Chilean tennis coach and ex-player Sebastián Rivera has been banned from the sport for life after being found guilty of numerous match-fixing offences
Chilean tennis handler and ex-player Sebastián Diego Rivera has been prohibited from the sportswoman for life-time after being found guilty of legion(p) match-fixing offences.
Rivera was found hangdog of 64 offences, the to the highest degree ever detected for a participant past the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) or its predecessor, the Tennis Integrity Unit (TIU).
As a result, he has been permanently prohibited from attending or participating in, either as a coach or player, any tennis case authorised by an official governing body. Rivera has also been handed a $250,000 fine.
This slip was ruled on by Anti-Corruption Hearing Officer Jane Mulcahy QC. Rivera, according to the ITIA, “failed to engage meaningfully with the disciplinary process.”
Rivera’s offences wrap up quaternary areas of the 2017 and 2018 Tennis Anti-Corruption Programme (TACP): Section D.1.b, Section D.1.d, Section D.1.f and Section D.1.g.
These prohibit involved parties, referred to individually as a “covered person,” in any way of life soliciting or facilitating someone to wager on “the outcome or any other aspect” of an event.
For example, Section D.1.b states this means a covered someone cannot save “articles for a lawn tennis betting publication,” lead “personal appearances for a tennis betting company” or come out “in commercials supporting others to wager on tennis,” among other activities.
Involved parties are also prohibited from, either straight or indirectly, contriving or attempting to contrive the outcome of an event, and may non admit or extend any money that may negatively influence a “player’s best efforts.”
Before he retired from professional child's play and became a coach, Rivera’s highest ATP ranking was 705.