Paris: Six basketball players and a coach have received punishments ranging from community service to bans for betting on on ProA and ProB games in France, the National Baskeball League (LNB) said Friday.
The cases, however, were found not to relate to match-fixing which shook French handball in 2012 and football last year.
"After studying the cases and hearing the players and coaches on January 29 it turned out that the sports bets carried out were not intended to change the normal and fair course of competition," LNB statement read.
Former France international Stephen Brun received the stiffest penalty with the player of ProA side Cholet getting a 10-match ban, of which five were suspended, and fined 1,000 euros ($1,124).
Cholet coach Jerome Navier was ordered to carry out three activities to raise awareness of betting in sport
AFP
