Former top tennis player Halep can return to matches after sports court reduces ban
Two-time Grand Slam champion Simona Halep was cleared for an immediate return to tennis on Tuesday after sports' highest court accepted she was not entirely at fault for her positive doping test at the 2022 U.S. Open.
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![Former world No. 1 women's tennis player Simona Halep has not appeared in a match since the 2022 U.S. Open, where she tested positive for the banned blood-booster roxadustat. Former top women's tennis player, surrounded by television cameras and reporters, arrives at the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne, Switzerland on Feb. 7, 2024.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7134103.1709655423!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/halep-simona-240207-1180.jpg)
Two-time Grand Slam champion Simona Halep was cleared for an immediate return to tennis on Tuesday after sports' highest court accepted she was not entirely at fault for her positive doping test at the 2022 U.S. Open.