SL minister orders probe into Tillakaratne's claim

Sri Lanka's sports minister on Monday ordered a police inquiry into recent match fixing allegations levelled by former international captain Hashan Tillakaratne.

"I have asked the inspector-general of police to investigate these claims and give a report to me," Mahindananda Aluthgamage told reporters yesterday.

"Match fixing is something which has been in this country over a period of time. This has spread like a cancer today," Tillakaratne was quoted as saying by Sri Lanka's Daily Mirror newspaper on Friday.