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Time of India
24-05-2025
- Sport
- Time of India
Explained: Why Rajat Patidar faced a heavier fine than Pat Cummins
Pat Cummins and Rajat Patidar (IPL Photo) Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) skipper Rajat Patidar and Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) captain Pat Cummins have been fined for their respective teams' slow over-rate offences during their recent Indian Premier League (IPL) match. In an official statement, the IPL confirmed that Patidar was fined Rs 24 lakh as it was RCB's second over-rate offence of the season. Under the IPL's Code of Conduct, repeat infractions carry steeper penalties. As part of the punishment, the rest of RCB's playing XI — including the Impact Player — were each fined either Rs 6 lakh or 25% of their match fee, whichever is lesser. Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW! Cummins, on the other hand, was fined Rs 12 lakh since it was SRH's first such offence of the season under Article 2.22 of the IPL Code of Conduct, which deals with minimum over-rate violations. Who's that IPL player? The match saw RCB lose to SRH by 42 runs, denting their momentum ahead of the playoffs, although their qualification had already been secured. SRH posted a commanding total of 231/6, before their bowlers restricted RCB to 189 all out. 'Better now than in playoffs': Phil Salt reflects on RCB's first away loss in IPL 2025 Over-rate penalties have been a point of emphasis in the ongoing IPL season as the league attempts to curb delays and maintain the pace of play. Captains are held primarily accountable for over-rate offences, with escalating fines for repeat violations. Get IPL 2025 match schedules , squads , points table , and live scores for CSK , MI , RCB , KKR , SRH , LSG , DC , GT , PBKS , and RR . Check the latest IPL Orange Cap and Purple Cap standings.
1News
21-05-2025
- Business
- 1News
Man who heckled Winston Peters investigated by employer
A man who heckled Winston Peters in Wellington yesterday morning is being investigated by his employer, Tonkin + Taylor. Minister for Rail Winston Peters was speaking to reporters about new rail funding while at Wellington Railway Station, alongside Minister of Transport Chris Bishop, when he was interrupted. The heckler, who appeared to be wearing a lanyard with work identification, could be heard saying, "a load of bollocks, Winston". The Deputy Prime Minister was heckled as he made an announcement at the Wellington Railway Station. (Source: 1News) In a statement, a spokesperson from engineering consultancy company Tonkin + Taylor confirmed it was "aware of an incident at a media event at Wellington Railway Station" yesterday morning. "We have confirmed the person involved is a Tonkin + Taylor employee. We are investigating in line with our Code of Conduct and for privacy reasons we won't be commenting any further," they said. The company said it did not "condone behaviour that falls short of our Code of Conduct". "We sincerely apologise to the event organisers, attendees, the Deputy Prime Minister, and Minister Bishop, for the disruption caused." Speaking to Newstalk ZB this morning, Peters said it was an "appalling circumstance". He said Tonkin + Taylor had called to apologise and, as it was an employment matter, he didn't want to comment further. Asked if he would feel bad if the man lost his job, Peters said: "No I wouldn't, frankly." The New Zealand First leader was announcing new funding to upgrade rail reliability as part of the Government's upcoming Budget. Peters made the announcement as Rail Minister ahead of Budget 2025 on Thursday. 'We want railways to succeed for this country – rail freight backs our business, and business backs our cities and provinces," he said.
The South African
16-05-2025
- The South African
New rules at popular Cape Town nature reserve
The City of Cape Town recently announced that they will soon introduce new codes of conduct for Permissible Activities at the Witzands Aquifer Nature Reserve (WANR) starting 1 July. According to the City, the new rules aim to manage visitor numbers and overcrowding, enforce safety standards and ensure the continued conservation of the reserve. The measures aim to manage visitor numbers, enforce safety standards and ensure the continued conservation of the reserve. Witzands is one of the most popular destinations in Cape Town for dune-related recreational activities, including 4X4 off-roading, quad biking, and sandboarding, entry of which is controlled through a permit system. However, from 2019 to 2023 the City recorded a 1 501% increase in the number of visitors to the nature reserve and permits issued, which led them to implement Codes of Conduct in the interest of the continued conservation of this unique natural asset. The following rules will be implemented at Witzands for visitors: A daily limit of 80 permits for off-road vehicles, and no individual or operator may purchase more than 50% of the daily permits. The daily gate limits at Witzands will be implemented from 12 August 2025. A daily limit of 275 permits for quad bikes and off-road motorcycles, and no individual or operator may purchase more than 50% of the daily permits. The daily gate limits at Witzands will be implemented from 12 August 2025. A daily limit of 80 permits for sandboarding, and no individual or operator may purchase more than 50% of the daily permits. The daily gate limits at Witzands will be implemented from 12 August 2025. As from 1 July 2025 the wearing of personal protective equipment will be mandatory. As from 1 July 2025 day visitor pre-bookings will constitute 80% of the daily visitor limit, with 20% being kept open for visitors on a first-come-first-served basis. Let us know by leaving a comment below, or send a WhatsApp to 060 011 021 1. Subscribe to The South African website's newsletters and follow us on WhatsApp, Facebook, X and Bluesky for the latest news.
