93 Zimbabwe footballers face match-fixing bans

A judicial inquiry into allegations of corruption and match-fixing in Zimbabwe says 93 players and officials implicated in the Asiagate scandal will be banned from the game.

Retired Judge Ahmed Ebrahim says the probe team has recommended to the Zimbabwe Football Association that 13 players and officials be banned for life and others face 10-year to 6-month bans.

They were accused of accepting money from a betting syndicate to throw matches in Asia in 2009.

Former ZIFA chief executive Henrietta Rushwaya was named as the mastermind. She appeared in court in February on corruption and fraud charges that are still pending.

Zimbabwe lost to Jordan 2-0, to Thailand 3-0 and to Syria 6-0 in Malaysia in tours arranged by Rushwaya.