Tennis player Stefan Milićević banned 24 years for match-fixing - ESPN

LONDON — Serbian tennis player Stefan Milićević has been given a 24-year ban for allegedly fixing multiple matches and recruiting other players into a «corrupt network,» the International Tennis Integrity Agency said Thursday.

The agency said the 29-year-old Milićević was charged with fixing six matches — including five of his own — and trying to fix six more between 2022 and 2024. He is banned from tennis until 2050.

Milićević never reached a singles ranking higher than 1,338 and played only in lower-tier events. But the ITIA also charged him with recruiting «multiple professional players as part of a corrupt network» that resulted in «a number of other players fixing matches» during those same years.

The agency did not give details about which matches were fixed, or name any of the other players involved.

It said Milićević did not cooperate with its investigation into the fixed matches and did not respond to its findings. It also fined Milićević $70,000.