Mohammad Asif fails IPL dope test

Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Asif has been named by the Indian Premier League as the player who failed a drugs test.

IPL commissioner Lalit Modi confirmed on Sunday that a player tested positive for a banned substance during the first edition of the tournament, but did not reveal who it was.

However, Asif, who played for the Delhi Daredevils, was named in a statement from the IPL on Monday as the player in question.

The statement read: "The Indian Premier League compared the result from the WADA-approved laboratory in Switzerland with the data collected by IDTM, the Sweden-based independent agency which organised the anti-doping testing in accordance with World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) standards, to confirm the player in violation is Mr Mohammad Asif."

The Indian Premier League has found itself in the wrong foot, as it is being rocked by a doping scandal involving an Asian pace bowler. A sample taken during a random dope test in the inaugural edition of the IPL has turned out to be positive. Source TOI and Press Association

Hottest curry in the World

This is Real Masala News - an Indian chef has created Bollywood Burner –the “hottest curry in the world” – which contains the Dorset Naga, a chilli that is 100 times hotter than a regular jalapeno as well as lamb and other peppers.

The ‘brain storming’ dish has been created by executive chef Vivek Singh, of London’s Cinnamon Club restaurant, for a contest that marks the launch of Virgin Media’s Bollywood Movies on Demand service.

The dish is so hot that it comes with a health warning.

“In my opinion, it is the hottest curry ever. When Virgin Media approached me, I saw it as a challenge,” the Daily Star quoted Singh, as saying.

“Doing research, I was astonished that one of the world’s hottest peppers came from Dorset. It’s a fantastic traditional Indian recipe mixed with something English to create something new.”

Source Sify.com

England planing a rival league to IPL

In a bid to pose competition to the Indian Premier League, England may "effectively abolish" its traditional county cricket structure and stage a 50 million pound Twenty20 tournament from June 2010.

Although its architects will deny the charge of plagiarism, the similarities between the radical new Twenty20 competition leaked yesterday and the Indian Premier League (IPL) are so clear that it seems the ground-breaking tournament has simply been transported thousands of miles from Bombay to London.

"A blueprint has been prepared for a 50 million pound Twenty20 tournament to be staged in England which will rival the Indian Premier League. The radical proposal would see the county structure replaced by nine franchises based on the grounds that already stage Tests and one-day games," the 'BBC Sport' reported.

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England could stage rival league to IPL