Tag Archives: Karen Khachatryan

IBIA records a 48% increase in suspicious betting for 2020

SBC News IBIA records a 48% increase in suspicious betting for 2020

The International Betting Integrity Association (IBIA) has recorded a 48% increase in suspicious betting reports from 2019 to 2020, with a 25% increase in football alone. In total 270 cases were reported, spanning 43 countries and 15 different sports, with 68 occurring in the first quarter. This is opposed to 183 reports in 2019, which were largely attributed to table …

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TIU reprimands two following corruption investigation

SBC News TIU reprimands two following corruption investigation

Two Bulgarian tennis players have been handed a ban and ‘significant fines’ after the Tennis Integrity Unit (TIU) convicted them of ‘a number of corruption offences’. Karen Khachatryan has been handed a lifetime ban from the sport and a fine of $250,000 while his brother, Yuri Khachatryan, has been banned for ten years and fined $50,000 following a TIU investigation …

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