Football: S Korea bans 10 over match-fixing
The players allegedly accepted money from fixers in exchange for helping their teams to lose games.
SEOUL:
South Korea's professional football league imposed a lifetime ban on 10 players who have been charged with match-fixing schemes, the toughest penalty in its 28-year history. "We made the decision, determined that this would be the first and the last match-fixing scandal in the league," said Kwak Young-Cheol. The league imposed a life ban on 10 out of 11 players who have been charged by state prosecutors, with the 11th receiving a five-year ban. The players allegedly accepted money from fixers in exchange for helping their teams to lose games.
Published in The Express Tribune, June 18th, 2011.
South Korea's professional football league imposed a lifetime ban on 10 players who have been charged with match-fixing schemes, the toughest penalty in its 28-year history. "We made the decision, determined that this would be the first and the last match-fixing scandal in the league," said Kwak Young-Cheol. The league imposed a life ban on 10 out of 11 players who have been charged by state prosecutors, with the 11th receiving a five-year ban. The players allegedly accepted money from fixers in exchange for helping their teams to lose games.
Published in The Express Tribune, June 18th, 2011.