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Tennis player Farah fined for gambling promotion

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July 16, 2018

Niji Narayan

Tennis player Farah fined for gambling promotion

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Robert Farah, the 31-year-old Colombian tennis player, has been fined $5,000 for his social media promotion of a gambling website. The Tennis Integrity Unit has also banned the player for three months, but he will be free to play during the three months provided there are “no further breaches.”

The Tennis Integrity Unit said in a statement that Farah posted a tweet in February which violated a regulation stating no one “shall, directly or indirectly, solicit or facilitate any other person to wager on the outcome or any other aspect of any event or any other tennis competition.”

Farah has removed the post and apologised for the post. He is currently ranked 16th in doubles.

The TIU is an initiative of the Grand Slam Board, the International Tennis Federation, the ATP and the WTA. The bodies are committed to zero tolerance to corruption in tennis.

Source: kwese.espn.com

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Niji Narayan

Niji Narayan has been in the writing industry for well over a decade or so. He prides himself as one of the few survivors left in the world who have actually mastered the impossible art of copy editing. Niji graduated in Physics and obtained his Master’s degree in Communication and Journalism. He has always interested in sports writing and travel writing. He has written for numerous websites and his in-depth analytical articles top sports magazines like Cricket Today and Sports Today. He reports gaming industry headlines from all around the globe.