Two badminton players handed career-ending bans

Thursday, 3 May 2018 07:00

Two badminton players have been handed career-ending bans over match-fixing.

The Malaysian athletes were found by an independent panel to have "engaged in corruption offences over a significant period and a significant number of tournaments" from 2013.

Tan Chun Seang, 31, and former junior world champion Zulfadli Zulkiffli, 25, were banned for 15 and 20 years.

It is the first case of its kind for both badminton and the Badminton World Federation (BWF).

Tan and Zulkiffli have also been fined $15,000 (£11,002) and $25,000 (£18,337) respectively by a BWF Ethics Hearing Panel.

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