Snooker star slapped with FIVE-YEAR ban for match fixing and ordered to pay £70,000 fine

SNOOKER prima Mark King has been deed with a five-year prohibition for lucifer fixing.

The erstwhile Northern Ireland Open champ was recovered blameworthy of "one number of lucifer fixing and 1 number of providing wrong accusation connected that match."

A connection from the WPBSA (World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association) confirmed King volition present beryllium banned from playing snooker for fractional a decade.

And helium has besides been ordered to wage astir £70,000 successful costs.

King was initially suspended by the WPBSA successful March 2023, a period aft his lucifer against Joe Perry.

Suspicious betting had been reported, with an probe carried retired alongside the WPBSA's stake monitoring spouse Sportradar and the Sports Betting Intelligence United astatine the Gambling Commission.

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