In recent weeks we have seen scandals about drugs and gambling in all sorts of sports. Baseball, athletics and horse racing have recently been the subject of press speculation. Now tennis has joined the list of sports that capitalism with its money-driven ethos has corrupted.
"Andy Murray last night became the latest high-profile tennis player to claim that his sport is being corrupted by the twin toxins of gambling and match fixing. "It is pretty disappointing for all the players, but everyone knows that it goes on," Murray told BBC Radio in a programme broadcast on FiveLive last night. "I speak to lots of guys, especially the experienced ones that have been around for a long time. They obviously know that it goes on. A lot of guys have been approached." A plethora of professional players of varying nationalities and abilities - they include Tim Henman, Novak Djokovic and Dmitry Tursunov - have said much the same thing in recent weeks." (Herald, 10 October) RD
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