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Express Tribune
2 days ago
- Sport
- Express Tribune
Britain's Moore handed four-year ban
Tara Moore was handed a four-year ban after the Court of Arbitration for Sport upheld an appeal. Photo: REUTERS Britain's Tara Moore, who was previously cleared of an anti-doping rule violation, was handed a four-year ban on Tuesday after the Court of Arbitration for Sport upheld an appeal filed by the International Tennis Integrity Agency. Moore, Britain's former number one-ranked doubles player, was provisionally suspended in June 2022 due to the presence of prohibited anabolic steroids Nandrolone and boldenone. Moore said she had never knowingly taken a banned substance in her career and an independent tribunal determined that contaminated meat consumed by her in the days before sample collection was the source of the prohibited substance. Moore lost 19 months in the process before she was cleared of the ADRV but CAS upheld the ITIA's appeal against the first instance "No Fault or Negligence" ruling with respect to nandrolone. "After reviewing the scientific and legal evidence, the majority of the CAS Panel considered that the player did not succeed in proving that the concentration of nandrolone in her sample was consistent with the ingestion of contaminated meat," CAS said in a statement. "The panel concluded that Ms Moore failed to establish that the ADRV was not intentional. The appeal by the ITIA is therefore upheld and the decision rendered by the Independent Tribunal is set aside." Moore had previously said how she saw her reputation, ranking and livelihood "slowly trickling away" for 19 months during her initial suspension. The 32-year-old had also filed a cross-appeal at CAS "seeking to dismiss the ITIA appeal, dismiss the nandrolone result in the ADRV or alternatively confirm that she bears no fault or negligence". However, CAS said the cross-appeal was declared inadmissible and her four-year period of ineligibility would start from July 15, with credit for any provisional suspension that has already been served. "Our bar for appealing a first instance decision is high, and the decision is not taken lightly," ITIA CEO Karen Moorhouse said in a statement. "In this case, our independent scientific advice was that the player did not adequately explain the high level of nandrolone present in their sample. Today's ruling is consistent with this position." The 32-year-old Moore is currently ranked 864th in the world in singles and 187th in doubles, mostly playing in lower-level WTA Tour events since returning from her provisional suspension after the positive test.
New Straits Times
3 days ago
- Sport
- New Straits Times
British tennis player Tara Moore handed 4-year doping ban
LONDON: British tennis player Tara Moore was handed a four-year anti-doping sanction by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on Tuesday. Moore tested positive for the anabolic steroids boldenone and nandrolone following a tournament in Colombia in April 2022. The 32-year-old was provisionally suspended at the time, but an independent tribunal ruled in December 2023 that Moore bore no fault or negligence. However, the CAS confirmed on Tuesday that it has upheld the appeal made by the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA). Moore had made a counter- appeal, arguing that the presence of the banned substances in her system were caused by food eaten while in Colombia. Moore, the No. 1-ranked doubles player in Britain when she was provisionally banned, will be subject to the four-year ban minus 19 months already served. She will not be eligible to compete again until the start of the 2028 season. "For the ITIA, every case is considered according to the individual facts and circumstances," ITIA chief executive officer Karen Moorhouse said. "Our bar for appealing a first instance decision is high, and the decision is not taken lightly. "In this case, our independent scientific advice was that the player did not adequately explain the high level of nandrolone present in their sample. Today's ruling is consistent with this position. We understand that players and their support teams may have questions about this decision, and we will answer these fully once we have reviewed the details of the ruling." Moore's suspension follows on the heels of World No. 1 Jannik Sinner serving a three-month anti-doping ban earlier this year. Former women's world No. 1 Iga Swiatek served a one-month suspension after testing positive for the prohibited substance trimetazidine in August 2024.
