LONDON -- Three Italian players will be investigated by world tennis anti-corruption unit after they were suspended by their national federation for match-fixing.
Pele Jersey .The 143rd-ranked Marco Cecchinato and his lower-ranked compatriots Riccardo Accardi and Antonio Campo were banned for up to 18 months by the Italian federation this week for allegedly influencing the outcome of matches.In an email to The Associated Press on Thursday, the International Tennis Federation said the Tennis Integrity Unit has asked the Italian federation to provide it with the evidence on which the sanctions were imposed.Once this evidence has been received and passed through the standard TIU investigative process, a decision will be made as to whether to charge (the three players) with a corruption offense under the Tennis Anti-Corruption Programme, the ITF said.The Italian federation suspended Cecchinato until January 2018 and fined him 40,000 euros ($44,000) for allegedly losing on purpose during a Challenger event in Mohammedia, Morocco, in October 2015. He was beaten in the quarterfinals by Kamil Majchrzak of Poland 6-1, 6-4.Last weekend, Cecchinato was part of the Italian Davis Cup team that lost 3-1 to Argentina though he didnt play in the tie.Accardi and Campo, who dont compete on the ATP tour, were banned for 12 and four months, respectively, for several alleged attempts to fix matches.
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Pele Brazil Jersey. Vettel was among the drivers who welcomed the new rule, saying it had been an unwritten law when he entered F1.An FIA statement explained the decision in full: The stewards paid particular attention to the Race Directors Notes from the US Grand Prix and from this event. Notwithstanding the F1 Commission directive to let the drivers race we note the concern that has been expressed about manoeuvrers involving a change of direction under braking as expressed at the drivers briefing at the US Grand Prix and in the Race Directors Notes from the US Grand Prix and this event.The telemetry and video evidence shows that the driver of Car 5 did change direction under braking. Article 27.5 and the Race Directors Notes have essentially three criteria that determine a breach:1) Driving in a manner potentially dangerous 2) An abnormal change of direction 3) Another driver having to take evasive actionThe video footage, including the close circuit footage, the broadcast vision, both drivers on board cameras plus the telemetry show that there was an abnormal change of direction by Car 5 and this was considered to be potentially dangerous in view of the proximity of the wheels of each car. The video evidence clearly shows that Car 3 had to take evasive action as a result. Accordingly as all three criteria have been met, the driver of Car 5 is guilty of a breach of Article 27.5. ' ' '