Pakistan spot-binding: scandal timeline

August 28, 2010: News of the world Accuses Pakistani players Salman Butt, Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Asif of involvement in "spot-fixing" during the fourth Test against England at Lord's. Agent Mazhar Majeed was arrested for conspiracy to defraud the bookmakers.

September 2:. The International Cricket Council suspends the trio after their workload under various violations of the Code of the anti-corruption Council. High Commissioner of Pakistan to the United Kingdom contends players suffer from a "facility".

September 22: PCB Ijaz Butt President accuses the England players also fix a game – what the third ODI oval - resulting in a furious response from England players seeking a public apology.

October 13: ICC close third ODI survey claims. Butt said the allegations were "false".

October 31: An appeal against their Butt, Amir suspensions and Asif is rejected by the International Criminal Court.

November 3:. Pakistan Cricket Board suspends central contracts of players.

November 8:. Concerns for the safety of Pakistan wicketkeeper Zulqarnain Haider, after he fled to Dubai hours before an international day his team against South Africa, apparently after receiving threats to its performance in the previous corresponding.

10 Nov: after claimed asylum in the UK, Haider reveals he gets deaththreats after scoring victory against South Africa. Its central contract is also suspended from international cricket.

Jan 1: ICC tribunal hearing date is set in Doha, Qatar, 6-11 Jan. Brother of Prime Minister David Cameron announced that counsel for the defence to Asif.

Jan 6: The cleavage between Butt, Amir, Asif and PCB widens players demand that Commission officials do not attend the proceedings.

Jan 11:. After six days of evidence, Justice Albie Sachs announced that decision the ICC, the will be delayed.

February 4:.The trio, with their agent, is accused of corruption by the Crown Prosecution Service.

February 5:. Tribunal of the ICC anti-corruption prohibits Salman Butt 10 years (five suspended), Mohammad Asif for seven years (suspended two) and Mohammad Aamer for five years.

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Allen Stanford scandal: receivers issue $13m writ against golf's PGA Tour

 Back in the spotlight: receivers for Sir Allen Stanford's collapsed financial empire are widening their pursuit of sporting bodies Photo: REUTERS

Last week Telegraph Sport disclosed that the receiver was considering legal action against the ECB to recover $3.5m received from its Twenty20 deal with Stanford as part of a strategy of pursuing recipients of sponsorship income from the Texan financier.

The receiver has aready issued writs against Vijay Singh's former agent IMG worldwide, golfer David Toms and the Miami Heat NBA franchise

Ralph Janvey, the Stanford receiver, is claiming money paid to sporting bodies was "fraudulently transferred" from the proceeds of an illegal investment scheme, and the sports companies did not provide "good value" for the payments, and cannot demonstrate they had received the money "in good faith".

Stanford is currently in custody awaiting trial in the United States charged with running an alleged $7 billion "Ponzi" scheme based on the sale of certificates of deposit in his Antiguan-based Stanford International Bank. He denies the charges.

“PGA did not provide reasonably equivalent value for the transfers of certificates of deposit proceeds to it and cannot establish that it is a good faith transferee,” Janvey said yesterday in a federal court in Dallas.

The ECB struck a $100 million with Stanford in in 2008 for a series of Twenty20 matches against his Superstars XI. ECB officials are understood to be confident that they are able to defend any action action brought by the receiver via the American courts.

“We will not have to repay a single penny of this money,” a senior ECB source told the Telegraph. “The ECB has acted properly throughout its dealing with Stanford and the US courts have no jurisdiction here. It is a joke.”

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