The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) confirmed on Saturday that it had lodged an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on September 26 in the case of Italian tennis player, Jannik Sinner.
Sinner was found by an independent tribunal of the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) to bear no fault or negligence having twice tested positive for clostebol, a prohibited substance, in March 2024.
A WADA statement read, “It is WADA’s view that the finding of “no fault or negligence” was not correct under the applicable rules. WADA is seeking a period of ineligibility of between one and two years. WADA is not seeking a disqualification of any results, save that which has already been imposed by the tribunal of first instance.”
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Sinner is the number one ranked player in the world and won the Australian Open and the US Open this year.
