Nigerian tennis players handed lifetime bans for match fixing
12th March 2021
| By Nosa Omoigui
The International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) has issued lifetime bans to players Abiodun Oyegoke and Bukola Popoola.
Oyegoke peaked at 986 in the ITF singles rankings, and Popoola was unranked as a player but the ITIA said she was purported to be working as a coach at a tournament at which Oyegoke played.
The sanctions relate to breaches to the 2019 Tennis Anti-Corruption Program, which occurred during a tournament the pair played in during the same year.
Clause D.1.e of the program states: “No Covered Person shall, directly or indirectly, solicit, facilitate, or conspire to solicit or facilitate any Player to not use his or her best efforts in any Event.”