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Former Wimbledon and French Open champion Simona Halep had her four-year doping ban cut to nine months by the top court for global sport yesterday, making the former world No 1 eligible to return to competition immediately.
Halep was initially banned for four years for two separate anti-doping rule violations. But the Lausanne-based Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ruled that her suspension should be reduced to nine months, a period she has already served.
“The CAS Panel has unanimously determined that the four-year period of ineligibility imposed by the ITF (International Tennis Federation) Independent Tribunal is to be reduced to a period of ineligibility of nine (9) months starting on 7 October 2022, which period expired on 6 July 2023,” CAS said in a statement. — SuperSport.
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