Alan McManus 'proud' of snooker's 'loud and clear' response to match-fixing scandal as 10 players banned

Alan McManus says he is “proud” of the way snooker has handled the match-fixing scandal which led to 10 Chinese players receiving bans. Liang Wenbo and Li Hang were both handed lifetime bans for their involvement while eight other players, including former Masters champion Yan Bingtao and former UK Championship winner Zhao Xintong, have also been suspended. Ad Among the most serious offences were fixing matches, trying to get other players to fix matches, and threatening other players.

SnookerTwo given lifetime bans, Yan Bingtao suspended for five years among raft of match-fixing punishments20 HOURS AGO “It's obviously disappointing,” said Eurosport expert McManus. “But I know Nigel Mawer, who's the head of integrity at World Snooker, and I knew that he was going to be ultra-stringent — doing the digging to find out what has been going on and leaving no stone unturned. And I think that proved to be the case.

“I’m proud of the governing body and the way they handled it. “I know that in the modern world everything is so instant and everyone wants an answer yesterday, but because of how stringent the governing body have been it was going to take time. «They left no stone unturned and again I’m really proud and I think every player and snooker fan should be proud of the governing body and the way they handled it.

“The message is loud and clear: 'if you do it, you're going to get caught'. It may take a year or two, it may take five years, or even seven or eight years, but you're going to get found out. Two players given lifetime bans in match-fixing scandal Burden regains tour place after winning thriller “You just have to have a zero tolerance policy.