Chinese pair handed lifetime bans over snooker match-fixing charges
Liang Wenbo and Li Hang have been banned from snooker for life after an investigation into match-fixing charges.
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Liang Wenbo and Li Hang have been banned from snooker for life after an investigation into match-fixing charges.
Chinese players Liang Wenbo and Li Hang have been handed lifetime bans for match-fixing by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA), the governing body said on Tuesday (Jun 6).
Two players have been given lifetime bans among a raft of match-fixing punishments handed out by the independent WPBSA (World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association) Disciplinary Commission. Liang Wenbo and Li Hang are the two players to receive lifetime bans from the sport, while Yan Bingtao has been suspended for five years, a ban that was reduced following early admissions and his plea of guilty. Ad Yan is a former Masters champion having won the triple crown event in the 2020-21 season.
Liang Wenbo and Li Hang have been banned from snooker for life after an investigation into match-fixing charges. Eight other Chinese players have been suspended for between five years and four months, in the case of Lu Ning, to one year and eight months for Zhao Xintong.
Chinese players Liang Wenbo and Li Hang have been handed lifetime bans for match-fixing by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA), the governing body said on Tuesday.
The snooker player Mark King has been suspended from the World Snooker Tour amid an investigation into irregular betting patterns. The allegation concerns King’s 4-0 defeat to Joe Perry in last month’s first round of the Welsh Open.
Mark King has been suspended from the World Snooker Tour amid an investigation into irregular betting patterns.
Mark King has been suspended from competing on the World Snooker Tour, WPBSA Chairman Jason Ferguson confirmed. King had been scheduled to play in the first round of the WST Classic in Leicester on Saturday, but his opponent Muhammad Asif was handed a walkover.