China’s Yu Delu and Cao Yupeng suspended by snooker body amid match-fixing investigation
Also suspended is Welshman David John as the WPBSA looks into suspected manipulation of matches and other charges
Chinese snooker players Yu Delu and Cao Yupeng, along with Welshman David John, have been suspended by the world governing body over suspected involvement in match-fixing.
The World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA), in its website, said world No 43 Yu, 30, 27-year-old Cao, ranked 38, and unranked John, 33, have cases to answer after lengthy investigations by the WPBSA Integrity Unit and Sportradar Integrity Services into suspected breaches of WPBSA Rules.
“The decision to suspend any player immediately is a difficult decision to take,” said Jason Ferguson, chairman of the WPBSA. “However, the WPBSA has a duty of care to ensure that snooker’s global integrity is securely preserved, therefore my decision is to remove any question marks over the sport during the time it takes to bring these matters to formal proceedings.”
The probe into Yu relates to the manipulating the outcome of five matches he was involved in since 2015, failing to report two approaches to fix a match, betting on snooker and failing to fully cooperate with the WPBSA inquiry.
For Cao, the investigation relates to manipulating the outcome of three matches in 2016 and failing to fully cooperate with the WPBSA inquiry.
For John, it involves the outcome of matches he was involved in since 2016 and failing to fully cooperate with the WPBSA inquiry. John lost his tour card last season.
