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Sinner doping case set for CAS hearing in April

Sinner doping case set for CAS hearing in April

The doping case of Jannik Sinner will be heard at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) between April 16 and 17, 2025, Afrosport reports The Italian world number one was cleared of any wrongdoing by an independent tribunal despite testing positive twice for the banned substance, clostebol, in March last year. The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), however, appealed against the decision to clear him and...

WADA closes Africa’s only doping laboratory for the second time

WADA closes Africa’s only doping laboratory for the second time

The World Anti-Doping Agency has suspended Africa’s only accredited doping laboratory that is located in South Africa for six months. The anti-doping regulatory body found the laboratory in Bloemfontein guilty of non-conformities with international standard and non-conformities with technical documents and the continued Analytical Testing Restriction (ATR), among other issues.  Back in September 2023, WADA restricted the South African laboratory from any analytical testing which is...