The tennis authorities can own no excuses for an opaque process that only serves to protect the sports image rather than its integrityIt’s never the crime,its the cover-up. More than four decades on from Watergate, the phrase is becoming tired through overuse in a sporting context.
But the smell from the latest revelations tumbling from the game of tennis at the International Tennis Federation’s drowsy west London HQ is in its own way just as concerning as the stench emanating from Fifa’s lair in Zurich or the desperate attempts to clean up the sorry mess left behind at the IAAF by Lamine Diack and his disgraced circle of henchmen in Monaco. Related: Revealed: tennis umpires secretly banned over gambling scam Related: Tenniss Futures circuit, or where it only takes a minute for those in the know to cash in Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com