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Three Indonesian badminton players banned for life

/ 09:55 PM January 08, 2021

Three Indonesian badminton players and an executive from a sports equipment company have been banned for life for match-fixing, the Badminton World Federation said on Friday.

Another five Indonesian players were suspended for between six and 12 years and fined up to $12,000 each, the BWF said in a statement.

BWF said all eight Indonesian players had competed in lower-level international competitions in Asia up until 2019.

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The three banned for life had “coordinated and organized others into being complicit in the (dishonest) behavior”, it said.

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The BWF Independent Hearing Panel found that the players had breached the body’s integrity regulations related to match-fixing, match manipulation and betting on badminton, it said.

Separately a Malaysian representative of an equipment brand that sponsors international players was suspended from the sport for life.

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“… the individual had approached international athletes and offered money to manipulate matches …,” BWF said.

He “abused his position of influence as an executive in a sporting brand in an attempt to corrupt international badminton and enrich himself,” it quoted the panel as saying.

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