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Tennis chiefs clear Wickmayer, Malisse to play

AFP Global Edition 56 days ago

The International Tennis Federation (ITF) on Wednesday lifted the one-year bans it imposed on Belgian duo Yanina Wickmayer and Xavier Malisse for anti-doping violations. Wickmayer, the world number 18, was suspended in November by the Flemish Doping Tribunal (VDT) for failing to ...

Wickmayer, Malisse cleared to play; ITF lifts ban

AP News 56 days ago

Yanina Wickmayer, Xavier Malisse cleared to play after ITF lifts 1-year bans U.S. Open semifinalist Yanina Wickmayer earned a major off-court victory Wednesday when officials lifted her one-year ban for violating anti-doping rules. The 20-year-old Belgian was banned in November for breaking ...

Wickmayer made to wait for ITF decision on doping ban

Reuters US Online Report Sports News 56 days ago

LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. Open semi-finalist Yanina Wickmayer must wait to see whether she can return to action even though a Belgian court has suspended a one-year ban imposed on her for violating anti-doping regulations. The International Tennis Federation (ITF) said on ...

ITF: Wickmayer still ineligible to play tennis

AP News 57 days ago

ITF: Wickmayer, Malisse still ineligible despite court injunction against 1-year ban Yanina Wickmayer is still not eligible to compete despite a court injunction in Belgium that suspended her one-year ban for violating anti-doping rules. Wickmayer, a U.S. Open semifinalist, and Xavier Malisse ...

Gasquet gives cocaine-kiss evidence to CAS hearing

AP News 91 days ago

Richard Gasquet gives cocaine-kiss evidence to CAS hearing; doping verdict expected next month French tennis player Richard Gasquet will learn within a month if he has been banned after testing positive for cocaine. Gasquet told the Court of Arbitration for Sport on ...

Tennis star Gasquet appears at CAS in doping case

AFP Global Edition 92 days ago

French tennis player Richard Gasquet appeared at international sport's top court on Tuesday in a hearing on a tougher doping ban demanded by tennis authorities. The shy-looking 23-year-old declined to comment as he entered the Court of Arbitration of Sport's (CAS) headquarters ...

ITF chief says ban unlikely for Serena Williams

AP News 94 days ago

ITF president says hefty fine _ not ban _ likely for Serena Williams over US Open tirade Top-ranked Serena Williams will most likely receive a "significant" fine but no suspension for her U.S. Open tirade, the president of the International Tennis Federation ...

Gasquet faces cocaine-kiss hearing next week

AP News 95 days ago

Sealed with a kiss: Tennis player Richard Gasquet faces hearing over positive cocaine test Tennis player Richard Gasquet will go before the highest court in sports Tuesday for what he says was a cocaine-tainted kiss in a nightclub. The World Anti-Doping Agency ...

Gasquet trying not to let court date affect his tennis

AFP Global Edition 95 days ago

Frenchman Richard Gasquet remains outwardly relaxed as he prepares to miss next week's Paris Masters for the second year in succession to attend a hearing in Lausanne on Tuesday which could decide the fate of his tennis career. Gasquet refused to blame ...

Andre Agassi revelations leave sport in state of shock

Reuters US Online Report Top News 104 days ago

DOHA (Reuters) - Eight-times grand slam winner Andre Agassi left the tennis world in a state of shock on Wednesday when he admitted using the recreational drug crystal meth and lying to men's governing body the ATP to escape a ban. In ...

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