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Threats, bets and guilty WhatsApps: Inside snooker’s Chinese match-fixing scandal – and how they got caught

SNOOKER: Three years on from the news that rocked the snooker world, Lawrence Ostlere tells the story of the ringleaders behind an unprecedented scandal that saw 10 Chinese players banned from the game

The Independent UK

World Snooker chairman Steve Dawson: We will continue to stamp out corruption

Liang Wenbo and Li Hang have been banned from snooker for life

The Independent UK

Snooker star insists he didn't have "a sniff" of match-fixing after corrupt 5-0 win

Robert Milkins has opened up after his European masters qualifier win last July was corrupt following an investigation that saw 10 Chinese players banned

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Snooker rocked by shocking match-fixing scandal as 10 stars banned including two for life

Liang Wenbo, Li Hang, Yan Bingtao, Zhao Xintong, Lu Ning, Zhao Jianbo, Chang Bingyu, Bai Langning, Chen Zifan and Zhang Jiankang have all been handed suspensions following the investigation

Daily Mirror

Chinese snooker star Liang Wenbo banned for life for fixing matches and covering up trail

The most high-profile players involved in the scandal were the 2021 Masters champion Yan Bingtao and the 2021 UK Championship winner Zhao Xintong

The Independent UK

Liang Wenbo and Li Hang banned from snooker for life over match-fixing

Eight other Chinese players have also been hit with suspensions of varying lengths.

The Independent UK

What is snooker’s Chinese betting scandal?

An independent disciplinary hearing is set to begin in the second week of the World Championship

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Big bans may be handed out – snooker’s largest match-fixing inquiry set to start

The independent disciplinary hearing, chaired by Ian Mill KC, is expected to last around two weeks.

The Independent UK

What is snooker’s Chinese betting scandal?

An independent disciplinary hearing is set to begin in the second week of the World Championship

The Independent UK

Yan Bingtao and Zhao Xintong among 10 players charged in snooker match-fixing probe

All 10 players currently suspended by the WPBSA have been charged, six of those with match-fixing, including former Masters champion Yan Bingtao

Daily Mirror

Mark Allen produces five-cushion escape in 'shot of the season' contender

The 36-year-old from Antrim stormed past Li Hang with a 4-1 victory in the British Open

Belfast Live

Mark Allen nails incredible five-cushion snooker escape with 'shot of the season'

Mark Allen roared into the last 32 of the British Open with a 4-1 victory over Li Hang in Milton Keynes, which included a stunning five-cushion shot

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