Italy’s FIGC suspended Udinese goalkeeper Maduka Okoye for two months after finding he deliberately received a yellow card during a March 2024 Serie A match. The federation sought a conviction for unsportsmanlike conduct after prosecutors dropped fraud charges; the ban takes effect at the start of the 2025/26 season.
The suspension shows the sporting consequences of betting-related conduct for a player and his club.
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The International Tennis Integrity Agency has suspended Alana Tuayeva for three years and nine months after she admitted manipulating two ITF circuit matches in 2023 and 2024. She also agreed to a $30,000 fine, with $21,000 suspended, and waived an independent hearing; her suspension is due to end on 18 September 2029, subject to payment of outstanding sums.
The Athletics Integrity Unit suspended German discus throwers Henrik Janssen and Steven Richter for three months each for betting on the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, where both competed. The AIU said Janssen placed three bets totalling EUR100 and Richter placed one bet of EUR40; both said they had not known the rules prohibited the bets and tried to cancel them after learning of the breach.
Brazil’s Receita Federal collected R$2.5 billion from sports betting in January and February 2026, according to figures it released on 24 March. The total compares with R$756 million in the same period of 2025; the agency attributed the increase to the consolidation of market regulation and formalisation.
ACORDJOC reminded Spanish operators that they must request a technical inspection of gaming machines at least two months before an operating permit expires. The permit runs for four years initially and can be renewed for two-year periods if technical requirements are met; the association said missing the inspection could lead to sanctions, suspension or revocation.
The International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) sanctioned Mark Kaufman and Luka Todorovic for breaches of tennis anti-corruption rules, and provisionally suspended coach Marino Jakic pending an investigation. Kaufman received an 18-month suspension and a $5,000 fine, of which $3,500 was suspended; Todorovic received a nine-week suspension and a $10,000 fine, of which $7,500 was suspended. An independent hearing officer upheld Jakic’s provisional suspension on 18 August 2026.