Allen faces ban in cheat row
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December 4, 2012, Tuesday
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NORTHERN Irishman Mark Allen could be banned for three months after his "cheating" row with Hong Kong star Marco Fu overshadowed the UK Championships on Sunday.
The 26-year-old Allen, the world No. 8, is in trouble after repeating allegations he first made during the world championships in Sheffield in April.
Following his first-round defeat to China's Cao Yupeng at the world event, Allen accused his conqueror of playing a banned push shot. He also named Fu as a player he believed to have broken the rules in the past.
Fu, 34, has denied all allegations of cheating and took out his frustrations later on Sunday by beating last year's UK runner-up Allen 6-3 in their first-round clash.
"It was just another match, we've both moved on. People make mistakes and I make mistakes like anyone else. It's just one of those things," Allen told the BBC after his loss.
But a World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association spokesman said of Allen's comments made on November 28: "His comments have been looked at and he has been asked to explain what he said."
Allen was handed a six-month suspended sentence for his remarks about Cao.
"It was unfair of me to label all Chinese players as cheats but dishonesty in snooker is something that needs to be stamped out," Allen said last week. "I'd never said anything about Marco as a person. Marco as a person is one of the nicest people you'd ever meet."
The 26-year-old Allen, the world No. 8, is in trouble after repeating allegations he first made during the world championships in Sheffield in April.
Following his first-round defeat to China's Cao Yupeng at the world event, Allen accused his conqueror of playing a banned push shot. He also named Fu as a player he believed to have broken the rules in the past.
Fu, 34, has denied all allegations of cheating and took out his frustrations later on Sunday by beating last year's UK runner-up Allen 6-3 in their first-round clash.
"It was just another match, we've both moved on. People make mistakes and I make mistakes like anyone else. It's just one of those things," Allen told the BBC after his loss.
But a World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association spokesman said of Allen's comments made on November 28: "His comments have been looked at and he has been asked to explain what he said."
Allen was handed a six-month suspended sentence for his remarks about Cao.
"It was unfair of me to label all Chinese players as cheats but dishonesty in snooker is something that needs to be stamped out," Allen said last week. "I'd never said anything about Marco as a person. Marco as a person is one of the nicest people you'd ever meet."
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