{"id":3515,"date":"2022-12-09T18:01:55","date_gmt":"2022-12-09T18:01:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/match-fixing-life-bans-for-french-tennis-players-mick-lescure-jules-okala\/"},"modified":"2022-12-09T18:01:56","modified_gmt":"2022-12-09T18:01:56","slug":"match-fixing-life-bans-for-french-tennis-players-mick-lescure-jules-okala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/match-fixing-life-bans-for-french-tennis-players-mick-lescure-jules-okala\/","title":{"rendered":"Match-fixing: Life bans for French tennis players Mick Lescure & Jules Okala"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Mick Lescure and Jules Okala have been found guilty of a combined 15 match-fixing charges<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Two French tennis players have been banned for life following an investigation into multiple incidents of match-fixing dating back to 2014.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Mick Lescure, 29, who reached a career-high 487th in the world, was found guilty of eight charges and also fined $40,000 (\u00a332,500).<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Jules Okala, 25, whose highest ranking was 338, was found guilty of seven charges and fined $15,000 (\u00a312,170).<\/span><\/p>\n

The charges were brought by the International Tennis Integrity Agency.<\/span><\/p>\n

They followed a wider investigation by law enforcement agencies in France and Belgium<\/span><\/p>\n

“The sanctions mean both players are permanently prohibited from playing in or attending any tennis event sanctioned by the governing bodies of tennis,” the ITIA said in a statement.<\/span><\/p>\n

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