Thursday, 24 March 2016

BWF brings in life bans to ward off match-fixing fears

KUALA LUMPUR: Badminton supervisors have gotten lifetime bans for match-fixers and illicit card sharks as a major aspect of another contract reported on Thursday which gives the body more prominent extension to find defilement. 

The Badminton World Federation (BWF) likewise made it an offense not to report information of unlawful wagering or inability to coordinate with BWF examinations as it offers to stay away from the situation of tennis, which has been shaken by match-settling affirmations. 

"BWF is resolved to clean game and this code is for everybody in badminton," BWF Secretary General Thomas Lund said in an announcement. 

"It covers all individuals connected with our game and addresses circumstances that have come to fruition with the development of badminton. 

"We can request meets with anybody in the game and in addition ask the individuals why should claimed have conferred offenses to hand over things, for example, cellular telephones, tablets, phone records." Badminton was hit by a match-altering embarrassment at the 2012 London Olympics when eight players, from China, South Korea and Indonesia, were kicked out of the ladies' copies competition for intentionally attempting to lose matches.

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