All posts tagged "match-fixing"

  • South Korean police officer Park Min-soon briefs about suspicion of illegal gambling and match fixing at Gyeonggi Police Agency in Uijeongbu, South Korea, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2015. The police are investigating 11 professional basketball players on suspicion of illegal gambling and match fixing in the top-tier Korean Basketball League. (Im Byung-sik/Yonhap via AP)
    Eleven men out? Korean basketball players suspected of match-fixing

    SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean police are investigating 11 professional basketball players on suspicion of illegal gambling and match fixing in the top-tier Korean Basketball League. It is believed at least one of the players...

    • Posted September 8, 2015
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    Another match-fixing investigation rocks Korean Basketball League

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — Police said they’re investigating an active professional basketball coach over match-fixing allegations. Seoul police said the coach, whose identity is being withheld, allegedly bet against his own team in the Korean Basketball League (KBL)...

    • Posted May 25, 2015
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  • The Korea Taekwondo Association (KTA) is under suspicion of rigging the results by coercing referees to make favorable decisions for the selected players during national team tryouts.  (Photo - courtesy of WTF)
    Police raids Taekwondo body over alleged match-fixing

    (Yonhap) — Police in Korea on Friday raided the office of the taekwondo governing body as part of an ongoing investigation into allegations that it had fixed matches to benefit selected players. The Korea Taekwondo Association (KTA)...

    • Posted March 6, 2014
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