New Delhi, May 18 (ANI): Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime), Mumbai, Himanshu Roy revealed on Saturday 30 phones were used during the spot-fixing episode in the sixth edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL).

He said these phones were used to connect with bookies in India, Pakistan and Dubai via conference calls.

Mumbai, May 18 (ANI): Mumbai Police Crime Branch raided Sofitel Hotel in the city, the hotel in which spot-fixing protagonist S.Sreesanth was residing and has recovered a laptop belonging to him.

Raids are likely to be conducted iat a few more places on Saturday.

New Delhi, May 18 (ANI): President of Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) N.Srinivasan on Saturday termed the tainted Rajasthan Royals cricketers as dirty cricketers who have let the Indian Premier League (IPL) down and should be put behind bars.

Islamabad, May 18 (ANI): South African batsman Hashim Amla said that he is not surprised by the decision of Gary Kirsten to step down from the position of head coach of the team.

Amla, who is currently the premier batsmen in world cricket and is ranked number one in both one-day internationals and Test cricket, has won over fans and critics alike with his runs, languid style and professional attitude, www.PakPassion.net reports.

London, May 18 (ANI): Wayne Rooney has added a guitar signed by double Brit award winner Ben Howard to his collection.

The 27-year-old footballer, who is apparently a fan of Howard, sent the singer a left-handed Martin guitar worth thousands to scribble his signature on it, the Sun reported.

Howard has agreed to return the instrument with his autograph. (ANI)

Washington, May 18(ANI): Stoke City is set to begin investigations after a pig's head was found in the locker of player Kenwyne Jones at its training ground.

According to the report by The Independent, another player Glenn Whelan reportedly carried out the prank.

London, May 18 (ANI): Real Madrid boss Jose Mourinho has been warned by Paris Saint Germain boss Carlo Ancelotti that he may also be sacked by Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich if he returns to the club.

Sources said that Mourinho has agreed to return to Stamford Bridge, where he won two Premier League titles as boss between 2004 and 2007, on a 12 million pounds-a-year contract, although the move will be confirmed after the end of the current season at Real, the Mirror reports.

Johannesburg, May 18 (ANI): Former South African fast bowler Makhaya Ntini has said that he has no plans to retire at the moment, despite being notably omitted from the contracted squad of the first class side Chevrolet Warriors for the 2013/14 season.

Ntini, who spent 18 years playing for Border and the Warriors, was not offered a contract for the new season along with fellow senior players Arno Jacobs, Justin Kreusch and Lyall Meyer, Sport24 reports.

Karachi, May 18 (ANI): Pakistani spin star Saeed Ajmal praised fellow pace bowlers Mohammad Irfan and Junaid Khan, saying that the bowlers will be more destructive than before during the ICC Champions Trophy after pace legend Wasim Akram's coaching.

London, May 18 (ANI): English legend Sir Ian Botham has said that he is confident that James Anderson will surpass him as England's leading Test wicket-taker after the fast bowler took three more Test wickets against New Zealand to reach 301, 82 short of Botham's England record.

New Delhi/Chennai, May 18 (ANI): Indian Premier League (IPL) Governing Council Chairman Rajeev Shukla on Saturday said that the Working Committee of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) would meet in Chennai on Sunday to decide on the quantum of punishment to be given to the three cricketers accused of spot fixing in the sixth edition of the event.

London, May 18 (ANI): Kelly Brook and Holly Willoughby accidentally locked lips on 'Celebrity Juice' while demonstrating how to play game Read My Lips, on Friday night.

The game involved the contestants passing pieces of paper to each other using just their mouths.

The duo shared the kiss after their paper dropped to the floor, the Sun reported.

Karachi, May 18 (ANI): The anticipated India vs Pakistan fixture of the upcoming ICC Champions Trophy, to take place at Edgbaston on June 15, is set to be purely overseen by English match officials, according to the International Cricketing Council (ICC).

London, May 18 (ANI): In a response to the spot-fixing scandal that has rocked the Indian Premier League (IPL), the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) may reportedly arrange interview any player under its jurisdiction who has had links to the Rajasthan Royals.

