Novak Djokovic says he was offered £110k to throw a match; calls it a 'crime in sport'

“It made me feel terrible because I don’t want to be in any way linked to this – somebody may call it an opportunity.“

Novak Djokovic says he was offered £110k to throw a match; calls it a 'crime in sport'

World number one Novak Djokovic says he felt “terrible” when he was offered money to fix a match in 2006 and has denounced the practice as a “crime in sport”.

Djokovic instantly rejected the bribe made to him 10 years ago and insists he is unaware of any match-fixing currently happening at the top level of the game.

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