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Wednesday, October 15, 2014

Shuttler Jalani: Bookie offered me a bribe

He says the fixing of badminton matches is nothing new.
jalaniPETALING JAYA: Allegations of match-fixing in badminton have gained more credence with former Malaysian doubles specialist Jalani Sidek disclosing that a bookie once offered him money for him to lose a game.
Jalani said this happened in the 1980s. The bookie visited him at a practice session at the badminton hall in Kampung Attap.
“The man wanted me and my brother Razif to lose our semi-final game against Li Yong Bo and Tian Bingyi,” he told Berita Harian.
“I rejected the offer without a second thought. Accepting it meant exposing myself to danger if I did not meet the bookie’s objective. Razif and I won and entered the final.
“There is no point for coaches to train players if they sell the matches.”
Jalani said the fixing of badminton matches was nothing new but lack of evidence made it difficult to charge players.
Jalani and Razif won the bronze medal at the Barcelona Olympics of 1992. During his career with Razif, they were recognised as one of the best four doubles pairs in the world, the others being Park Joo-bong/Kim Moon-soo, Rudy Gunawan/Eddy Hartono and Tian Bingyi/Li Yongbo.
Badminton for a long time was a low profile sport and the consensus was that bookies would not be interested in the sport.
But on Monday the badminton fraternity was shocked when top players said match-fixing had been around for a long time.
The Badminton World Federation (BWF) has confirmed that two Danish players—men’s singles world No. 9 Hans-Kristian Vittinghus and doubles specialist Kim Astrup Sorensen—were approached by a bookie before the Japan Open in June.
According to a Reuters report, the bookie, believed to be a Malaysian, approached both players through Facebook and that Astrup was offered in the region of RM12,400 per match.
Both players rejected the offer and reported it to BWF, which is based in Kuala Lumpur. BWF has reported the matter to the police and handed over relevant documents.
Top Danish doubles shuttler Mathias Boe, who forms the world No. 3 pairing with Carsten Mogensen, applauded his compatriots’ decision.
“It’s not good for the sport at all; it’s a total disgrace,” said Boe during the Denmark Open on Tuesday.
“There will always be match-fixing involved in sports but badminton should not give in,” he said. “We have to fight it any way we can.”

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