I think this is the most appropriate way, if you are not involved then make it bold and clear and sue the paper accusing you, rather clearly naming you. That makes it more clear why salman butt couldnt say it clearly and why other accused players couldnt do what Younis has done in this case:
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hhaRd1LaPSyZbbzEn6f74eCMx1Fg
Pakistan Younis accuses British paper of defamation
(AFP) – 7 hours ago
KARACHI — Former Pakistan cricket captain Younis Khan Tuesday served a legal notice on British newspaper The Daily Telegraph for linking him with a spot-fixing scam involving seven national team players.
The Pakistani cricketers are being investigated by British police over a newspaper sting in which a bookmaker was allegedly paid to get the team to bowl no-balls during the fourth Test against England at Lord’s which Pakistan lost Sunday.
The Telegraph apparently linked Younis, who ended his captaincy last year after a players’ revolt against him, to the bookmaker Mazhar Majeed at the centre of the allegations.
Majeed is on bail after his arrest by British detectives at the weekend.
“We have sent a legal notice to the Telegraph for linking Younis with the accused bookmaker Mazhar Majeed as his (Younis’) marketing agent in a recent newspaper article,” Younis’s lawyer Ahmed Qayyum told AFP.
“Younis was never linked or had any contract with Majeed.”
He said he had also forced several websites to remove similar allegations.
Qayyum said he had demanded that the Telegraph retract its story and pay compensation of 10,000 pounds (15,400 dollars) to his client, which would go to a charity helping victims of Pakistan’s floods.
The 32-year-old Younis relinquished his captaincy last year, and in March this year he was banned for an indefinite period over “infighting in the team.” The ban was overturned by an appeal tribunal in June, but the Pakistan Cricket Board did not clear Younis for selection in the team.
Younis sends notice to News of the World over Majeed connection
PTI, Aug 31, 2010, 03.27am IST
KARACHI: Pakistan’s former captain Younis Khan has sent a legal notice to the British tabloid which had alleged that he had also signed brothers Mazhar and Azhar Majeed, who act as agents for several Pakistani cricketers.
Reliable sources close to Younis said, the former captain instructed his lawyer, Ahmed Qayyum to issue the notice to ‘News of the World’ for publishing a report which said that Azhar and Mazhar were the agents of Younis.
The source said Younis was one of the few Pakistani players who had refused to sign Azhar and Majeed as agents for them in England.
M azhar Majeed is at the centre of a new match-fixing scandal and was arrested and later released on bail for trying to defraud bookmakers.
Mazhar claimed that he had paid bribes to some Pakistani players, including captain Salman Butt, for spot-fixing in the fourth Test against England at Lord’s.
Mazhar’s claims have set off a major investigation by the ICC and the Scotland Yard into fixing allegations.
“Yes the notice has been sent and in it Younis has demanded that the newspaper publish a denial and also pay damages of $10,000 pounds towards the flood relief fund for the millions of Pakistanis displaced by the floods,” the source said.
“The brothers approached Pakistani players to sign them on during the 2006 tour and Younis refused,” the source added.
The brothers are believed to have formalised their relations with members of the Pakistan squad on the 2006 tour and, though it remains unclear whether any official agreement was signed, over a number of years Azhar and Mazhar have handled various sponsorship and marketing contracts for the players in the UK.
Younis stepped down as captain of the Pakistan side last November after an ODI series loss to New Zealand, claiming that he no longer had control over his players.
He was called up for the ODI series in Australia where he played under Mohammad Yousuf’s leadership. Soon after the series he was punished by a PCB inquiry committee which ruled that he would not be picked for future Pakistan squads for an indefinite period of time.
Younis appealed against the decision when it was referred back to the PCB by a tribunal. It has remained there, however, reportedly due to personal differences between PCB chairman Ejaz Butt and Younis.
Despite calls by a number of ex-players, Younis has not returned either to the Test or ODI side since the Australia series.
