Last week, Sports Minister Sarbananda Sonowal promised a push for the Sports Fraud Bill in the ongoing monsoon session in Parliament no better news for those who want sports to be corruption-free.

The Cabinet’s approval to amendments to Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, came in April this year, almost two years after the world’s richest cricket league got mired in spot fixing and illegal betting. And it’s been five years that the Commonwealth Games in the Indian Capital made more news for financial irregularities than medals won by our athletes.