Sri Lanka arrests T20 team owner over match-fixing – myRepublica – The New York Times Partner, Latest news of Nepal in English, Latest News Articles

COLOMBO, July 17: Sri Lanka police arrested the Indian co-owner of a Lanka Premier League (LPL) team on Friday, hours before the tournament was due to begin, on suspicion of trying to bribe a player.

The suspect, identified as Manjot Kalra, was arrested at a hotel in Colombo as he was “about to pay” a player 9.5 million rupees ($28,700), inspector Supun Vidanage of the Sports Investigation Unit said.

He said Kalra would be produced before a…