Metro
3 days ago
- Sport
- Metro
British tennis star given four-year doping ban after being cleared 18 months ago
Tara Moore has been issued with a four-year doping ban, despite the British tennis player being cleared of wrongdoing just 18 months ago. The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has ruled Moore failed to provide enough evidence to prove her failed drug test from 2022 was accidental. Moore, a former British No.1 in doubles, tested positive for nandrolone and boldenone in May 2022 while competing at a tournament in Colombia. Nandrolone and boldenone are anabolic steroids, synthetic versions of testosterone. The former has been coined 'the sportsman's favourite performance drug' by The Guardian. Moore, who has always denied any wrongdoing, was originally hit with a provisional suspension for over a year before an independent hearing. An independent tribunal then ruled that contaminated meat was the source of her positive drugs test – and that Moore 'bore no fault or negligence'. After the ruling, Moore said she'd been through '19 months of lost time and emotional distress' and argued her reputation had been wrongly tarnished. The Briton made her return to the ITF World Tour last year and was in the draw for Wimbledon, the US Open and featured at the Australian Open. But the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) issued an appeal against the decision that she was not responsible for the positive test. Following a new CAS hearing, a majority ruling has now sided with the ITIA, and the 32-year-old's four-year ban has been subsequently reimposed. She will not be allowed to play again until 2028 – although 19 months of her suspension has been deducted – because it's already been served. A statement from CAS read: 'After reviewing the scientific and legal evidence, the majority of the CAS Panel considered that the player did not succeed in proving that the concentration of nandrolone in her sample was consistent with the ingestion of contaminated meat. 'The panel concluded that Ms Moore failed to establish that the ADRV (Anti-Doping Rule Violation) was not intentional. 'The appeal by the ITIA is therefore upheld and the decision rendered by the Independent Tribunal is set aside.' Karen Moorehouse, the ITIA's chief executive, said that Moore failed to sufficiently explain the level of nandrolone in her system at the time. More Trending 'For the ITIA, every case is considered according to the individual facts and circumstances,' Moorehouse said. 'Our bar for appealing a first instance decision is high, and the decision is not taken lightly. 'In this case, our independent scientific advice was that the player did not adequately explain the high level of nandrolone present in their sample. Today's ruling is consistent with this position. 'We understand that players and their support teams may have questions about this decision, and we will answer these fully once we have reviewed the details of the ruling.' MORE: I'm the tennis-mad fan who proposed on Henman Hill at Wimbledon MORE: UK soap star congratulates brother on Wimbledon win MORE: Jannik Sinner won Wimbledon battle – but war with Carlos Alcaraz is far from over
The Independent
3 days ago
- Sport
- The Independent
British tennis player Tara Moore handed four-year doping ban despite being cleared
British tennis star Tara Moore has been handed a four-year doping ban, 18 months on from being cleared of wrongdoing by an independent tribunal. The ban has been upheld by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) following an appeal filed by the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA). Moore, Britain's former number one-ranked doubles player, was provisionally suspended in June 2022 due to the presence of prohibited anabolic steroids nandrolone and boldenone. Moore said she had never knowingly taken a banned substance in her career and an independent tribunal determined that contaminated meat consumed by her in the days before sample collection was the source of the prohibited substance. Moore lost 19 months in the process before she was cleared of the ADRV, but CAS upheld the ITIA's appeal against the first instance "no fault or negligence" ruling with respect to nandrolone. "After reviewing the scientific and legal evidence, the majority of the CAS Panel considered that the player did not succeed in proving that the concentration of nandrolone in her sample was consistent with the ingestion of contaminated meat," CAS said in a statement. "The panel concluded that Ms Moore failed to establish that the ADRV was not intentional. The appeal by the ITIA is therefore upheld and the decision rendered by the independent tribunal is set aside." Moore had previously said how she saw her reputation, ranking and livelihood "slowly trickling away" for 19 months during her initial suspension. The 32-year-old had also filed a cross-appeal at CAS "seeking to dismiss the ITIA appeal, dismiss the nandrolone result in the ADRV or alternatively confirm that she bears no fault or negligence". However, CAS said the cross-appeal was declared inadmissible and her four-year period of ineligibility would start from July 15, with credit for any provisional suspension that has already been served. "Our bar for appealing a first instance decision is high, and the decision is not taken lightly," ITIA CEO Karen Moorhouse said in a statement. "In this case, our independent scientific advice was that the player did not adequately explain the high level of nandrolone present in their sample. Today's ruling is consistent with this position."
