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Spot-fixing controversy

Treat Amir more leniently - Brearley

Dec 20, 2011: Mike Brearley, the former England captain, has said that Mohammad Amir, the Pakistan fast bowler currently in prison for his role in the spot-fixing scandal, should be treated more leniently

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Butt and Amir have appeals dismissed

Nov 23, 2011: The Lord Chief Justice has rejected the appeals of Salman Butt and Mohammad Amir against their sentences in the spot-fixing case

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Butt and Amir set to appeal sentences

Nov 22, 2011: Salman Butt and Mohammad Amir will have appeals against their spot-fixing sentences heard on November 23 in London

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Butt and Amir's appeal to be heard on Nov 23

Nov 18, 2011: Salman Butt and Mohammad Amir will have appeals against their spot-fixing sentences heard on November 23 in London

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Amir given permission to appeal his sentence

Nov 11, 2011: Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Amir has been given permission by a London court to appeal his six-month sentence in the spot-fixing trial

Ringside at the biggest cricket trial of them all

Nov 5, 2011: Outside the courtroom, it was all informal and laidback, but in it things were deadly serious, and never more than on the day Mohammad Amir showed up

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'I blame myself for bringing Mazhar to cricket'

Nov 3, 2011: An exclusive interview with Azhar Majeed, the brother of the convicted agent, Mazhar

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'Six months is a lot for a kid'

Nov 3, 2011: The families of the three players react with sadness and defiance to their sentencing

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The ACSU is a toothless tiger - Strauss

Nov 3, 2011: Reactions from former players and officials on the sentences after the spot-fixing trial

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A cleansing process

Nov 3, 2011: In the short term the game will mourn the loss of yet another veneer of innocence but the overwhelming emotion ought to be one of relief

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Sentencing remarks of Justice Cooke

Nov 3, 2011: Sentencing remarks of Justice Cooke in the spot-fixing trial involving Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif, Mohammad Amir and Mazhar Majeed

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Butt gets 2 years 6 months in jail, Asif gets 1 year, Amir six months

Nov 3, 2011: The stage is set for the sentencing of Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir, and the agent Mazhar Majeed, in the spot-fixing case

Does our society breed corrupt sportsmen?

Nov 3, 2011: If Butt and Co are to blame, so is the environment that produced them

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Guilty cricketers plea for leniency

Nov 2, 2011: Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir all offered closing submissions via their lawyers on the 21st day of the spot-fixing trial

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Amir's involvement was one-off - lawyer

Nov 2, 2011: The lawyer of Mohammad Amir told a packed Southwark Crown Court that his client has only ever cheated by bowling two no-balls in the Lord's Test

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Judge to clarify Amir's position in fix

Nov 2, 2011: The sentencing process in the spot-fixing trial has begun with all three players - Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir - together in the dock for the first time

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Amir and Majeed involved - judge

Oct 25, 2011: Justice Cooke began his summing-up by telling the jury that Mazhar Majeed and Mohammad Amir were "involved in spot-fixing"

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Amir 'the sacrificial goat' says prosecution

Oct 24, 2011: The prosecution told the jury in the alleged spot-fixing trial that teenage fast bowler Mohammad Amir was being singled out as "the sacrificial goat"

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Asif was 'sucked in' court hears

Oct 20, 2011: Mohammed Asif was "sucked in" to fixing by his former captain Salman Butt and agent Mazhar Majeed, the prosecution told a London court on Thursday, as Asif stood in the witness stand

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'I misjudged Majeed' - Butt

Oct 18, 2011: Salman Butt, the ex-Pakistan Test captain accused of being involved in spot-fixing, said on the tenth day of the trial in London that he "misjudged" his former agent Mazhar Majeed