British snooker player John Higgins (C) reads a statement outside a law firm in London September 8, 2010. World number one Higgins was banned for six months and fined 75,000 pounds ($115,900) on Wednesday but cleared of accepting a bribe to fix snooker matches. At a disciplinary hearing of world snooker's governing body the Briton's claim that he felt intimidated during a meeting in Kiev with an undercover journalist from the News of the World offering money for him to throw a match was accepted. REUTERS/Andrew Winning (BRITAIN - Tags: SPORT CRIME LAW)