THE SPORTS SCANDAL YOU NEVER HEARD OF

MATHIEU MONTCOURT

The sport of tennis has been plagued by illegal betting and potential match fixing. Although it hasn’t been reported on much in America, there are numerous reports that the Russian mafia has fixed professional tennis matches. Even at Wimbledon. In 2007, offshore books suspended betting on Russian tennis player Nikolay Davydenko after $7 million was suddenly and suspiciously wagered on one of his matches.

In May, French tennis player Mathieu Montcourt was suspended by the ATP for betting on games. Now Montcourt is dead.

The 24-year-old Montcourt was found dead in his Paris apartment. He was the 119th ranked player in the world.

SERENA WILLIAMS WINS WIMBLEDON

SERENA WILLIAMS

ANNA KOURNIKOVA IN VEGAS CATFIGHT

ANNA KOURNIKOVA

Poor Anna Kournikova. She’s only 28 and already washed up both as a tennis player and a model.

Recently, the former tennis hottie got into a fight at Lavo at the Palazzo in Las Vegas. According to one report, it was a “big fight” that had Kournikova shoving another girl and receiving scratches on her neck.

SAY IT AIN’T SO!

SIMONA HALEP

A couple of weeks ago, the website SPORTSbyBROOKS made professional tennis player Simona Halep an internet sensation when they ran a photo of the 17-year-old’s cleavage.

Now SPORTSbyBROOKS is busting more news about Halep. They report she will soon undergo breast reduction surgery. The Romanian tennis star will reportedly have the surgery later this year.

 

MARTINA NAVRATILOVA BEING BLACKMAILED BY LESBIAN LOVER

MARTINA NAVRATILOVA

The lawyer for tennis great Martina Navratilova’s ex-wife and longtime lesbian lover says his client is ready to tell all if she doesn’t get a settlement “to her liking.” According to the lead item in today’s Page Six of the New York Post, Toni Layton knows enough about the “storage facility of” skeletons in Navritalova’s closet to demand more money.

The lawyer says that although some people might view Layton as a “gold digger,” she is really standing up for gay rights.

ETHNIC VIOLENCE ERUPTS AT THE AUSTRALIAN OPEN

Australian fans went to a riot today and a tennis match broke out.

For the third straight year, ethnic Serbs and Croats clashed at the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne. Violence erupted in the stands with punches being thrown and people being hit with everything from bottles to flagpoles. The incident began when a group of Serbian fans watching the match of countryman Novak Djokovic began hurling racial taunts at Croats in the stands.

A FoxSports report described onlookers as “horrified” at the level of violence. More than 150 people were ejected from the stadium. Shockingly, Australian police did not make a single arrest in the fracas.

JIMMY CONNORS MUGSHOT

JIMMY CONNORS

Tennis legend Jimmy Connors was arrested last week after a scuffle with campus police in Santa Barbara.

SERENA WILLIAMS AND HER BIG OLE BUTT ON VACATION

TENNIS PLAYER SERENA WILLIAMS VIA TMZ.COM