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    "editor1": "<p><strong>Colombo, June 19:<\/strong>&nbsp;Sri Lanka&#39;s Sports Ministry has launched an inquiry into match-fixing allegations with th regards to the 2011 World Cup final. The Special Investigations Unit of the ministry will be looking into the matter.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Sports Ministry Secretary K.D.S. Ruwanchandra told Sri Lankan newspaper Daily Mirror that Sports Minister Dullas Alahapperuma had called for an impartial and transparent investigation under Section 16 of the &quot;Prevention of Offences Related to Sports&quot; Act passed in 2019.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Former Sports Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage had earlier stated in an interview that the match, which India won at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, was &quot;fixed.&quot;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;The 2011 Cricket World Cup final was fixed. I stand by what I say. It took place when I was the minister of sports,&quot; Aluthgamage told Sri Lankan outlet newsfirst.lk.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;However, I do not wish to expose details for the sake of the country. The game against India in 2011, the game we could have won, was fixed.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;I say this with a responsibility and I can come forward for a debate. The people are concerned about it. I would not involve the cricketers in this.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;However, certain groups were definitely involved in fixing the game,&quot; he added.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Former Sri Lankan captains Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene both responded to Aluthgame&#39;s comments.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;Is the elections around the corner. Looks like the circus has started. Names and evidence?&quot; Jayawardene said in a tweet replying to the news on a post from his Twitter handle.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Sangakkara, who led Sri Lanka in the 2011 World Cup, stated that getting to the bottom of the allegations was the best thing to do.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;Then no one needs to speculate and can get to the bottom of this. That should be the most prudent course of action,&quot; Sangakkara was quoted as saying by newsfirst.lk.<br \/>\r\n&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n",
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