FILE PHOTO: Brazil's Joao Souza plays a shot during his Davis Cup tennis match against Argentina's Leonardo Mayer in Buenos Aires, March 8, 2015. REUTERS/Marcos Brindicci
(Reuters) - Brazilian Joao Souza has been banned from tennis for life after being convicted of multiple match-fixing and other corruption offences, the Tennis Integrity Unit (TIU) said on Saturday.
A TIU investigation found that the 31-year-old had committed several anti-corruption breaches between 2015 and 2019 including fixing matches at ATP Challenger and ITF Futures tournaments in Brazil, Mexico, the United States and Czech Republic.
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