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    "excerpt": "A Sri Lankan court handed the British owner of a Premier League team a four-year suspended sentence on Wednesday over match-fixing in the domestic T20 cricket tournament, a judicial official told AFP.",
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    "editor1": "<p>A Sri Lankan court handed the British owner of a Premier League team a four-year suspended sentence on Wednesday over match-fixing in the domestic T20 cricket tournament, a judicial official told AFP.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Bangladesh-born Tamim Rahman, owner of Dambulla Thunders, admitted to allegations that he had attempted to influence a player and organise betting.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Following his guilty plea, Rahman was convicted and handed a four-year jail term which was suspended for five years, the court official said, speaking to AFP on condition of anonymity.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The Colombo High Court also fined the owner 24 million rupees ($80,000).<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The conviction was in line with a strict 2019 act aimed at preventing corruption in sports in Sri Lanka.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Rahman&#39;s arrest in 2024, which came after the player involved had alerted the authorities, was the first such detention of a Premier League official since it was established six years ago.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>He was apprehended at the airport in Colombo before boarding a flight to Dubai, and spent a few weeks in detention before being granted bail.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<h5><b>Also Read: <\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cricketnmore.com\/live-cricket-score\">Live Cricket Score<\/a><\/h5><p>The court official said a warrant was out for the arrest of team manager Mujeeb Ur Rehman, a Pakistani national, who was also implicated in the case.<br \/>\r\n&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n",
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