The Herald Scotland
26-04-2025
- Sport
- The Herald Scotland
Shamed cricketer John Blain fighting to clear name after racism storm
'My old dear said to me, 'I hope you find justice in my lifetime son…' Blain tells Herald Sport. 'That's a big thing to hear from your 78-year-old mum. 'My dad was a proud man, a policeman. And it's so hard for them because, while you try to keep your family away from it as much as possible, they are affected. It's their image around the town and so on. 'My dad used to come to every game and liked being around cricket grounds. He doesn't go to cricket grounds any more. 'My son has had abuse at school as well. All the 'your dad's a racist' stuff.' Blain was one of seven individuals charged with promoting a culture of racism inside Yorkshire Cricket Club Summoned to appear before a Cricket Discipline Commission on charges of bringing the game into disrepute Michael Vaughan – the former England captain – successfully contested the claims and won his case. Others, including Blain, accepted legal advice from the players' union to steer clear of an expensive and 'irredeemably flawed' process. Hearing testimony from Rafiq that Blain had referred on separate occasions to people of Pakistani origin as 'P***s', the allegation was supported by similar claims from Majid Haq, his former Scotland team-mate. In absentia the six men were found guilty and ordered to pay fines of £2500, the findings igniting an inferno in Scotland. Haq and his former international team-mate Qasim Sheikh submitted claims similar in nature – and wording – to those of Rafiq. In 2021 sportscotland appointed Plan4Sport to conduct a review of the allegations of racism. The result was 'Changing the Boundaries', a report citing 448 examples of alleged institutional racism in the Scottish game. A total of 53 allegations were progressed against 31 people, two clubs and two regional associations. Thirteen of the cases went as far as the Conduct in Sport manager. Despite sportscotland paying £189,000 to Plan4Sport for the report and £647,849 to legal firms Harper Macleod, Bishop Lloyd & Jackson Solicitors and equality support group Sporting Equals, none of the referrals met the criteria for further action. There was no action or findings of guilt against any individual or sporting body. Neither, for that matter, was there a public exoneration for those with a stain on their reputation. 'I didn't do this, I didn't say this, I didn't behave like this,' adds Blain. 'So when you ask me what I want from this, I want a meeting with the Sports Minister Maree Todd. I want to be publicly cleared. 'I know that certain people have met with the Sports Minister. I have never been afforded that opportunity. 'I have written to her. In fact I had to write to her a second time in order to get her to respond. 'She delegated the matter down to Maureen Campbell of sportscotland. But I will not stop at this. I can't stop.' Former Cricket Scotland chair Tony Brian has come to regard the Changing the Boundaries investigation as a kangaroo court established to make an example of an entire sport. It destroyed reputations, then spent fortunes failing to make the evidence stack up. Quietly spoken, the weight of Brian's anger and indignation is loud and clear. 'In my life I can't think of a bigger scandal in Scottish sport,' he states. John Blain at the Grange Cricket Club (Image: Gordon Terris) 'We have come to a decision where a sport was found guilty of institutional racism and absolutely pilloried, not just by media accusations, but by a national sport governing body. 'There was evidence produced – allegedly – supporting these claims. And that evidence has now all evaporated. 'Yet they are still refusing to admit that or to even take further any investigations which will clarify the whole thing. 'I would say there is an obligation to publish the outcome. 'Especially when it reached a conclusion which is unclear. 'Where is their evidence? If they have it why won't they publish it? 'The amount of money spent on this investigation by sportscotland must be close to £1 million now. And for what?' After sitting on a letter from former Cricket Scotland chief executive Pete Fitzboydon which, he believed, exonerated him of all charges Cricket Scotland subsequently informed Blain that the letter merely indicated an inability to proceed further with the allegations against him. Since then correspondence has flown back and forth. Blain wrote – twice – to Sports Minister Todd at the end of last year requesting a meeting. Informed that the Scottish Government were 'unable to intervene in individual cases' he was urged to engage with Cricket Scotland instead. Tony Brian also wrote to Todd, receiving a reply on April 8 refuting allegations of a breach of governance by sportscotland. In a statement to this newspaper Forbes Dunlop, chief executive, of sportscotland, reiterated that defence. 'We are clear there has been no breach of governance. We have a robust complaints process at sportscotland and we have been clear with all parties that if anyone has a specific complaint they wish to raise, then this is the route they should take. We follow the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman (SPSO) process for handling complaints. If someone is unhappy with their response, they can then contact the SPSO.' Read more: John Blain wants answers and justice as cricket racism claims quashed 'How can racism in cricket be worse than football' Brian has already been advised by the SPSO that the case won't be reviewed. He is equally non-plussed by the reluctance of sportscotland chair Maureen Campbell to meet six 'senior and well-respected' figures in Scottish cricket concerned by the way in which the Changing the Boundaries investigation was carried out. Campbell did agree to a face-to-face meeting with Blain on January 15, informing him afterwards that the Referrals Investigation Team had been unable to progress the cases he was involved in due to 'insufficient evidence, the absence of an applicable rule at the time of the complaint and/or a lack of jurisdiction or authority for formal action.' Cricket Scotland, the letter added, had already relayed the information that a 'procedural inability to progress these matters to a conduct in sport panel was not a statement of exoneration.' When we meet the former seam bowler turns up in a long, padded puffer jacket emblazoned with a Grange Cricket Club badge on the breast. For much of the last three years he has felt like a man with 'guilty' plastered across the back. 