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Between October 2022 and January 2023, amid the biggest match-fixing investigation in the sport's history, [52] [53] the WPBSA suspended ten Chinese players—Liang Wenbo, Li Hang, Lu Ning, Yan Bingtao, Zhao Xintong, Zhao Jianbo, Chang Bingyu, Bai Langning, Chen Zifan and Zhang Jiankang—and subsequently brought match-fixing charges against ...
Chinese snooker players Liang Wenbo and Li Hang were handed lifetime bans from the sport on Tuesday for their role in a match-fixing scandal involving eight more of their countrymen. Liang and Li ...
Zhao Xintong has been competing as an amateur since the end of his ban for being caught up in a match-fixing scandal and is a real contender to win this week’s UK Championship
The high-profile scandal engulfed snooker in early 2023 as 10 Chinese players were charged with varying degrees of match fixing and ultimately Liang Wenbo and Li Hang were banned from the sport ...
On 14 February 2013, the WPBSA brought charges against Lee concerning his group matches at the 2008 Malta Cup, two matches at the 2008 UK Championship, his match at the 2009 China Open, and a match at the 2009 World Snooker Championship. He was charged with violating sections 2.8 and 2.9 of the Members Rules and Regulations, which concern ...
He was subsequently charged with fixing a match, failing to report approaches for him to fix matches, and betting on snooker. [3] In June 2023 he was given a four year and five months suspension, which following early admissions and a guilty plea, was reduced to 2 years and 11 months until 1 December 2025.
The most high-profile players involved in the scandal were the 2021 Masters champion Yan Bingtao and the 2021 UK Championship winner Zhao Xintong Chinese snooker star Liang Wenbo banned for life ...
The WPBSA suspended Zhao from World Snooker Tour events in January 2023, amid a match-fixing investigation, [2] and subsequently charged him with fixing a match. [3] Following an independent disciplinary tribunal, Zhao was banned from professional competition for 2 years and 4 months, until 7 April 2025, and ordered to pay £7500 in costs.