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Sri Lanka's Sports Minister Roshan Ranasinghe on Monday claimed that his "life is at risk" for exposing corruption in the country's cricket administration..
The sports minister has questioned the intentions of the current President by accusing Wickremesinghe of trying to fix him for exposing corruption in Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) and sacking its management...
I took action based on audit reports," Ranasinghe said, referring to his move to appoint an interim committee to run the Sri Lankan cricket administration...
Earlier this month, Ranasinghe had sacked the SLC management and appointed former World Cup-winning captain Arjuna Ranatunga as head of a seven-member interim committee to govern the cricket board but the Court of Appeal restored it a day later...
"The ICC Board met today and determined that Sri Lanka Cricket is in serious breach of its obligations as a Member, in particular, the requirement to manage its affairs autonomously and ensure that there is no government interference in the governance, regulation and/or administration of cricket in Sri Lanka," said ICC in a statement...
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