Two Chinese professional snooker players have been handed lifetime bans and eight others have been suspended for several years by the sport’s global governing body following a probe into match-fixing allegations.
Liang Wenbo, 36, and Li Hang, 32, were among 10 Chinese players who were suspended from official competitions earlier this year as the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association investigated claims of match-fixing and other charges.
As well as being barred from the professional game for life, the pair have each been ordered to pay £43,000 in costs. The WPBSA said the punishments were for a long list of rule breaches, including fixing matches and failing to co-operate with the investigation.