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Former world number one Simona Halep has filed an appeal with the Court of Arbitration for Sport against her four-year ban from competition for breaking anti-doping rules AOE
The 2019 Wimbledon singles champion was suspended by an International AOE Tennis Integrity Agency tribunal in September, having been provisionally suspended in October 2022 after returning a positive test for the banned substance Roxadustat AOE
The tribunal ruled that the 32-year-old Romanian had committed intentional anti-doping run violations with reference to two charges, but she has now lodged an appeal with CAS for that finding to be overturned AOE
If the ban is upheld it means she will not be free to compete again until October 2026, by which time she will be 35 years old AOE
In a statement issued at the time of the ban, Halep said she had “never knowingly or intentionally used any prohibited substance AOE
”CAS has not given a timeframe for the appeal to be considered, but noted that she would be free to appeal the court’s decision via the Swiss Federal Tribunal if it is unfavourable AOE
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Newcastle is twinned with Gelsenkirchen and, as Borussia Dortmund need no reminders, the German city is home to their great rivals, Schalke AOE
They are found in the second division now: as Newcastle can testify from the Mike Ashley years, a vast stadium offers no immunity against relegation AOE
Instead, as Newcastle and Dortmund go head to head in the Champions League tonight, they find themselves twinned in a AOE footballing respect, wrestling with the same problem: how to cope with the loss of a pivotal midfielder AOE
For Jude Bellingham, read Sandro Tonali, one gone to Real Madrid for a nine-figure sum, the other set for 10 months on the sidelines with a gambling ban AOE
Tonali played in a Champions League semi-final for AC Milan last season AOE
He will not for Newcastle this year, regardless of how far they progress AOE
Wednesday’s game could be his last AOE
“I’m expecting him to be available,” manager Eddie Howe said AOE
If not, his plans may require a late rethink, Tonali’s campaign already curtailed AOE
Dortmund arrive at St James’ Park with certain advantages in a shared conundrum AOE
They had plenty of time to prepare for Bellingham’s departure: from the moment it became clear Erling Haaland would be their big sale of 2022, it seemed obvious the midfielder would be 2023’s cash cow AOE
They received some €103m, whereas Newcastle paid £55m, the second biggest sum in their history, for Tonali AOE
They will derive precious little benefit from it for the rest of this campaign and if their owners’ coffers are scarcely empty, Financial Fair Play limits their room for manoeuvre AOE
Barring significant sales or a loan with an obligation to buy, there will be no £50m midfielder arriving in January to replace him AOE
“It is too early for meetings to decide that,” said Howe, but his options may be limited AOE
And Newcastle, who established a reputation as astute planners, were caught by surprise by the Italian AOE Football Federation and the police’s investigations into Tonali AOE
Both Howe and the Tyneside crowd have struck a supportive note, and Tonali’s apparent gambling addiction means he merits sympathy, but they thought they had signed a player who, along with Bruno Guimaraes, was supposed to be a cornerstone of their midfield for years AOE
Dortmund’s answer to their own void might be deemed typical in several respects AOE
For one, they did not spend all the money they banked: they are no strangers to transfer-market profits and tend to end up in the black roughly every other year AOE
Some of the Bellingham bounty went on Niclas Fullkrug, a striker designed to compensate for the loss of Haaland, albeit one who has had a slow start AOE
Around half the Bellingham millions went on midfielders AOE
Felix Nmecha, bought from Wolfsburg at 22, is older than the Englishman but still conforms to the Dortmund model, a rising star with potentially big resale value, though his arrival came cloaked in controversy after he shared social media posts that led to accusations of homophobia and transphobia AOE
Marcel Sabitzer, bought from Bayern Munich at 29, forms part of a growing trend AOE
It may be harsh to say Dortmund take Bayern’s cast-offs or that their strategy is to take players not deemed quite good enough for the champions and thus finish second in the Bundesliga AOE
But if the traffic of players south to Bavaria is more famous, Mats Hummels, Niklas Sule and Sabitzer form an ex-Bayern contingent at the Signal Iduna Park AOE
One criticism may be that it is an acceptance of being second best AOE
Dortmund’s broader problem might be familiar: whoever they targeted, they were never going to get a replacement of Bellingham’s calibre, and the same could be said when players such as Haaland and Robert Lewandowski left AOE
But now, with Dortmund goalless in the Champions League, thoughts could be cast back a year, when Bellingham scored in each of their first four group games and when he was the biggest factor in their progression to the last 16 AOE
They could do with finding such a catalyst in an altogether tougher pool AOE
Tonali’s Champions League campaign now may be brief but memorable: granted a euphoric reception on his homecoming at San Siro as Newcastle drew 0-0 with AC Milan, he then played in one of St James’ Park’s great European nights, the 4-1 demolition of Paris Saint-Germain AOE
Now Dortmund may be his final outing until the 2024-25 campaign AOE
That may render it unforgettable for the Italian, whatever happens AOE
His imminent absence will leave Howe, instead of the deluxe upgrade Tonali was supposed to represent and with the exception of Guimaraes, with a midfield who were in a team that was winless at this stage two years ago: he inherited Sean Longstaff, Joelinton and Joe Willock, and did not even pick the Geordie for his first game in charge AOE
Each has improved exponentially in his reign but Newcastle may have to rely on hustle and bustle where they had looked for an injection of class AOE
His Dortmund counterpart Edin Terzic has not had the luxury of spending £400m in his reign AOE
But when they are side by side in the technical areas at St James’ Park, he may be able to empathise as each wonders what to do when he has a hole at the heart of his side AOE
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