Butt arrives in UK to discuss apology
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Your support makes all the difference.Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Ijaz Butt will arrive in London today to consult his legal advisers about replying to English demands that he apologise over allegations about match-fixing. Butt will also meet Scotland Yard officials to discuss the spot-fixing accusations against three Pakistan players which overshadowed the team's recent disastrous English tour.
England's players have demanded an apology from Butt after he said he had heard from bookmakers that English players were involved in fixing matches.
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