Football: Bans imposed by Zimbabwe probe

Probe has recommended life bans for 13 national footballers, officials implicated in a 2009 match-fixing scam in Asia.

HARARE: A Zimbabwean probe has recommended life bans for 13 national footballers and officials implicated in a 2009 match-fixing scam in Asia, according to a report released yesterday. Although the probe team did not name the players and officials in the report, it further recommended a 10-year ban for seven people, a five-year ban for 37, two-year bans for 25 people and one to two-year bans for 10 players while eight players were exonerated. “Some officials and players will undoubtedly have their football futures ruined by these greedy, despicable, ruthless and unfeeling miscreants,” said retired high court judge and investigating team head Ahmed Ebrahim after the 13 were found guilty.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 17^th, 2012.