Sydney, May 18 (ANI): Australian legend Adam Gilchrist has expressed his disappointment at the spot-fixing scandal of the Indian Premier League and has demanded life bans for the cricketers involved in the crime if they are found guilty.

Sydney, May 18 (ANI): Australian spin great Shane Warne has said that the Indian Premier League spot-fixing scandal felt like a kick in the teeth for the game of cricket.

Warne was the inaugural captain of the team at the centre of the scandal, the Rajasthan Royals, before current skipper Rahul Dravid took over after the 2011 IPL season, the Sydney Morning Herald reports.

London, May 18 (ANI): To increase the security at the upcoming Football World Cup in Brazil in 2014, the Brazil government will reportedly use a fleet of robots that are usually used to neutralize roadside bombs and inspect areas for traces of explosives.

Sydney, May 18 (ANI): Former England captain Andrew Strauss has said that it is important for England to have star batsman Kevin Pietersen fully fit for a successful Ashes series, even though he has a big ego.

Pietersen is currently sidelined with a knee problem and in his absence England struggled to 232 all out in the first innings of the first Test against New Zealand at Lord's, News.com.au reports.

Sydney, May 18 (ANI): Australian Test batsmen David Warner has come under investigation after he posted expletive-laden tirade on the social media against the journalists of a reputed Australian media company.

A series of fiery rants were posted on the Twitter account of Warner, in response to News Limited journalist Robert Craddock's article on the perils of the rich and corrupt Indian Premier League, News.com.au reports.

Sydney, May 18 (ANI): Australian women cricketers are set to take a major leap towards professionalism after Cricket Australia's (CA) expected announcement of a major improvement in pay and conditions for female players next week when it unveils the women's Ashes squad.

London, May 18 (ANI): Retiring Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson has criticised arch rivals Manchester City for sacking Roberto Mancini from the post of manager, although he admitted the news had not come as a complete surprise to him.

New Delhi, May 17 (ANI): Delhi Police has reportedly indicated that it could widen the probe of an ongoing case of spot fixing in the sixth edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) to include questioning of the owners of the Rajasthan Royals and the team's captain.

New Delhi, May 17 (ANI): Delhi's Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar on Friday said former Test fast bowler S.Sreesanth is cooperating with investigators with regard to an Indian Premier League (IPL) spot fixing probe

Media quoted Kumar, as saying that he had visited the Special Cell office of the Delhi Police, but had not met with Sreesanth.

I met my officers in special cell this morning...Sreesanth is cooperating with investigations, Kumar was quoted by CNN-IBN, as saying.

London, May 17(ANI): Kelly Brook was handed a cake in the shape of a pair of breasts to celebrate her final day of filming on 'Celebrity Juice'.

Host Keith Lemon gave Brook the boob shaped cake and her co-star Holly Willoughby, 32, saucily bit into one of the lifelike nipples after giving her a full-on snog, the Daily Star reported.

The 33-year-old star, expressing her dismay on leaving the crazy ITV2 quiz show tweeted: Today's the day P45 #sacked :( #celebjuice.

Chennai, May 17 (ANI): Chennai police are conducting searches at various places in Chennai, a day after three Rajasthan Royals players were arrested for allegedly spot fixing matches in exchange for money. The raids are taking place at Sowcarpet, Triplicane, Purushwalkkam and four other places.

We have raided eight to ten places here and have secured six cricket bookies involved in betting. It is not match fixing but betting. The investigation

Mumbai, May 17 (ANI): The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced the suspension of Gujarat Ranji Trophy player-turned-bookie Amit Singh on Friday, after it was established that he had a hand in the latest spot fixing controversy in the Indian Premiere League (IPL).

Washington, May 17 (ANI): Tiger Woods and Lindsey Vonn were spotted soaking up the sun on the golfer's yacht in Florida on Tuesday.

Woods, 37, was photographed shirtless as he fished off the back of the boat named Solitude in a baseball cap, shorts and sneakers, People Magazine reported.

