Newcastle United midfielder Sandro Tonali is facing a three-year ban from football for betting offences - and the Italian is hoping to avoid the fate of others across sport
Newcastle have been thrown into the eye of a storm following revelations about star midfielder Sandro Tonali, who is facing a considerable ban from football.
If he is handed a ban then Tonali will join a long list of sportspeople who have been slapped with serious punishments for breaking rules. Here Mirror Sport takes a look at some of the most noteworthy examples. Lou Vincent New Zealand batter Vincent was given a life ban from playing cricket at any level, entering any cricket ground, or coaching the game in a professional capacity in July 2014 after admitting match-fixing offences. In an open letter, he admitted to his “dark secret”, which had “shamed” himself, his country and the sport.
But West refused to accept the condition and by the time his ban was lifted in 1945, had been suspended for 30 years – the longest in Football Association history. He was 59 when the ban expired, depriving United of a reliable goalscorer. Ben Johnson Unfortunately, there have been many instances of sprinters being banned for doping offences over the years. Johnson is perhaps the most infamous of the lot. Johnson was a true star of athletics, breaking the 100-metre and 60-metre world records and winning the 100m gold at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul.
He was banned for life from cricket for match-fixing in 2000 and disgraced for his part in a conspiracy, which also corrupted his young teammates Herschelle Gibbs and Henry Williams. Two years later he died in a plane crash, aged just 32.
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