Mafia News

While the two former scotland yard detectives who led the review of tennis have suggested that there could be “organised criminal gangs” at work looking to corrupt professional players, they said that there was no evidence of a link with the Russian or Italian Mafia. Continue Reading »

With only days to go until a nail-biting end to this year’s Serie A, Inter Milan found itself caught up in a Mafia scandal.

Inter is leading the league by one point over Roma going into the last game, but the club has had a clamorous end to the season after a series of faltering performances and dressing room clashes.

Yesterday, the club’s tailor, Domenico Brescia, 55, was revealed to be a convicted murderer who is close to the Crisafulli Mafia clan. Continue Reading »

Nikolay Davydenko has again defended himself against suggestions he threw a tennis match last year, and rubbished talk that he had links with the Russian mafia. Continue Reading »

“We have to be prepared for the possibility [of Russian mafia involvement] but we have no proof.” Interview: Larry Scott WTA Tour chief

Organised crime - including the Russian mafia - could be involved in fixing matches, the head of women’s tennis has told BBC Sport. Continue Reading »

LONDON — US tennis legend John McEnroe expressed his concern on Friday that organised crime, such as the Russian mafia, could be infiltrating tennis.

The former world number one believes that threats to tennis players or their families could be forcing them into throwing matches.

“The thing that worries me is that mafia types, like the Russian mafia, could be involved. That’s potentially pretty dark and scary,” McEnroe told The Daily Telegraph. Continue Reading »

FORMER champion Pat Cash believes the Russian mafia is attempting to fix matches on the ATP tour.

Cash’s comments came a day after retiring British star Tim Henman and world No.3 Novak Djokovic revealed illegal bookmakers were attempting to influence the outcomes of matches. Djokovic, who piloted Serbia to a Davis Cup victory over Australia last week, even outlined a £110,000 ($256,000) approach he had fielded from a bookmaker to lose in the first round of a tournament in St Petersburg last year. Continue Reading »

NEW YORK - In his most extensive comments since the ATP ordered an investigation into the extraordinary amount of money bet on his low-ranked opponent in a match in Poland, Nikolay Davydenko talked Monday about the difficulty of fighting off the intense press focus and chided reports that a Russian Mafia might be involved. Continue Reading »

A former mafia member is helping the sport in the fight against betting corruption

With organised crime syndicates believed to be behind the betting scams that have repeatedly tarnished the reputation of tennis, the ATP have employed the services of a convicted member of the American mafia to warn their leading players of the inherent dangers of allowing themselves to be lured into a web of corruption. Continue Reading »

Tenth seed Tomas Berdych took the week’s first upset loss at the Montreal Masters on Monday, and then admitted that the match-fixing drama surrounding Nikolay Davydenko was worse than any doping controversy. Continue Reading »