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Tennis match-fixing: Six Moroccan men banned for multiple offences

One Moroccan tennis player has been banned for life and five others have received lengthy suspensions and fines after being found guilty of a variety of match-fixing charges.

The sextet were found to have carried out multiple offences including fixing elements of matches, receiving money for fixing and failing to report corrupt approaches.

Ayoub Chakrouni, a 30-year-old who achieved a career-high singles ranking of 1,098 in September 2016, was banned for life and fined $10,000.

Amine Ahouda, 24, and Anas Chakrouni, 22, were barred from competition for 11 years and 10 years respectively and fined $5,000 apiece, while 22-year-old Mohamed Zakaria Khalil, 20-year-old Soufiane El Mesbahi and Yassir Kilani, 21, were all suspended for nine years and fined $5,000.