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Ten Chinese snooker players hit with match-fixing charges

China's Zhao Xintong plays a shot against Scotland's Stephen Maguire during their World Snooker Championship second-round match at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England on April 22, 2022 [File: Oli Scarff/AFP]

Ten Chinese snooker players, including some of the sport’s biggest names, have been charged in an alleged match-fixing scandal that has plunged the game into a major corruption crisis.

The governing World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) said in a statement on Wednesday that an investigation by its integrity unit had found a number of violations by the players.

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