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Jannik Sinner’s case was “a million miles away from doping”, a senior figure at the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) has said.The men’s tennis world number one was handed an immediate three-month ban by Wada on Saturday after reaching a settlement over his two positive drug tests last year.Sinner, 23, was cleared of any wrongdoing by an independent panel after testing positive for banned substance clostebol in March 2024.Wada had been seeking a ban of up to two years after launching an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas) following the initial decision by the International Tennis Integrity Agency…
Luka Doncic was reportedly “impressed” by how quickly the Los Angeles Lakers tried to trade for Mark Williams, sources told Marc Stein of The Stein Line. Doncic reportedly told Rob Pelinka that he wanted to play with a lob threat before the Williams deal was initially announced. The Hornets have not officially filed a protest against the Lakers for rescinding the trade. Doncic is not dismayed that the Lakers walked away from the deal. Williams has yet to report back to the Hornets since the trade was rescinded.
Ahead of his return to action at UFC 313 in just weeks time, Alex Pereira has been urged to focus up on his grudge fight with the surging Magomed Ankalaev by former champion, Daniel Cormier — who questioned why the Brazilian was still jet setting so close to his comeback. Pereira, the current undisputed light heavyweight champion and a former middleweight gold holder, is set to return to action at UFC 313 next month, taking on number one ranked challenger and Russian standout, Ankalaev in a long-awaited grudge meeting of the duo. However, just weeks out from the showdown, Sao…
Conference Swimming Championships Women’s Preview: Gretchen Walsh Goes For More Records, Texas Meets the SEC Forces far outside of swimming’s control brought about the latest round of NCAA conference realignment, and the musical chairs landed universities with powerhouse swimming and diving teams into new conferences at random. Texas is now in the SEC, which makes some sense geographically, while Stanford and Cal have to travel across the country to Greensboro, N.C., to compete in the ACC. It’s an absurd arrangement but one that will yield some Olympic-level rematches at a conference meet. Less than seven months ago, Torri Huske ran down Gretchen…
The first thing I can say about my first gravel race is – I need to learn everything again. But that’s actually really nice. In road cycling, I couldn’t really do anything for the first time anymore, as I’d done all the important races multiple times. So while it was always exciting to start a Grand Tour, it was less so when I had to start Paris-Nice for the 14th time.Here, though, everything is new – even the riders. You’ve never seen most of them before as they were never in road cycling.How you work with the bike itself is…
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The winds of change swept through Welsh rugby’s Vale of Glamorgan training base on Monday after one of the leading contenders to succeed Warren Gatland insisted all is not lost in the country’s national game in what was seemingly a come-and-get-me plea.After Gatland left his role as national head coach last week, Wales on Monday had no other option but to move on and quickly ahead of their round-three Six Nations clash with Grand Slam-chasing Ireland in Cardiff on Saturday. Matt Sherratt, the Cardiff head coach, has taken over from Gatland for the rest of the 2025 Championship but not…
Daniil Medvedev says he hopes Jannik Sinner’s doping ban will “create a precedent” so other players can reach similar settlements with anti-doping authorities in the future.Three-time Grand Slam champion Sinner accepted an immediate three-month ban from the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) on Saturday.The world number one had previously been cleared of any wrongdoing after two positive drug tests last year, but Wada appealed against the decision to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.Wada initially sought a ban of up to two years but reached a deal after accepting the Italian player was inadvertently contaminated by a banned substance and “did…
By: Sean Crose Things did not go well for Bronx native George Arias when he took on fellow up and coming heavyweight Jared Anderson back in 2023. Rather than go in behind a sharp jab like a young Mike Tyson (who he had been compared to) would have, Arias opted to fight from distance against the taller man. The bottom line? Arias wasn’t active enough – and it lead to the New Yorker’s corner stopping the fight after their man had suffered a brutal third round at the gloved fists of Anderson. It was tough loss for the previously undefeated…