Following news of actor Vindu Dara Singh&rsquo;s association in the recent spot-fixing scandal of the Indian Premier League (IPL), Deepika says it is sad how because of a few people, several others come in the ambit of doubt. <img alt="Deepika Padukone" src="http://images.mid-day.com/2013/jan/Deepika-Padukone_12.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 406px;" /> &quot;It gives a bad name to the sport. It is unfair just because of a few people following this malpractice, you start doubting everybody else. As a country if you want to shine or if you want to be on the same level economically or otherwise (with others), I think it&#39;s important that sports people in our country do really well and this (spot-fixing) is not really helping that,&quot; Deepika told reporters at an event. &quot;It&#39;s sad. I have grown up in a generation where I have seen my father (play), and sport at that time was so pure and clean. So, to see it go down this route is very disappointing,&quot; she added. Calling the spot-fixing scandal &ldquo;shameful&rdquo;, Deepika&rsquo;s &quot;Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani&quot; co-star Ranbir Kapoor said: &ldquo;IPL has become such a great entertaining platform for the world right now and when such things crop up - like people playing dirty, it&#39;s unfortunate.&rdquo; &ldquo;There is no justification to it and I hope people who are concerned in this mischief should be punished. It is not fair to the people who are playing the sport with the right intention,&rdquo; he added.

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Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone, daughter of badminton icon Prakash Padukone, says sports was pure and clean during her father's time. She rues how malpractices such as spot-fixing can give any sport a bad name

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