Scrabble association told to revoke player's suspension over cheating row — theguardian.com

Australia’s competitive Scrabble association has been ordered to revoke the suspension of one of its players after a bitter six-year dispute over alleged cheating. A Melbourne court on Monday overturned a 2008 suspension issued by the Australian Scrabble Players Association (ASPA) to Mohammed Hegazi for conduct unbecoming and “prejudicial to the interests of the association”. But the magistrate, Phillip Ginnane, said the court lacked jurisdiction to order ASPA to formally declare that Hegazi was not a cheat. The player was also ordered to pay costs of around $3,000.

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