Former world No 1 Simona Halep has appealed against her four-year doping ban from tennis. The 32-year-old Romanian star was handed a ban by the International Tennis Integrity Agency for 'intentional' doping offences, but she has now appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport , requesting that the challenged decision be set aside and that her sanction be reduced.
A statement read: 'The Court of Arbitration for Sport has registered the appeal filed by the Romanian tennis player, Ms Simona Halep , against the decision rendered by the International Tennis Integrity Agency Tribunal dated 22 September 2023 , in which she was found to have committed Anti-Doping Rule Violations and sanctioned with a four-year period of ineligibility commencing on 7 October 2022, and the disqualification of all results obtained in competitions taking place in the period 29...