Tag Archives: Tennis Anti-Corruption Programme (TACP)

ITIA hands Kolar and Riley provisional suspensions

SBC News ITIA hands Kolar and Riley provisional suspensions

The International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) has announced that it has suspended both Nastja Kolar and Alexandra Riley. The players’ suspensions are provisional, pending decision on sanction, after being found to have committed 25 and 15 breaches respectively of the Tennis Anti-Corruption Programme (TACP) between 2015 – 2020. The decision by the ITIA – the independent body established by the …

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Two tennis players found guilty of match-fixing by the ITIA

SBC News Two tennis players found guilty of match-fixing by the ITIA

Two Algerian tennis players have been banned from the sport as the result of investigations into match-fixing. The International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) has put in place a lifetime ban for Mohamed Hassan, and a two-year ban for Houria Boukholda (with 18 months suspended). Additionally, Hassan was fined $12,100 and Boukholda fined $10,000 (with $9,000 suspended). There were reportedly several …

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Tennis and esports lead IBIA Q1 betting alerts report

SBC News Tennis and esports lead IBIA Q1 betting alerts report

The International Betting Integrity Association (IBIA) has published its report for Q1 2021, revealing that tennis, esports and football accounted for the bulk of alerts. Overall, 18 alerts were generated by tennis, 17 by esports and 12 by football, making up 75% of the 64 total alerts reported, although it has been emphasised that this figure is ‘broadly similar’ to …

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Slovakian tennis player banned for match fixing offences

SBC News Slovakian tennis player banned for match fixing offences

The Tennis Integrity Unit (TIU) has handed a lengthy ban to Slovakian tennis player Dagmara Baskova as punishment for five match fixing offences. She was charged with the following two breaches of the Tennis Anti-Corruption Programme (TACP): D.1.d of the 2017 TACP – “No covered person shall, directly or indirectly, contrive or attempt to contrive the outcome or any other …

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TIU bans French umpire for betting breaches

TIU bans French umpire for betting breaches

French line umpire David Rocher has been banned from officiating by the Tennis Integrity Unit (TIU)  for betting on 11 tennis matches between January and October 2019 as well as failing to cooperate with the TIU investigation. Both of Rocher’s charges were in clear violation of the rules of the Tennis Anti-Corruption Programme (TACP). TACP D.1.a states that no official …

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