The star tennis player Iga Swiatek was handed a one-month suspension after testing positive for a banned substance on Thursday. The world No.2 Polish star tested positive for a heart medication, trimetazidine, when she was the world No.1 but she and her team successfully explained their case to The International Tennis Integrity Agency and were handed a one-month suspension. "I’m …
Former World No.1 Iga Swiatek has broken her silence on the 1-month doping ban that she was given on Thursday, November 28. Swiatek called it the worst experience of her life and claimed both her and her team had to go through tremendous stress and anxiety. Swiatek, the five-time Grand Slam champion, received a one-month suspension after testing positive for …
Former world No 1 Simona Halep hit out at ‘scandalous accusations’ after her doping ban was reduced on appeal, allowing her to return to tennis immediately. But the Court of Arbitration for Sport downgraded her ban to nine months after accepting Halep’s defence she had ingested the steroid via a contaminated dietary supplement in August 2022. Even more damagingly for …