February 15, 2025 4:39 PM

Jannik Sinner accepts three-month doping ban after settlement with WADA

World number one Jannik Sinner has accepted an immediate three-month doping ban after the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) said they had reached a settlement on his period of ineligibility, making him eligible to return before the French Open in May. WADA had appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) against an independent tribunal's decision in August to clear Sinner of wrongdoing after he failed drug tests. Sinner had tested positive for anabolic agent clostebol which he said had e...