Image Source : GETTY IMAGES The BWF mentioned it was a report by a whistleblower.
The Badminton World Federation (BWF) on Friday handed life bans to 3 Indonesian shuttlers for involvement in match-fixing, match manipulation and betting.
The sport’s governing physique mentioned “eight Indonesian players who knew each other, and competed in lower-level international competitions mostly in Asia up until 2019, breached BWF Integrity Regulations related to match fixing, match manipulation and/or betting on badminton.”
“Three of them were found to have coordinated and organised others into being complicit in the behaviour and have been suspended from all badminton related activities for life,” BWF mentioned in a press release.
“Five others were suspended for between six to 12 years and fined between USD 3,000 and USD 12,000 each.”
The BWF mentioned it was a report by a whistleblower which allowed its integrity unit to start out a probe and interview a lot of gamers in regards to the matter, following which all eight gamers had been provisionally suspended in January final 12 months.
The apex physique mentioned the gamers can attraction the choice to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) inside 21 days.
The BWF additionally suspended a Malaysian citizen, who’s a consultant of an gear model that sponsors worldwide badminton gamers, from all badminton-related actions for all times after he was discovered responsible of providing cash to worldwide gamers to control matches.
“Due to the nature of the breaches and this person’s access to and influence over players his company sponsored, the IHP suspended the individual from badminton-related activities for life.”
