{
  "id": 19473030,
  "title": "Starc rejects Khawaja's Sandpapergate claims as Aussie row intensifies",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/11/starc-rejects-khawajas-sandpapergate-claims-as-aussie-row-intensifies",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-11T07:59:21.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Gulf News",
    "slug": "gulf-news",
    "url": "https://gulfnews.com/sport/starc-rejects-khawajas-sandpapergate-claims-as-aussie-row-intensifies-1.500743481"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Dubai: The fallout from Australia's infamous 2018 ball-tampering scandal has intensified after Mitchell Starc rejected Usman Khawaja's claims that the entire team knew about the plot to alter the ball during the Cape Town Test against South Africa. Starc became the first current Australian player to publicly respond to the allegations, insisting he and the other bowlers had no knowledge that…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}