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Brazilian tennis player Diego Matos handed life ban, fined for match-fixing at ITF level tournaments
•Brazil's Diego Matos was given a life ban from professional tennis and fined £100,600 ($125,000) after being found guilty of match-fixing on Monday.
Chilean tennis player Juan Carlos Saez banned for eight years after being found guilty of match-fixing by Tennis Integrity Unit
•According to the TIU, 12 mostly low-ranked players like Saez have been sanctioned so far in 2019 for various charges related to match-fixing and betting, along with one coach and one umpire
Spanish tennis player Feliciano Lopez denies match-fixing allegations during Wimbledon 2017
•Spanish tennis player Feliciano Lopez categorically denied a report that a match he and doubles partner Marc Lopez lost at Wimbledon in 2017 was fixed.
Brazilian tennis ace Joao Souza handed corruption suspension for second time, says Tennis Integrity Unit
•Souza, who reached a career high of 69 in 2006 but is currently languishing at 422 on the ATP rankings, was originally banned on 29 March, but following a successful appeal he was reinstated on 8 April.
Panel led by lawyer Adam Lewis submit recommendations on tackling corruption in tennis to ATP, WTA, ITF and Grand Slams
•The recommendations of the report include limiting the sale of live data, a ban on sponsorship from betting companies and a revamp of the Tennis Integrity Unit.
Italian tennis players Daniele Bracciali and Potito Starace banned for life for match-fixing offences
•The 40-year-old Bracciali, ranked 95 in doubles, was found guilty of match-fixing and associated offences relating to the ATP World Tour 500 tournament played in Barcelona in April 2011.
Banned tennis player Peng Shuai denies forcing doubles partner to withdraw from Wimbledon 2018
•Peng Shuai has denied wrongdoing and vowed to return to tennis after the Chinese star was banned for six months and fined $10,000 for attempting to force her doubles partner to withdraw from Wimbledon.
Peng Shuai given 6-month ban for coercing doubles partner Hsieh Su-Wei to withdraw from 2017 Wimbledon
•China's former world number one doubles star Peng Shuai was banned for six months and fined $10,000 on Wednesday for attempting to force her doubles partner to withdraw from Wimbledon in 2017
Colombia tennis player Robert Farah slapped with three-month ban, fined for promoting gambling site
•Colombia's Robert Farah, who played at Wimbledon this year, was on Friday banned for three months and fined $5,000 after promoting a gambling website on social media, the Tennis Integrity Unit (TIU) announced.
Argentina's Federico Coria failed to report approach to drop a set in July 2105, reveal Tennis Integrity Unit
•Federico Coria, the 26-year old Argentinian tennis player, has been found guilty of failing to report an attempt to bribe him, the Tennis Integrity Unit announced Friday.