Sreesanth's fans in his home state Kerala are distancing themselves from the tainted speedster.

West Indian all-rounder Darren Sammy hammered two successive sixes to put Sunrisers Hyderabad into the playoffs of the 2013 Indian Premier League.

It was not a clinical performance by Sunrisers Hyderabad but Amit Mishra, Dale Steyn, Karan Sharma were brilliant with the ball while Shikhar Dhawan, Parthiv Patel did it with the bat.

The game vs QPR brought down the curtain on the 35-year-old defender's illustrious career, and he was afforded a guard of honour from both sets of teams before being handed a memento from the opposition's Liverpool-born captain Clint Hill.

A 1-0 win for Arsenal over Newcastle sealed the final qualifying spot for the Champions League and forced Tottenham to settle for a Europa League place.

Man-of-the-match Stuart Broad routed New Zealand on Sunday but insisted "attack leader" James Anderson was the man behind a thumping England first Test win at Lord's.

In an official media release, Rajasthan Royals announced that they would to everything to cooperate with the police in their investigation of the spot-fixing scandal. The press release said:

Rumoured Real Madrid target Carlo Ancelotti will leave Paris Saint-Germain at the end of the season, television channel BeInSport, whose Qatari owner Nasser al-Khelaifi is also PSG president, said on Sunday.

In a statement, ICC Chief Executive Mr David Richardson said: "The ICC offers its full support to the BCCI's in its efforts to quickly complete the enquiry against the accused players.

Former India kabaddi players on Sunday made an appeal to the Sports Minister Jitendra Singh to conduct an immediate inquiry into alleged "hijacking" of Amateur Kabaddi Federation of India (AKFI) by its President, Janardhan Singh Gehlot.