SERBIAN TENNIS PLAYER BANNED UNTIL 2050

LONDON — Serbian tennis player Stefan Milicevic 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.

The agency said Thursday the 29-year-old Milicevic 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.

Milicevic never reached a singles ranking higher than 1,338 and only played 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 Milicevic did not co-operate with its investigation. It also fined Milicevic US$70,000.

— from news services