Australian tennis player banned for betting on matchesSYLVIA LIBER Calum Puttergill's ban will be halved if he commits no further violations before July 11. Australian tennis player Calum Puttergill has been hit with a six-month ban and fined US$10,000 ($14,022) for betting-related corruption offences. The Tennis Integrity Unit said Puttergill, ranked 1207 in the world in singles and 891 in doubles, was found guilty of placing 291 bets on matches, using two online betting accounts with Sportsbet, between May 2012 and November 2014. Lindahl, 28, was banned for seven years and fined $48,000 ($50,400) for his role in the fix, which occurred at a Futures tournament in Toowoomba in September, 2013. Lindahl and another former player, Matthew Fox, are the only people to have faced criminal charges in connection with the fixed match.

Source: Stuff January 13, 2017 22:40 UTC