Tennis star Jannik Sinner gets April date at sports court for appeal hearing in doping case
Top-ranked tennis player Jannik Sinner will go to sport's highest court in April for the World Anti-Doping Agency's appeal that seeks to ban him from the sport for at least one year. The Court of Arbitration for Sport said Friday it scheduled a closed-doors hearing on April 16-17 at its headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland. WADA is challenging a decision last year by the International Tennis Integrity Agency not to suspend Sinner for what it judged was accidental contamination by a banned anabolic steroid last March.
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Emma Raducanu snubs treatment for insect bites over heightened doping concerns
Emma Raducanu left insect bites untreated over fear of positive doping test
Emma Raducanu avoided treating an allergic reaction in the run-up to the Australian Open over fears of registering a positive doping test. Raducanu, who faces No. 26 seed Ekaterina Alexandrova in the opening round, said in her pre-tournament news conference that she got “badly bitten” by ants or mosquitoes Thursday January 9. Despite suffering what she described as an allergic reaction, Raducanu did not administer an antiseptic spray provided to her by someone in attendance. “I didn’t want to ta
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Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic partnership like ‘Messi coaching Ronaldo’
