A British newspaper claims John Higgins accepted a bribe to throw frames in future matches . `` My conscience is 100 per cent clear , '' said Higgins . The 2009 snooker world champion John Higgins has said his `` conscience is clear '' following allegations of match fixing . The Sunday Times says the former Irish international was paid £25,000 by an undercover reporter posing as a Russian agent who wanted to help Higgins.
A British newspaper claims John Higgins accepted a bribe to throw frames in future matches . `` My conscience is 100 per cent clear , '' said Higgins . The Sunday Times says the former Irish international was paid £25,000 by an undercover reporter posing as a Russian agent who wanted to help Higgins.