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In 1968, the American magazine Chess Review introduced Michael Basman as “another bright B” in the tradition of famous British chess players represented by Bird, Blackburne and Burn. "Basman would never be the brightest chess star in this constellation of Bs, but he became the most doggedly extra-terrestrial of all of them," writes Jonathan Manley in the December issue of CHESS Magazine. Here's his fine tribute. ....
Wednesday, 23 December 2020 Doubles player Nikita Khakimov has been suspended for five years by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) for match-fixing and betting offences. The BWF was made aware of the allegations against Khakimov by a whistleblower, who claimed the Russian messaged him on Facebook and asked him to manipulate a result at the 2018 European Teams Championship in Kazan. Khakimov denied the allegations and claimed a team-mate had taken his phone to send the messages. Despite this, an independent panel found the 32-year-old to be in breach of the BWF integrity regulations. Khakimov was found guilty of approaching a player and offering money to manipulate a match at the European Teams Championship, betting on badminton matches, failing to properly cooperate with an investigation and deliberately destroying evidence of a corruption offence to conceal it from the BWF. ....
BWF STATEMENT ON RECENT INTEGRITY DECISIONS 12/23/20 CAS VERDICT AGAINST MAURITIUS BADMINTON PLAYER KATE JESSICA FOO KUNE The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has upheld the appeal of the Badminton World Federation (BWF) against the decision of the BWF Doping Hearing Panel in its ruling on Mauritius badminton player Kate Jessica Foo Kune. In November 2019, the independent BWF Doping Hearing Panel determined that Ms. Kate Jessica Foo Kune committed an anti-doping rule violation resulting in the disqualification of the results of the tournament, but concluded that the player bore no fault or negligence and decided not to impose any period of ineligibility. ....