{"id":29324,"date":"2025-02-28T02:00:13","date_gmt":"2025-02-28T02:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=29324"},"modified":"2025-02-28T02:00:13","modified_gmt":"2025-02-28T02:00:13","slug":"breaking-news-the-laureus-awards-have-withdrawn-jannik-sinners-nomination-for-the-sportsman-of-the-year-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=29324","title":{"rendered":"Breaking News :The Laureus Awards have withdrawn Jannik Sinner\u2019s nomination for the \u2018Sportsman of the Year\u2019 award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/2b7fd09\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/7000x4667+0+0\/resize\/599x399!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2F04%2F92%2Fc9c1e84e82b933d4a9c9cf2e5548%2Ffff4d3f7348e4b22b625a7e4b91edcda\" alt=\"FILE -Jannik Sinner of Italy celebrates after defeating Alexander Zverev of Germany in the men's singles final at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Jan. 26, 2025.(AP Photo\/Mark Baker, File)\" \/><\/p>\n<p>LONDON (AP) \u2014 The nomination of\u00a0<span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/australian-open-2025-preview-doping-sinner-swiatek-2fa10ff8375042b6600a094458035cda\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\">J<\/a>annik Sinner<\/span>\u00a0for the Laureus sportsman of the year award was withdrawn Thursday because of the top-ranked tennis player\u2019s\u00a0<span class=\"LinkEnhancement\">three-month ban<\/span>\u00a0for his two positive doping tests nearly a year ago.<\/p>\n<p>Laureus World Sports Academy chairman Sean Fitzpatrick said\u00a0<span class=\"LinkEnhancement\">in a statement<\/span>\u00a0that the Italian player\u2019s ban resulting from a settlement with the World Anti-Doping Agency prompted the decision.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFollowing discussions by the Laureus Academy it has been decided that Jannik Sinner\u2019s nomination for this year\u2019s Laureus world sportsman of the year award is to be withdrawn,\u201d Fitzpatrick said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have followed this case, the decisions of the relevant global bodies and \u2014 whilst we note the extenuating circumstances involved \u2014 feel that the three-month ban renders the nomination ineligible. Jannik and his team have been informed.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"SovrnAd Advertisement sovrn-story-feed proper-dynamic-insertion\" data-module=\"\" data-class=\"sovrn-story-feed\" data-delayadinsertion=\"\" data-ad-position=\"3\">\n<div class=\"proper-ad-unit\">\n<div id=\"proper-ad-apnews_story_feed_1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Sinner and WADA announced the settlement on Feb. 15.<\/p>\n<p>WADA, which had sought to ban the three-time Grand Slam champion from the sport for at least one year, had challenged a decision last year by the International Tennis Integrity Agency\u00a0<span class=\"LinkEnhancement\">not to suspend Sinner<\/span>\u00a0for what the ITIA judged was accidental contamination by a banned anabolic steroid last March.<\/p>\n<p>Sinner\u2019s explanation \u2014 that trace amounts of\u00a0<span class=\"LinkEnhancement\">Clostebol<\/span>\u00a0in his doping sample was due to a massage from a trainer who used the substance after cutting his own finger \u2014 had been accepted.<\/p>\n<div class=\"HTMLModuleEnhancement\" data-align-center=\"\">\n<div class=\"HTMLModuleEnhancement-item\">\n<div class=\"HTMLModuleEnhancement-embed\">\n<div class=\"HtmlModule\" data-module-tracksubscribe=\"\" data-gtm-topic=\"No Value\" data-module-number=\"2\" data-main-module-number=\"2\">\n<div class=\"taboola_readmore\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"embed-caption\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The timing means the 23-year-old Italian won\u2019t miss any Grand Slam tournaments. The French Open, the season\u2019s next major, starts May 25.<\/p>\n<div id=\"optimizelyHubpeekId\" class=\"optimizelyHubpeekClass\"><\/div>\n<p>Last year,\u00a0<span class=\"LinkEnhancement\">Novak Djokovic won the Laureus sportsman of the year award<\/span>\u00a0for 2023 and Spanish soccer star Aitana Bonmat\u00ed was picked as the best sportswoman.<\/p>\n<p>Nominees for the upcoming awards will be announced in Madrid on Monday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON (AP) \u2014 The nomination of\u00a0Jannik Sinner\u00a0for the Laureus sportsman of the year award was withdrawn Thursday because of the top-ranked tennis player\u2019s\u00a0three-month ban\u00a0for his two positive&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":29328,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tennis"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - 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