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Bangladesh-Born Sri Lanka T20 Team Owner Sentenced Over Match-Fixing

By AFP News January 28, 2026 • 16:03 PM View: 255

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.

Bangladesh-born Tamim Rahman, owner of Dambulla Thunders, admitted to allegations that he had attempted to influence a player and organise betting.

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