Woods' daughter Sam from his marriage to his ex-wife Elin Nordegren was also hanging out on the boat, People magazine reported.

Bhopal, May 17 (ANI): A day after Indian pacer Sreesanth and his IPL teammates Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan were arrested in connection with the IPL spot-fixing case, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson Shahnawaz Hussain on Friday said that the Centre and BCCI should take strict action against those guilty.

Talking to reporters here, he said that BCCI should act to make the system of IPL clean while the Centre should take strong action against spot fixing.

Washington, May 17 (ANI): It was only a few months ago that David Beckham had decided to join Paris Saint-Germain, and now he has already decided to retire.

A pop star wife, an estimated annual salary of 46 million dollars and the most iconic player of this generation-but to those who know the real David Beckham, he is just a normal guy and a devoted dad.

When Beckham announced his decision to retire from football Thursday, there was one man who had already anticipated such an event.

London, May 17 (ANI): McLaren team boss Jonathan Neale has said that he hoped that ace driver Jenson Button will remain with the team beyond this season following the announcement of a new engine deal with Honda.

Neale also refused to rule out a Woking comeback for Lewis Hamilton as one of the greatest names in world motor sport prepared for a return to F1 in 2015, the Mirror reports.

London, May 17 (ANI): Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has insisted that he will be staying on at the club and will not be joining the list of high-profile changes following the retirements of David Beckham and Sir Alex Ferguson.

Dismissing rumours of a summer move, Wenger said that he has always respected his contract at the club and will continue to do so in the future.

London, May 17 (ANI): Veteran Manchester United player Rio Ferdinand has thrown down the gauntlet to the club's rivals, saying that it is now up to them to try and catch them to the Premier League title challenge.

United are poised to start a new era under David Moyes following Sir Alex Ferguson's shock decision to retire, the Daily Star reports.

New Delhi, May 17 (ANI): The Board of Control for Cricket in Inida's (BCCI) Working Committee is likely to meet on May 19, and may consider after deliberation, the imposition of a life ban on Test player S.Sreesanth and two Rajasthan Royal players-Ankit Chavan and Ajit Chandila-for their alleged role in spot-fixing three of Rajasthan Royals' Indian Premier League matches this season, television reports said Friday.

London, May 17 (ANI): Kelly Brook managed to keep smiling after getting slapped with four parking fines and being sacked as a team captain on 'Celebrity Juice', on Wednesday.

The 33-year-old model left her car unattended and returned to find a whopping array of parking tickets whacked on the windscreen, the Mirror reported.

Brook, who didn't seem too bothered, took over to Twitter and after wrapping the season, she wrote: Today's the day P45 sacked :( celebjuice).

Karachi, May 17 (ANI): The Pakistani media has said that the key to the success of the team lies in getting the correct combination for the team before they head into serious cricket, including the upcoming ICC Champions Trophy.

New Delhi, May 17 (ANI): A day after Indian pacer Sreesanth and his IPL teammates Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan were arrested in connection with the IPL spot-fixing case, Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde on Friday congratulated Delhi Police for busting the racket.

I congratulate the Delhi Police. Whenever they did good work, I appreciate, Shinde told media here.

London, May 17 (ANI): Tottenham Hotspurs is confident that winger Gareth Bale will agree to stay on at the club at 170,000-pounds-a week deal, as Real Madrid and Manchester United eye the in-demand triple Player of the Year.

Bale has scored 25 goals in all tournaments and will extend his contract with Spurs till 2017 ahead of the Champions League next season, the Mirror reports.

London, May 17 (ANI): Retiring Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson has admitted that he used to always put pressure on referees and played mind games with opposing managers during his 27 years in charge.

As he prepares for his final game at West Bromwich Albion on Sunday, the Scot however, hoped that his successor David Moyes will follow his footsteps in overwhelming referees and rival managers with his 'Fergie time' method, the Sun reports.

London, May 17 (ANI): Football legend David Beckham is reportedly planning to buy his own club after pulling the curtain on his glittering playing career.

According to the Mirror, after 115 England caps and 19 trophies from his 500-plus games with five top-flight clubs, Beckham estimated to be worth 165 million pounds, is already planning life after his playing career by buying his very own football club, the Mirror reports.

