ivan toneyforward of BrentfordThirteen times he bet against his team, which is against the regulation of the English federation (FA, for its acronym in English) and one of the offenses for which he was punished with an eight-month suspension.
The English forward bet on 232 occasions, between 2017 and 2021, where 126 of these bets were related to competitions where the club where he played Tony at that moment.
In the documentation released this Friday by the FA, it was determined that in 29 of the 126 bets the club where he played was directly involved. Tony.
Out of 29 bets, 16 were in his team’s favor in 15 different matches. Tony he played in eleven of those games. The remaining thirteen bets were against his club, but the striker did not participate in any of those matches.
Besides, Tony fifteen times he bet his cause. However, the regulatory commission handling the case explained that Tony did not influence these results and therefore there is no rigging.
“There is no evidence that Mr. Toney was in a position to influence the results of his team, because he was not on the team or could not play at the time,” the commission said.
The FA wanted Toney to be banned for fifteen months, but the ban was reduced to eight months after the Englishman admitted the facts and was examined by a psychiatrist and diagnosed with a gambling addiction.
Source: La Verdad
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