Snooker champ Higgins said to be 'suicidal' over match-fixing claims

London, May 3 (ANI): World snooker champion John Higgins was last night said to be "suicidal" after being suspended from the sport amid shock allegations of match fixing.ccording to The Sun, the three-times world champ's career looks to be in tatters after he was recorded allegedly agreeing to throw frames in return for 261,000 pounds.ut the 34-year-old star's agent Pat Mooney, 47 - also caught up in the scandal - insists they were victims of a sting.

Mooney said: "He's utterly beside himself - he is suicidal."

Higgins insists he and Mooney only played along because they were terrified Russian hoods would hurt them. (ANI)