Chinese players Liang Wenbo and Li Hang have been handed lifetime bans for their involvement in snooker’s biggest match-fixing scandal. Eight other players, all from China, have received bans ranging from 20 months to five years and four months from…
11 footballers arrested for match-fixing in Hong Kong
Hong Kong’s anti-corruption agency has arrested 23 people including a coach and 11 players from one football team in its biggest crackdown on match-fixing in recent years. The Independent Commission Against Corruption on Tuesday said first division matches in the…
Westerhof sues Bonfrere over allegations of match-fixing
Two former Nigeria coaches, Clemens Westerhof and Johannes Bonfrere are locked in a legal battle in far away Holland, over allegations of match-fixing during Nigeria’s USA ’94 World Cup campaign. Coach Westerhof has sued Bonfrere for defamation of character and…
Etuhu, Siasia, others’ match-fixing cases bad for Nigeria’s image, says Udeze
In recent times, Nigerian footballers have been enmeshed in match-fixing and other corruption charges either by the world football-governing body, FIFA or some national associations, a situation that has cast doubts on the integrity of players from the country. A…
