Two Chinese basketball clubs, including Shanghai, the former team of former NBA star Yao Ming, who is now president of the CBA, have been banned from the league over match-fixing allegations, the NBA announced today (4/17). league. This decision follows an investigation that began after Friday’s match between the Yangxu Dragons and the Shanghai Sharks, who “grabbed” the victory in the end, thus securing their qualification to the quarter-finals.
It was “found” that the accusations of “passivity” against the defeated team were “in line with reality”, the federation said today (17/4). “The conduct of the two teams constitutes a serious breach of sportsmanship,” complained the CBA, which announced several sanctions targeting the clubs.
The teams will be banned from the league for the rest of the 2022-2023 season, their rankings will be canceled and neither will be given the 5 million yuan (€660,000) paid out by the sports authorities.
“It’s a weekend that leaves deep regrets,” the former Sharks player before playing in the NBA for nine seasons with the Houston Rockets said in an interview. “Deep lessons must be learned from this incident. Some things have to change. Because something positive has to come out of this case,” he said.
Coaches and officials of the two teams were also banned from coaching or participating in any basketball-related activity for periods of three to five years.
Source: Sport Fm
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