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Badminton federation calls in police over match-fixing allegations

14th October 2014 7:11 am GMT

Badminton’s governing body the Badminton World Federation (BWF) has reported two allegations of match-fixing to law enforcement authorities after two players reported that they were asked to help corrupt the result of matches.

Media reports allege that a Malaysian man approached Danish players Hans Kristian Vittinghus and Kim Astrup Sorensen, asking them to fix their matches at the Japanese Open, held in June. As the Malaysian individual is not part of the badminton community, the BWF [...]

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