Sports
September 23, 2022
ITIA Bans Sebastian Rivera Over Match-Fixing
The International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) is an independent body set up in 2021 by the International Governing Bodies of Tennis to advertise, improve, and protect the integrity of professional tennis globally. ITIA receives funds from seven large stakeholders related to tennis, ranging from the Australian Open, the International Tennis Federation, Wimbledon Open, the US […]
Sports
September 7, 2022
ITIA Bans Adam El Mihdawy from Tennis for 3.5 Years
The International Tennis Integrity Agency has banned Adam El Mihdawy, a tennis player, for three-and-a-half years over the athlete’s admittance of guilt in cases of match-fixing. The player owned up to having participated in several instances of match-fixing back in 2016 in Mexico where he helped stilt game outcomes voluntarily and understood that he was […]
Sports
July 29, 2022
ITIA Hands 12-Year Ban to Tennis Legend Max Wenders
The International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) has handed down a 12-year ban to Max Wenders, a Dutch tennis coach, who has been involved in numerous match-fixing offenses. Wenders has pled guilty to the investigation and accepted ITIA’s ruling. Max Wenders Pleads Guilty and Accepts Ruling As a result of the measure, ITIA prohibits Wenders from […]
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 […]
