11 Bans for match fixing

London 2012 - South Korea issues 11 life bans for match fixing
South Korea's volleyball association has banned 11 players for life in the latest effort to curb corruption in domestic sport.

South Korean sport has been scandalised by match-fixing allegations in professional football, volleyball and baseball, forcing the Government to declare war on the issue

The Korean Volleyball Federation said the 11 players included four volleyball players from the military athletics team and two women players.

The men were involved in fixing between one and eight matches in the last two seasons for up to 6 million won for each game.

Two women were fined 5 million won each for rigging one game, the Yonhap news agency reported.

"We will increase education for the players and continue to make efforts to prevent a recurrence of match-fixing," Chang Kyong-min, a federation spokesman, was quoted as saying.

Last week, the Daegu District Prosecutors' Office charged 27 baseball and volleyball players, gambling brokers and others for their alleged involvement in corruption.

South Korean football officials recently scrapped a cup competition as part of sweeping changes brought in to avoid a repeat of last year's damaging scandal, which led to nearly 50 players being arrested.

Even motor boating became embroiled, a racer being detained and charged for allegedly taking cash from gambling brokers in exchange for predicting orders of finishes in races.

Reuters