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The other day somebody told me about WADA. I thought, my god is this Women against Desirable Atheletes, and I thought my God is this Jemima who has been petty enough to start a body against desirable atheletes like me. Someone then told it's against doping, and I wondered was there a body against dopes like Javed Miandad and of late Younis. Then I was told it was the World Anti-Doping Agency. This was like the reverse swing I invented and Allan Donald tampred with. Well, the reason MS, Bhajji and Yuvi haven't signed it I guess is that they're just not used to signing as many autographs as I did in my playing days. After all, MS is not I.
On Match Fixing, I think WI definitely fixed it by refusing to pay wages to the best team, so that Bangladesh could win the series. The West Indies Board would definitely have earned enough to pay the wages to their players. There was plenty of match fixing in my time, what with Wasim being matched with Waqar, and getting the rest of the team matched to all the girls in England. I fixed a match for myself with Jemima as well. I wonder which match Abdul Qadir is referring to, unless Younis is fixing his teammates with some girls. No wonder they're losing the matches, with all that fixing.
WADA should check Sachin. How can he reach 15,000 runs without a drug called Sunny.
by Mohit Varma
Imran Khan: I'm Surprised
Drugged boards, doped players
The Indian squad was just about to leave for the Beijing Olympics '08. Out of the blue came a shocker that Monika Devi, the lone weightlifter in the squad had tested positive. It was a rather shameful moment for an already shamed Indian Weightlifting Federation. They had just seen through one of the dark ages of the sport, Commonwealth Golds getting stripped, the Indian weightlifing team being banned from competing etc.
Immediately afterwards came the usual I didn't do it, anger and liters of tears spanning across news TV channels, print and electronic media in all languages. A day or two afterwards came the news that Monika Devi is indeed clean.
But, that wasn't the climax. Monika didn't take the next available flight to Beijing, why ?
Because the Indian Olympics Association (IOA) refused to reopen the entry process for Monika. The reason being, there was too less time left for them to reopen the entry process and for her to be flown to Beijing and take part in her event.
A case of wrongful implication, but the association decides there was no real hurry to rehabilitate the concerned athlete.
Cut to the news today...
Mohammad Asif is eligible for selection for the Champions Trophy. The tournament starts on September 24, 2009. His token one year ban ends September 22, 2009. But still his name would be part of the provisional squad that would be sent for the ICC approval in the matter of days or weeks from now.
The most appalling thing is that he is a repeat offender and PCB is hurrying on him. Do we really need guys like this playing what is dubbed as a gentlemans game ??
The moment we think of answering this question, another crops up in mind
Then what about all those inept & corrupt administrators ??
Long live cricket, the gentleman is dead !!
