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Two Laos Soccer Players Get Life Bans for Match-fixing

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5 years ago

March 3, 2020

Niji Narayan

Two Laos Soccer Players Get Life Bans for Match-fixing

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The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has issued life bans to two Laos national team footballers, Khampheng Sayavutthi and Lembo Saysana, for match-fixing.

A disciplinary panel banned the pair from taking part in “any football-related actvities for life,” the AFC said in a statement, adding it will ask global football body Fifa to extend the bans worldwide.

The AFC did not reveal details of the alleged match rigging to avoid jeopardising an ongoing probe. But it said the tough sanction reflects a “zero-tolerance policy on match-fixing.”

It is not the first time Laos football has come under scrutiny over alleged match-fixing. Top team Lao Toyota FC were banned from the 2018 AFC Cup for “arranging or influencing” the outcome of matches in the 2015 and 2016 tournament.

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Niji Narayan

Niji Narayan has been in the writing industry for well over a decade or so. He prides himself as one of the few survivors left in the world who have actually mastered the impossible art of copy editing. Niji graduated in Physics and obtained his Master’s degree in Communication and Journalism. He has always interested in sports writing and travel writing. He has written for numerous websites and his in-depth analytical articles top sports magazines like Cricket Today and Sports Today. He reports gaming industry headlines from all around the globe.