Sports was clean during father's time: Deepika Padukone

Times of India | Wed, 22 May 2013 22:09:07 -0700

Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone, daughter of badminton icon Prakash Padukone, says sports was pure and clean during her father's time. She rues how malpractices such as spot-fixing can give any sport a bad name. Following news of actor Vindu Dara ...

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Boston Globe | Tue, 21 May 2013 02:31:39 -0700

In the wake of last year's Olympic match-dumping scandal involving eight Asian female doubles players, the international badminton federation went with an iconic Mr. Clean as its new president, electing Atlanta men's champion Poul-Erik Hoyer of Denmark ...

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Yahoo! Canada Sports | Sat, 18 May 2013 02:29:39 -0700

The players were kicked out of the Games but not before it created the biggest scandal in badminton's history as an Olympic sport. "Match-fixing or match throwing is, of course, a concern," Hoyer Larsen said, after polling 145 votes to Suhandinata's ...

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IPL 2013 spot-fixing scandal is shameful, say Bollywood stars

Cricket Country | Fri, 17 May 2013 23:09:24 -0700

Deepika's father Prakash Padukone is a former badminton champion. Ranbir and Deepika were present at the promotional event of their upcoming film 'Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani'. Indian pacer S Sreesanth and other two bowlers-- Ajit Chandila and Ankeet ...

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