Salman Butt forced Aamir into fixing: Sources

In a shocking revelation, Mohammad Aamir has informed the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) that he was lured and dragged into spot fixing by suspended Test skipper Salman Butt. 

The young left-arm pacer is presently serving suspension by the ICC for his alleged involvement in spot fixing during the fourth Test against England at Lord's last month, along with Butt and Mohammad Asif. 

Sources in the PCB said that Aamir had told chairman Ijaz Butt that he never wanted to be part of this "business" (spot fixing) but was forced into it by Butt and Asif. "Aamir had gone to Butt and claimed he was innocent and a victim of the "seniors power lobby" in the team," a source said. 

Another source revealed that Aamir, regarded as one of Pakistan cricket's most promising young talent, had told manager Yawar Saeed about the pressure being exerted on him by Butt. 

"Aamir's claim is that he just did what he was told to do. He is claiming innocence now and says he didn't even know Mazhar Majeed was introduced to him by Butt and Asif," the source said. 

Quite a few former Test captains, and even Pakistan's former President, Pervez Musharraf, have urged the ICC to show leniency towards Aamir, all of 18. But chief selector, Mohsin Khan said that he didn't agree with the viewpoint that Aamir should be shown leniency because of his age. 

"I don't buy this argument because if you can do something wrong at 18, you can keep on doing it later as well. If these three players are found guilty they should be punished, including Aamir," Mohsin said. 

The chief selector insisted that no cricketer was indispensable and there should be no compromise on discipline and commitment towards your team and country. 

"Aamir must be punished if he is guilty. I just hope that that these three are eventually cleared because they have already damaged the reputation of Pakistan cricket and the country," Mohsin said

Prince Charles to open CWG instead of Patil

Ending weeks of speculation over who will inaugurate the Commonwealth Games, the British royal family on Monday announced thatPrince Charles will declare the event open instead of Indian President Pratibha Patil.

After confusion grew over who will open the event among the two, Charles' office Clarence House issued a statement, asserting that the heir-to-the-throne will inaugurate it.

Charles is attending the Games as a representative of Queen Elizabeth II, the ceremonial head of the Commonwealth who will give the event a miss for the first time in 44 years.

"There is no row. Both The Prince of Wales and the President of India will have a prominent role in the opening ceremony in Delhi. The Queen has asked The Prince of Wales to represent her at the opening of the Commonwealth Games.

"We cannot be specific about the choreography but The Prince will read out the Queen's baton message, ending by declaring the Games open," a statement from the Clarence House read.

Earlier, a British tabloid quoted some of the officials of the Indian Department of Information as saying that the Indian President would open the Games.

EPL: Owen earns Man Utd 2-2 draw

Substitute Michael Owen headed a goal with his first touch of the ball to give Manchester United a point from a 2-2 draw with  Bolton in the Premier League on Sunday.

The former England striker came off the bench in the 71st minute and glanced home Nani's free kick three minutes later to put United second in the table — three points behind Chelsea and one above Arsenal.

Portugal winger Nani's superb solo goal had earlier canceled out the opener scored by Zat Knight, but Martin Petrov put United's northwest neighbor Bolton in the lead again with a deflected shot in the 67th minute.

Snake found in athlete's room at CWG Village

There seems to be no end to the problems confronting the organisers of the  Commonweath Games with the South African envoy in Delhi, claiming that a snake was found in an athlete's room in the Village.

A snake was found in a room in  the residential tower , earmarked for the South African athletes, who have not arrived yet, said Commissioner Harris Mbulelo Mejeke.

"We can't go and stay till things are fixed up. We have very grave concerns. If snakes are found we can't ask our teams to stay there. Yesterday we found a snake but I don't know whether it was an Indian snake. But it was there in one of our rooms," Mejeke said before entering the Village.

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Chennai Super Kings beat Warriors to win Champions League T20

Indian Premier League champions Chennai Super Kings thrashed South African home favourites Warriors by 8 wickets to win the Champions League Twenty20 final in Johannesburg on Sunday. 

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Murali Vijay (58) and Mike Hussey (51 not out) put on 103-run opening partnership to help Super Kings surpassed the modest 129-run target set by the Warriors with six balls to spare. 

Vijay hit two sixes and six fours in his 53-ball classy knock and won the 'golden bat' award for the highest run-scorer of the tournament. The Chennai opener scored 294 runs in six innings, followed by the Warriors' skipper Davy Jacobs, who scored 286 runs. 

Bom Sabado Worm in Orkut Fixed by Google

The ‘Bom Sabado’ worm which had hacked through millions of Orkut accounts is now removed by Google. Google released a statement in their blog which notified all users that the worm Bom Sabado has been dealt with & Orkut is safe for now.

The worm Bom sabado which has a very ironic translation into Portuguese meaning ‘Good Saturday’ had affected the social networking site Orkut on Saturday 25th September. The worm did nothing like post malicious links, rather it just left scraps from the infected account to every friend’s scrapbook.