty of two offences each under the ICC Anti-Corruption Code
Sreesanth was banned by the BCCI over his alleged involvement in spot-fixing in the IPL
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