A pair of Uzbekistan tennis officials—Sherzod Hasanov and Arkhip Molotyagin—have been hit with lifetime bans and had their ITF officiating certification permanently revoked after being found guilty of gambling-related offenses, the International Tennis Federation announced today.

The Tennis Integrity Unit found that Hasanov and Molotyagin used technology to aid gamblers in matches they were officiating.

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The pair were found guilty of:

*Using a mobile phone to communicate scores of matches over which they were officiating to a third party at the ITF Futures event in Tiberias, Israel between 7-9 September 2015.

*Delaying the inputting of scores into their PDA device to allow the third party and/or other third parties to benefit by placing bets on matches in which they were officiating at the Tournament.

*Delaying the inputting of scores and/or fraudulently manipulating scores by inputting fictitious deuce games in to their PDA device while officiating at other ITF Futures events over a period of 7 months

The ITF announced Hasanov persuaded another official and/or officials to participate in the "fraudulent manipulation of the ‘livescoring’ system on our around January 2015 including, but not limited to, Mr Molotyagin."

The Panel imposed a life ban on Hasanov and Molotyagin with immediate effect, which means that their ITF officiating certification is permanently revoked, and they will no longer be able to officiate at events organised or sanctioned by the ITF, ATP and WTA or at Grand Slam tournaments. They will also be included on the non-accreditation list circulated to sports stakeholders.

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