Nigerian tennis gamers have been suspended and fined for violating match-fixing guidelines

LONDON — Three Nigerian tennis gamers ranked exterior the highest 1,000 who had been linked to a match-fixing group in Belgium have all been suspended and every fined $10,000, the Worldwide Tennis Integrity Company stated on Friday.

Henry Atseye, 35, admitted breaching the 2017-18 anti-corruption guidelines, “together with facilitating betting and fixing the outcomes of three matches,” the ITIA stated. His ban is 2 1/2 years, along with his nice.

Sylvester Emmanuel, 26, and Christian Paul, 29, pleaded not responsible to the costs, which the ITIA stated they “accepted the cost and accepted the sanction.” They had been discovered responsible of six offenses over the identical years as Atseye, together with “facilitating betting, fixing match outcomes, accepting cash, and failing to report corrupt practices,” in accordance with ITIA.

Emmanuel and Paul had been banned for 3 years every, along with their fines.

The three be part of no less than 20 others suspended for his or her affiliation with a bunch run by Grigor Sargsyan, who was beforehand sentenced to 5 years in jail.