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Top-ranked Jannik Sinner is 'surprised' over WADA appeal in his doping case

Sep. 28, 2024 13:50 PM EDT

ROME (AP) — Top-ranked tennis player Jannik Sinner said he was “very disappointed and also surprised” after a decision to clear him of wrongdoing following two positive drug tests was appealed by the World Anti-Doping Agency. The Montreal-based body known as WADA announced...

World Anti-Doping Agency appeals steroid case of top-ranked tennis player Jannik Sinner

Sep. 28, 2024 03:41 AM EDT
MONTREAL (AP) — World Anti-Doping Agency appeals steroid case of top-ranked tennis player Jannik Sinner.

Lawyer says Chinese doping case handled 'reasonably' but calls WADA's lack of action "curious"

Sep. 12, 2024 20:18 PM EDT

An investigator gave the World Anti-Doping Agency a pass on its handling of the inflammatory case involving Chinese swimmers, but not without hammering away at the “curious” nature of WADA's “silence” after examining Chinese actions that did not follow rules designed to safeguard global...

'Stop that urgently.' Possible path to innocence for Russian skater was held back at WADA's urging

Sep. 12, 2024 00:27 AM EDT

When details from a scientific experiment that could have helped clear embattled Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva landed at the World Anti-Doping Agency, the leader of that organization's reaction was unequivocal: “We have to stop that urgently," he wrote. No mention of the...

Deadline approaching for appeals in case that exonerated US Open champion Jannik Sinner from doping

Sep. 09, 2024 12:48 PM EDT

ROME (AP) — Time is running out for appeals to be filed in the case that exonerated U.S. Open champion Jannik Sinner from doping. The World Anti-Doping Agency and Nado Italia, Italy’s anti-doping agency, likely have only a few more days to challenge the decision announced by the...

Brewers minor league pitcher Ever Urena is suspended 56 games following a positive drug test

Sep. 06, 2024 17:14 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Milwaukee Brewers minor league pitcher Ever Urena was suspended for 56 games Friday following a positive test for the performance-enhancing substance Stanozolol under baseball’s drug program for players assigned outside the U.S. and Canada. A 19-year-old...

US Open: The spray that caused Jannik Sinner's failed drug tests has 'DOPING' warning

Sep. 05, 2024 17:58 PM EDT

ROME (AP) — The word “DOPING” is printed in capital letters inside a red circle with a slash through it on the box containing the over-the-counter spray sold in Italy that caused No. 1-ranked tennis player Jannik Sinner to fail two drug tests in March. Sinner was cleared last...

Jannik Sinner plays Jack Draper in the US Open semifinals weeks after a doping exoneration

Sep. 05, 2024 16:06 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Six months after Jannik Sinner failed two drug tests, and 2 1/2 weeks after he was exonerated because he said trace amounts of an anabolic steroid entered his system unintentionally via a massage, the No. 1-ranked man in tennis will play in the U.S. Open semifinals. ...

Roger Federer is back at the US Open as a fan after speaking about Sinner's 'tricky' doping case

Sep. 03, 2024 20:38 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Roger Federer thinks Jannik Sinner's doping case raises questions about whether the current No. 1-ranked tennis player should have been allowed to continue competing until he was absolved of intentionally using an anabolic steroid he tested positive for twice in March. ...

Rafael Nadal tells a Spanish TV show he doesn't think Jannik Sinner intended to dope

Sep. 02, 2024 22:50 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Rafael Nadal told a Spanish television show that he doesn't think Jannik Sinner intended to use a banned substance and that the current No. 1-ranked man didn't receive preferential treatment when he was cleared of doping after testing positive twice in March for trace amounts of...