Snooker player banned for six years over match fixing

Irish amateur snooker player John Sutton has been banned for six years after the sport’s world governing body found him guilty of match-fixing and misusing inside information.

The World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association said Mr Sutton’s offences related to suspicious betting on his match against Scotland’s Jamie Burnett in the qualifying stages of the International Championship.

The match, played in Barnsley on September 24 2014, saw Mr Burnett win 6-0, but suspicious betting patterns were reported to the WPBSA.