New Delhi, May 17 (ANI): Indian pacer S Sreesanth and 13 others, including two cricketers of the Rajasthan Royals franchise, were sent to police custody for five days by a Delhi court for being quizzed in connection with the IPL spot-fixing case.

They were produced before Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Lokesh Kumar Sharma at his residence adjacent to the Saket court complex yesterday.

London, May 17 (ANI): Retiring Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson has joked that he planned to drink all the vineyards dry following his retirement.

The Scot, who will hang up his watch after Sunday's visit to West Bromwich Albion, said that he is planning on imbibing a good amount of alcohol as a part of his relaxation after a hectic 26-year coaching career, the Mirror reports.

London, May 17 (ANI): England national football team manager Roy Hodgson and FA chairman David Bernstein have paid tributes to the football star David Beckham and urged him to stay at the game, saying that he is a charismatic and talented player the football world cannot afford to lose.

The tributes follow Beckham's retirement announcement, the Mirror reports.

Washington, May 17 (ANI): Sports players and athletes with high testosterone levels choose to wear the colour red when they compete, a new study has revealed.

The new study, conducted by psychological scientist Daniel Farrelly of the University of Sunderland and colleagues, demonstrated that males who chose red as their color in a competitive task had higher testosterone levels than other males who chose blue.

London, May 17 (ANI): Key football figures have paid their tributes football star David Beckham after he announced his retirement from international football.

Twitter saw tributes to the football legend pouring in globally as Beckham plans to end his playing career, the Mirror reports.

Beckham has also been praised as a great ambassador for his country by UK Prime Minister David Cameron who said that Beckham has helped the country win London Olympics in 2012.

Karachi, May 17 (ANI): Former International Cricketing Council (ICC) president Ehsan Mani has urged the governing body to safeguard the sanctity of cricket following the spot-fixing scandals that has surrounded the Indian Premier League tournament.

The spot-fixing scandal involving three Rajasthan Royals players, S. Sreesanth, Ankeet Chavan and Ajit Chandila, has added weight to the growing concerns of corruption plaguing the game, the Express Tribune reports.

Karachi, May 17 (ANI): Former Pakistan captain Amir Sohail has called the ICC a 'total failure', saying that it has proved its incompetence again in tackling the corruption in the game.

Sohail's comments come in the wake of the spot-fixing controversy surrounding the ongoing lucrative Indian Premier League (IPL) tournament in which three Indian cricketers, including Test pacer S.Sreesanth, have been arrested, the Express Tribune reports.

Sydney, May 17 (ANI): The five Australian players playing in the Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Rajasthan Royals have reportedly been cleared of any spot-fixing charges, although they will be questioned as part of a major police investigation.

Sydney, May 17 (ANI): Australian cricketer Shaun Tait is reportedly considering legal action after wrongfully being dragged in to the Indian Premier League spot-fixing scandal.

Tait was named in social media as the Australian cricketer found with thousands of dollars in bundles of cash in a hotel room after Indian cricket authorities suspended three players - including Test paceman S. Sreesanth - for alleged spot-fixing during the ongoing IPL tournament, News.com.au reports.

Sydney, May 17 (ANI): The Australian media has said that the cricket in the country is brewing an 'exotic makeover' by adding to its ranks the likes of South-East Asian origin cricketers like Fawad Ahmed, Usman Khawaja and Gurinder Sandhu.

According to News.com.au, for more than a century, Australian cricket has stood at the pinnacle of world glory with the help of traditional names like Ian Healy, Greg Chappell, Sir Donald Bradman, Matthew Hayden, Shane Warne and Adam Gilchrist.

London, May 17 (ANI): Football ace David Beckham's endorsements have earned him many millions, with marketing experts dubbing him Brand Beckham.

Here's what he has put his name to over the years, according to the Daily Star.

Georgio Armani: He drove women wild while dressed in only a pair of boxer shorts.

Pepsi: TV adverts in which he took on sumo wrestlers and fought as a gladiator.