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Senior Pakistan players Kamran Akmal and Rana Naved have reacted strongly to the reports, which said they were under investigation by Pakistan Cricket Board for their alleged involvement in match-fixing. Both Akmal and Naved denied they had any links with the bookmakers or were involved in match-fixing.
A new match-fixing controversy has surfaced here with the release of an audio tape in which two Pakistan Cricket Board officials are allegedly talking about games being fixed in the rebel Indian Cricket League.
Traditional idealists have long bemoaned the current state of sports, with intrinsic corruption ruling the roost and commercial reality calling the shots.
Sweeping measures to stamp out match fixing and betting in professional tennis will be announced on Monday, coinciding with the beginning of Wimbledon Championships 2008.
