Sports
July 20, 2022
ITIA Banned Vernier Quinteros for Fixing Tennis Matches
Michel Vernier Quinteros, a professional tennis player from Chile, has been found guilty of fixing matches. As a result, the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) banned him from playing professionally for the next few years. When the ITIA first became suspicious of Vernier Quinteros, it handed him a provisional ban. This happened on March 31 […]
Sports
July 15, 2022
ITIA Provisionally Suspends Italian Chair Umpire Francesco Totaro
The independent body seeking to safeguard the integrity of professional tennis, the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA), announced it decided to provisionally suspend Italian chair umpire, Francesco Totaro. Italian Chair Umpire Provisionally Suspended The announcement came Thursday but according to ITIA, it is in effect as of June 22, 2022. The provisional suspension comes over […]
Sports
July 11, 2022
ITIA Bans Three Tunisian Umpires over Fixed Games
The International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) has found out that three Tunisian chair umpires participated in numerous match-fixing frauds. As a result, the Agency banned them from professional tennis for years to come. The three umpires in question are Mohamed Ghassen Snene, Abderahim Gharsallah and Majd Affi. The ITIA found out that all of them […]
Sports
May 11, 2022
ITIA Issues Lifetime Ban to Portuguese Official
The International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) continues to clean house with the organization issuing a lifetime ban to Portuguese chair umpire Daniel Zeferino. This marks the latest high-profile ban issued by the organization against a tennis athlete or official who has been accused and found guilty of facilitating or running match-fixing operations on a competitive […]
Sports
May 9, 2022
ITIA Busts One of Biggest Match-Fixing Rings in Tennis
ITIA continues to ramp up its efforts to help it safeguard the integrity of sports and act against offenders. In the latest move, the International tennis Integrity Agency has named six Spanish tennis players who have been found guilty of match-fixing and handed severe penalties. Players Handed Financial Penalties and Sentences The six suspects worked […]
Sports
May 3, 2022
ITIA Bans Player from Kyrgyzstan for Betting Offenses
The International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) has banned a tennis player from Kyrgyzstani for committing a series of offenses related to sports betting. Ksenia Palkina Has Been Banned for 16 Years From Tennis After she admitted to breaching a series of Tennis Anti-Corruption Program regulations in 2018 and 2019, Ksenia Palkina from Kyrgyzstani was found […]
Sports
January 7, 2022
ITIA Bans Argentinian Tennis Pro Banned from Tennis for 4 Years
Nicolás Arreche has been banned from play for four years by the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) over match-fixing cases. While Arreche was not found guilty of successfully fixing matches, he was held liable for failing to report those approaches, thus breaching the Tennis Anti-Corruption Program (TACP) code. The specific rules that mandate Arachne’s punishment […]
Sports
December 20, 2021
ITIA Suspends Mexican Player over Match-Fixing and Failing to Report
The International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) continues to issue bans to players involved in various instances of match-fixing. After banning several players last week, the watchdog followed up with a ban on a Mexican tennis player, Carlos Ramirez Utermann, who has been suspended from the game for one year and ten months. The player’s highest […]
Sports
December 17, 2021
Six Moroccan Tennis Players Banned in Latest ITIA Ruling
Tennis has proven particularly susceptible to match-fixing with the International Tennis Integrity Unit or ITIA taking a non-apologetic course against offenders. The latest development involves six Moroccan men’s tennis players, four of whom participated in the Davis Cup. According to ITIA, all six individuals are involved in various match-fixing offenses on at least several occasions. […]
Sports
December 7, 2021
ITIA Suspends Mexican Tennis Player over Match-Fixing
The International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) has found the player and coach Mauricio Astorga in breach of the organization’s guidance on sports integrity policies. Astorga has helped fix at least one game, benefiting from those by receiving remuneration to influence a particular aspect of the game(s). ITIA Issues Three-year Ban to Player for Fixing Games […]