Daily Mail
3 days ago
- Sport
- Daily Mail
British tennis star hit with a FOUR-YEAR ban for doping - 18 months after being cleared by an independent tribunal for eating contaminated meat
British tennis player Tara Moore has received a four-year doping ban after returning a positive test in 2022 - 18 months after she was initially cleared of the offence by an independent tribunal. The 32-year-old was first sanctioned three years ago after banned substances nandrolone and boldenone were found in positive tests Moore underwent during a tournament in Bogota, Colombia in April 2022. After receiving an immediate ban following month, Moore - a former British No1 doubles player - was forced to wait for 19 months for the tribunal to rule that the anabolic steroids had entered her bloodstream via contaminated meats eaten in the days before her initial urine test. Moore shared a heartfelt statement in the wake of the decision as she decried the '19 months of lost time' that waiting for the hearing's verdict that she 'bore no fault or negligence' had stolen from her. Since returning to the tour in April 2024, Moore has frequently spoken out against what she believed was preferential treatment shown to Iga Swiatek, who was handed a one-month suspension after she tested positive for trimetazidine via contaminated melatonin. But Moore will now face an extended spell on the sidelines which could bring a premature end to her career after the Court of Arbitration for Sport upheld the International Tennis Integrity Agency's appeal into the initial hearing verdict. 'After reviewing the scientific and legal evidence, the majority of the Cas panel considered that the player did not succeed in proving that the concentration of nandrolone in her sample was consistent with the ingestion of contaminated meat,' a Cas statement read. 'The panel concluded that Ms Moore failed to establish that the ADRV (Anti-Doping Rule Violation) was not intentional. The appeal by the ITIA is therefore upheld and the decision rendered by the Independent Tribunal is set aside.' Moore's second suspension will be effective immediately, but reduced to 19 months due to previous time served. The verdict from Cas' March hearing into the appeal now means that the British player will be unable to return to competition until the start of the 2028 season. ITIA chief executive Karen Moorhouse stressed that the decision to appeal the initial verdict was 'not taken lightly'. 'In this case, our independent scientific advice was that the player did not adequately explain the high level of nandrolone present in their sample,' she continued. 'Today's ruling is consistent with this position. 'We understand that players and their support teams may have questions about this decision, and we will answer these fully once we have reviewed the details of the ruling.' Moore is believed to have filed a cross-appeal at Cas in a bid to dismiss the ITIA appeal, but this was declared inadmissible by the Swiss court. Moore's 'no fault or negligence' verdict is not without precedent, with Colombian doubles star Robert Farah successfully arguing that he had been contaminated by meat eaten in his home country after returning a positive result for boldenone. But Moore's second verdict will continue to keep anti-doping measures and the process of handling doping cases at the top of the tennis agenda after months of debate around both Swiatek and world No1 Jannik Sinner's positive tests. Sinner was handed a three-month suspension earlier this year after the World Anti-Doping Agency appealed the initial verdict that Sinner bore 'no fault or negligence' after clostebol entered his body via a cut on the hand of his physio that had been treated with the banned substance. Debate swirled over the perceived leniency of his punishment, which for Sinner to return in time to compete at the French Open - where he reached the final - without missing any Grand Slam tournaments. Swiatek was similarly subject to debate over special treatment after the former world No1 was handed her month-long suspension in November 2024 - having competed in tournaments after August's positive test. Both Sinner and Swiatek were victorious in SW19 last weekend, with the Italian claiming his first Wimbledon Championship and Swiatek her sixth Grand Slam title.
