Former
top-100 tennis player Joao Souza has been banned for life and fined $200,000
for match-fixing and other corruption offences, the Tennis Integrity Unit said
on Saturday.
An investigation found the Brazilian fixed matches at ATP Challenger and ITF
Futures events in Brazil, Mexico, the United States and the Czech Republic, the
anti-corruption body said.
The current world number 742, who reached a career-high ranking of 69 in 2015,
also failed to report corrupt approaches, destroyed evidence and “solicited
other players to not use best efforts”. Sousa, 31, had been provisionally
suspended since last March, pending investigations. His hearing was held in
London this month. “The player is permanently ineligible to compete in or
attend any sanctioned event organised or recognised by the governing bodies of
the sport,” the TIU statement said.
SOURCE: VANGUARD
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