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pcernie

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Tennis umpires secretly banned over gambling scam

Revealed: tennis umpires secretly banned over gambling scam | Sport | The Guardian
http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/f ... bling-scam

Tennis is apparently the next big sport to have corruption allegations swirling.

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Tue Feb 09, 2016 9:24 pm

paulzolo

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	pcernie wrote: Revealed: tennis umpires secretly banned over gambling scam \| Sport \| The Guardian http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/f ... bling-scam Tennis is apparently the next big sport to have corruption allegations swirling.

Seems to me that the world of sport is pretty much bent as ninepence. Mind you, I like those hidden electric motors that have been discovered in bicycles.

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Thu Feb 11, 2016 9:43 am

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Re: Tennis umpires secretly banned over gambling scam

I guess any activity where there's widespread betting means there's a fair risk of corruption and bribery to fix results.

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