AFP, KUALA LUMPUR: Twenty-two players and officials from Laos and Cambodia have been handed life bans in one of Asian football's biggest mass punishments for match-fixing.
The Asian Football Confederation said the action follows an investigation that started in 2014, and that it will seek to have the bans extended worldwide.
“The (AFC) Disciplinary Committee has issued a life ban from football-related activities to twenty-two individuals from Laos and Cambodia for involvement in the manipulation of matches involving the representative teams of Laos and the club side Lao Toyota FC," a statement said late on Wednesday.
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