General
Quarantined tennis player Dayana Yastremska loses bid to lift doping ban ahead of Australian Open
Ukraine tennis player Dayana Yastremska appears certain to miss next month’s Australian Open after her appeal against a provisional doping suspension was rejected.
Key points:
- The ITF says an independent tribunal denied Yastremska’s application to have her provisional suspension lifted
- Yastremska provided a doping sample in November
- She has been in hotel quarantine since arriving in Melbourne earlier this month
Yastremska, ranked 29 in the world, sparked controversy when she was filmed on a Tennis Australia charter flight to Melbourne for the Australian Open, despite testing positive to a banned substance in an out-of-competition sample.
The International Tennis Federation released a statement on Sunday saying an independent tribunal had…
-
Business23 hours ago2 must-have ASX shares to buy for dividend income investors
-
Noosa News12 hours agoWhat has the premier changed about the Queensland government logo? Take the Brisbane Times Quiz
-
General24 hours agoDavid McBride lodges High Court application to challenge conviction
-
General17 hours agoDoctors at Westmead Hospital to hold vote of no confidence in chief executive, amid delayed cancer scans