BWF Bans Russian badminton player Nikita Khakimov for five years over betting, fixing offences

The Badminton World Federation (BWF) has imposed a 5-year ban on Russian shuttler Nikita Khakimov for charges of “betting, wagering and irregular match results.
The 32-year-old Khakimov was found to breach BWF’s integrity regulations, including approaching a player and offering money to manipulate a match, betting on badminton games and deliberately destroying evidence of a corruption offence to conceal from the BWF.
Khakimov was part of the Russian men’s team that won the bronze medal at the 2020 European Team Championships.