LONDON — An Italian tennis official has been suspended for 5½ years for a number of corruption breaches, the game’s integrity company stated Thursday.
Manuel Guion, a national-level official who has additionally served as a line choose at ATP challenger degree, admitted to 5 breaches of the tennis anti-corruption program.
The breaches included conspiring to commit a corruption offense, soliciting a participant to commit a corruption offense, encouraging tennis betting, and betting on occasions when officiating at them, the Worldwide Tennis Integrity Company stated in a press release.
The ITIA added Guion cooperated absolutely and was additionally fined $6,000. He’s prohibited from officiating at or attending any tennis occasion sanctioned by all ITIA members throughout his suspension.