'The easiest way for me to describe is as if I was walking around with a jacket on that I can't remove. It's a dirty jacket. 'I did a statement last June and it was cathartic to get the information out there that I had been exonerated. 'But the truth is that I still have the jacket on. I still wear it every day. 'I can't work in England again, I lost my job at the BBC, I worked at Heriot's School in Edinburgh, I worked at Kibble in Paisley until someone phoned them and I was sacked from there as well. 'I think the dial has shifted somewhat now. 'But to take the jacket off I would like a public apology from the authorities. 'I would like an investigation into the whole business and I would like to be cleared. 'I would like a public apology, a public confirmation, that I have been through this process and cleared. I would like to be exonerated. 'I would also like Cricket Scotland and sportscotland to write to the ECB to help with that side of things as well.' To fight the accusations against him Blain has started a Go Fund Me page to raise funds. To date the total stands at £37,000, enough to cover the first wave of legal bills, if not the next. In her communication Campbell advised Blain that, in order to address the outstanding sanctions imposed by the ECB in 2023 he would need to pay the outstanding fine and undertake Equality, Diversity and Inclusion training at his own expense. In 2022 he was 'temporarily suspended' from the Scottish cricket hall of fame over the ECB finding with no sign of the suspension being lifted until he pays the fine and undertakes the EDI course. In December 2023 the ECB established the Cricket Regulator. A body responsible for monitoring compliance with the game's regulations, the regulator is overseen by the independent Cricket Regulatory Board and ring-fenced from the rest of the ECB. For Blain it's another avenue to pursue. Another mountain to climb in search of absolution. 'John was not found guilty,' concludes Tony Brian. 'He needs and deserves a chance to clear his name.'
IOL News
24-04-2025
- Politics
- IOL News
ANC launches investigation into mayor's costly security measures in KwaDukuza
The KwaDukuza Municipality is under ANC scrutiny after new allegations of power abuse. Image: facebook The ANC in KwaZulu-Natal has launched an investigation into how the party-led KwaDukuza Local Municipality decided to secure the protection of the mayor's house at a cost of R173 000 a month without a police threat assessment report. The party was reacting to the leaked March invoice where the Durban-based security company was billing the municipality for monthly costs of eight guards that are protecting the mayor's house 24 hours a day. The ANC's investigation came at the back of the council's denial of any knowledge of police security threat analysis which could have led the council to approve the protection of the mayor's house. In a written response, the ANC provincial spokesperson, Fanle Sibisi, said that this and other allegations circulating on social and other media platforms are quite troubling for the ANC as they directly conflict with the party's renewal and rebuilding programme. He added that these allegations undermine both the guidelines and the spirit with which the local government is expected to conduct its affairs. 'The African National Congress (ANC) in KwaZulu-Natal has noted with deep concern the various allegations of misconduct and improper behaviour levelled against the KwaDukuza Local Municipality and some of its leaders. The ANC has launched an urgent investigation to uncover the root of these allegations,' said the party. It further said that the investigation is expected to be completed within the next seven working days and thereafter, the party will take decisive action in response. Sibisi reiterated that the centrepiece of the provincial task team's renewal programme is service to the people of the province, adding that, to this end, the PTT will soon unveil a Renewal Charter, which represents a public commitment by all supporters, members, and leaders of the ANC to adhere to and uphold the highest standards of discipline in serving the people. Any action, whether by a structure or a leader of the ANC, that undermines this principle of the renewal agenda will be addressed decisively, in accordance with the Constitution of the ANC and its Code of Conduct, the party said. ActionSA finance committee member in KwaDukuza Halalalisani Ndlovu said no report was submitted to either the finance committee or council which indicated that the mayor's life was in danger. Ndlovu said his party was calling for an investigation on how the municipality decided to spend the taxpayers money on mayor's extra security without the council approval, adding that even the council would have not approved it without a police threat assessment report. Ndlovu said that despite that the invoice shows eight guards, they were in fact 10 which means in total the mayor has 14 guards that are paid by the taxpayers.
