{"id":341989,"date":"2023-10-27T00:48:05","date_gmt":"2023-10-27T00:48:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=341989"},"modified":"2023-10-27T01:01:23","modified_gmt":"2023-10-27T01:01:23","slug":"premier-league-star-cops-ban-after-betting-probe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=341989","title":{"rendered":"Premier League star cops ban after betting probe"},"content":{"rendered":"

ROME (AP) \u2014 Newcastle<\/a> midfielder Sandro Tonali was banned for 10 months by the Italian soccer federation on Friday (AEDT) for betting on teams he played for \u2014 ruling him out of the rest of the Premier League<\/a> season as well as competing for Italy<\/a> at next year's European Championship.<\/p>\n

The 23-year-old Tonali, who became the second player suspended in the widening case, agreed to a plea bargain with the federation that included therapy for a gambling addiction.<\/p>\n

Tonali\u2019s agent, Giuseppe Riso, recently acknowledged that his client has a gambling problem and that Tonali told prosecutors he bet on AC Milan<\/a> and Brescia when he played for those clubs.<\/p>\n

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The federation acted following an investigation by Turin prosecutors into football players using illegal websites to bet on games.<\/p>\n

\"Sandro<\/p>\n

Tonali\u2019s ban means he will not be able to return in time for Euro 2024, which runs from June 14-July 14. Defending champion Italy has not yet qualified.<\/p>\n

Tonali\u2019s cooperation with authorities allowed the minimum ban of three years for players betting on football matches to be greatly reduced.<\/p>\n

Italian football federation president Gabriele Gravina said Tonali was suspended for 18 months but that eight of those months were commutable by attending treatment for gambling addiction and making at least 16 public appearances at centres for young players and associations for recovering addicts.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe can't just think about punishing the boys and not helping them recover,\u201d Gravina said. \u201cI think it's worth a lot more, rather than a month ban, eight months of giving talks about what they went through, in an honest way and with the right behaviour.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tonali was also fined 20,000 euros ($33,335).<\/p>\n

Last week, Juventus midfielder Nicol\u00f2 Fagioli was banned for seven months after agreeing to a plea bargain with the federation that also stipulates he undergoes therapy for a gambling addiction.<\/p>\n

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\"Nicolo<\/p>\n

Unlike Fagioli, Tonali admitted he bet on his team's games when he played for Milan, but always for them to win so there was no suggestion of match-fixing.<\/p>\n

Gravina stressed that \u201cthese were bets and there was no alteration of the result.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tonali joined Newcastle from Milan in the offseason and the Italy international signed a five-year contract with the English club.<\/p>\n

Newcastle manager Eddie Howe said of Tonali last week that the club is \u201ccommitted to him long-term\u201d despite the gambling case.<\/p>\n

Tonali came on as a 65th-minute substitute in Thursday's (AEDT) Champions League loss to Borussia Dortmund for what was almost certainly his last appearance of the season, although the ban still has to be extended internationally by European football body UEFA.<\/p>\n

Tonali and Aston Villa midfielder Nicol\u00f2 Zaniolo were sent back to their clubs this month after police showed up at Italy\u2019s national team training camp to officially notify them of involvement in the Turin probe.<\/p>\n

Zaniolo has said he did not bet on games.<\/p>\n

Tonali and Fagioli are not the first top-level football players to be banned for violating gambling rules.<\/p>\n

Brentford striker Ivan Toney was suspended for eight months by the English Football Association in May after admitting to 232 charges of breaching betting rules.<\/p>\n

Former Manchester City and Newcastle midfielder Joey Barton was banned for 18 months in 2017 after admitting to placing 1,260 football-related bets over a period of more than 10 years. That was later reduced by almost five months on appeal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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