Former New Zealand cricketer Chris Cairns has been charged in London with perjury.
The charge relates to the 2012 defamation case in which Mr Cairns was awarded $180,000 in damages against Lalit Modi, the former boss of the Indian Premier League.
Mr Modi had accused the cricketer of match-fixing during his time in the now-defunct Indian Cricket League (ICL).
News agency AFP reports a friend of Chris Cairns who appeared as a witness at the libel trial, lawyer Andrew Fitch-Holland, had been charged with perverting the court of justice.
The men were formally charged on Thursday after attending a central London police station and are due to appear before a court in London on 2 October. A full trial is unlikely for some months.
