BBC Online :
Six Spanish tennis players have been given lengthy bans after they were convicted of criminal charges relating to match-fixing.
The players were convicted in Spain as part of an ongoing case involving organised crime.
All six pleaded guilty and were given two-year suspended prison sentences.
The International Tennis Integrity Agency said it was “one of the most significant infiltrations of tennis by organised crime that we have seen”. The bans from tennis range from seven to 22 years.
Marc Fornell-Mestres, Jorge Marse-Vidri, Carlos Ortega, Jaime Ortega, Marcos Torralbo and Pedro Bernabe Franco were each fined 450 euros by the court.
The ITIA also enforced its own financial punishments, with Fornell-Mestres fined 250,000 euros of which 200,000 euros was suspended, and Marse-Vidri fined 15,000 euros with 5,000 euros suspended.
