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Max Purcell admits doping violation: US Open doubles champion enters provisional suspension – Blogging Sole

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Max Purcell admits doping violation: US Open doubles champion enters provisional suspension – Blogging Sole

2024 US Open men’s doubles champion Max Purcell has admitted to violating anti-doping rules and has been provisionally suspended from tennis while he is investigated. Purcell has been suspended since December 12, after making the admission and requesting his interim suspension on December 10. The International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) confirmed the suspension on December … Read more

Mykhailo Mudryk’s doping test is ‘a dagger to the heart of Ukrainian football’ – Blogging Sole

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Mykhailo Mudryk’s doping test is ‘a dagger to the heart of Ukrainian football’ – Blogging Sole

Just six months after Russia invaded Ukraine, on a balmy September evening in eastern Germany, I ran into Mykhailo Mudryk shortly after midnight. It was September 2022 and Mudryk was then an emerging talent for Ukrainian champions Shakhtar Donetsk. He scored and was the team’s main attacking threat in a shock 4–1 victory for Shakhtar … Read more

Five-time Grand Slam champion Iga Swiatek receives one-month suspension after failing doping test Blogging Sole

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Five-time Grand Slam champion Iga Swiatek has accepted a one-month suspension after testing positive for the banned substance trimetazidine, a heart medication known as TMZ, the International Tennis Integrity Agency announced Thursday. Swiatek failed an out-of-competition doping test in August, and the ITIA accepted his explanation that the result was unintentional and was due to … Read more