Two ex-players of Singaporean basketball club Adriot have been banned for life from competing in the nation by FIBA and the Basketball Association of Singapore (BAS) for match-fixing offenses.
Indeed, Oleksandr Kolchenko and Sergii Pryimak – both Ukrainian nationals – last appeared for Adriot in the Basketball Champions League Asia-East competition in May 2025.
During that same month, the pair were discovered to have interfered with the club’s game against New Taipei Kings International, with Kolchenko found guilty of manipulating a further game against Hi Tech Club earlier in the BCL Asia-East tournament. The pair are now banned for life from any FIBA or FIBA-related competitions or activities.
Speaking on this latest ruling, BAS has stated that it considers these latest findings “unacceptable actions which have severely undermined the principles of fair play and impacted the reputation of Singapore basketball. Clubs and athletes representing Singapore basketball are expected to uphold the highest standards of fair play and the integrity of the sport.
“BAS does not condone any actions that could undermine this commitment, and we will continue to actively monitor all sanctioned tournaments and events. BAS maintains a strict zero-tolerance policy against match-fixing, and we will not hesitate to take disciplinary action against anyone found to have compromised fair play.”
Elsewhere, similar match-fixing-related reports from across the globe last week saw a Brazilian study conclude that 58% of the nation’s adult population associate sports betting with match-fixing following several football suspensions in the nation earlier in the week.
Earlier in the year, Sportradar also released a study which concluded that global match-fixing across a multitude of sports had continued to decline over the course of 2025.
The Adroit Sports Association was established in 2013 as a semi-professional basketball club based in Singapore
