The International Tennis Integrity Agency suspended Chinese player Pang Renlong for 12 years over match manipulation or attempted manipulation involving 22 matches played between May and September 2024. The available text does not state the fine amount or further details of the sanction.
The suspension bars the player from authorised tennis activity, including events relevant to the integrity of betting markets.
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Uganda, Mali and Kenya are strengthening their responses to match manipulation and betting-related integrity risks, according to a press report. Former footballer Moses Swaibu also warned about risks facing African players.
Brazil’s government plans to expand education for athletes about betting and match manipulation, national secretary Giovanni Rocco said at a seminar in São Paulo on 22 June. The proposed work would focus particularly on younger athletes and complement enforcement measures. Rocco also advocated a task force with sports federations to guide athletes and their families and strengthen restrictions on competition participants’ betting activity.
Brazil's federal government announced new measures against sports match manipulation at a national technical meeting in Brasilia. They include a Federal Police system to analyse suspicious betting, a second edition of a national manual and an online training course for public security agents.
The NCAA suspended six men’s basketball players from New Orleans, Mississippi Valley State and Arizona State after investigations into betting violations. It said three New Orleans players altered their performances in seven games during December 2024 and January 2025; the cases also included players sharing information for betting purposes.
The Rio de Janeiro Football Federation suspended the 2026 Carioca Professional Series C from the seventh round pending an investigation into suspected manipulation in three sixth-round matches. FERJ said integrity reports from Sportradar and IBIA identified abnormalities, and that it would send the relevant documents to judicial, police and sports authorities; the competition may resume after the investigation or a Sports Court decision.