Fresh investigation after Sports Minister’s bribe claims View(s):Sports Minister Harin Fernando this week claimed he was offered a bribe to include certain players to the national team sparking a fresh investigation by the International Cricket Council, the game’s global gate-keeper. The grace period, which will end on January 31, has reportedly seen new people come forward with fresh information. In Sri Lanka, the Sports Minister wields substantial power over team selection. The Sports Law requires him to appoint selectors and also to sign off any national team representing Sri Lanka. The ICC is now investigating what they term “serious allegations of corruption” in Sri Lanka and has one of their investigators based on Colombo.

Source: Sunday Times January 19, 2019 20:26 UTC