{"id":52293,"date":"2026-03-10T22:35:53","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T22:35:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=52293"},"modified":"2026-03-10T22:35:53","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T22:35:53","slug":"mls-issues-lifetime-bans-to-derrick-jones-and-yaw-yeboah-over-gambling-violations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2026\/03\/10\/mls-issues-lifetime-bans-to-derrick-jones-and-yaw-yeboah-over-gambling-violations\/","title":{"rendered":"MLS Issues Lifetime Bans to Derrick Jones and Yaw Yeboah Over Gambling Violations \u2013 Eduzim News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"post_data\">\n<p>MLS Issues Lifetime Bans to Derrick Jones and Yaw Yeboah Over Gambling Violations<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Sports Correspondent \u2013 The Major League Soccer (MLS) has imposed lifetime bans on Derrick Jones and Ghanaian international Yaw Yeboah for breaching the league\u2019s strict gambling rules.<\/p>\n<p>Both players are believed to have placed bets on matches, including games involving their own teams, a serious violation of MLS policy.<\/p>\n<p>A statement from the league confirmed the findings:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter reviewing the results of the investigation, MLS concluded that the players engaged in extensive gambling on soccer, including on their own teams, during the 2024 and 2025 seasons. <\/p>\n<p>In one instance, both players bet on Jones to draw a yellow card during an October 19, 2024 match, which he received.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The league emphasized that the bans are part of its ongoing effort to maintain the integrity of the sport.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<span id=\"wordads-inline-marker\" style=\"display: none;\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h3 class=\"jp-relatedposts-headline\"><em>Related<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p><!-- #comments --><\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#MLS #Issues #Lifetime #Bans #Derrick #Jones #Yaw #Yeboah #Gambling #Violations #ZimEye<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MLS Issues Lifetime Bans to Derrick Jones and Yaw Yeboah Over Gambling Violations Sports Correspondent \u2013 The Major League Soccer&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21540,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,11],"tags":[941,9941,6694,2265,478,6007,9940,7524,202,1976,9942,9943],"class_list":["post-52293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mzansi","category-world","tag-bans","tag-derrick","tag-eduzim","tag-gambling","tag-issues","tag-jones","tag-lifetime","tag-mls","tag-news","tag-violations","tag-yaw","tag-yeboah"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52293","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52293"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52293\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52294,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52293\/revisions\/52294"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}