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Chinese snooker vows crackdown after match-fixing scandal

Yan Bingtao is among 10 Chinese players handed bans of varying lengths for match fixing and betting. (Photo: AFP)

BEIJING: Chinese snooker vowed Wednesday to crack down on betting and launch an education drive after 10 players from the country were banned from the sport, two for life.

Snooker is reeling from its biggest match-fixing scandal and China is at the heart of it, with Liang Wenbo and Li Hang banned for life on Tuesday.

The World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) also issued shorter bans to eight other Chinese players, among them the 2021 Masters champion Yan Bingtao.

The allegations included manipulating games, approaching players to cheat, betting on snooker and fixing matches.

In a statement, the…

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