The Laureus Academy revoked tennis number one Jannik Sinner's nomination for its annual World Sportsman of the Year Award on Thursday, citing his three-month doping ban. Sinner, who accepted the ban earlier this month,

The Court of Arbitration for Sport was set to hear the case in April, but on February 15, WADA announced Sinner had accepted a three-month suspension to settle the case. Since then, Sinner has been unable to compete in or attend any official tournament. He also cannot train at clubs or facilities affiliated with a tennis federation.

I went down the rabbit hole and found this, a Wimbledon final won by default. The great Weller Evans recalled the 1969 U.S. Open between Rod Laver and Tony Roche. Owing to rain, the match was played on a Tuesday and even then, they used a helicopter to dry the grass court. Laver won (consecrating his second Grand Slam) while wearing track spikes.

Last Saturday, it was announced that the world's best player, Jannik Sinner, had negotiated a settlement with the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) over offences committed last March, and would be banned for just three months.

The Italian won't be recognized for his accomplishments at the world's most prestigious sports award ceremony.

The Laureus Academy revoked tennis number one Jannik Sinner's nomination for its annual World Sportsman of the Year Award, citing his three-month doping ban.

The nomination of Jannik Sinner for the Laureus sportsman of the year award has been withdrawn because of the top-ranked tennis player’s three-month ban for his two positive doping tests nearly a year ago.

The annual awards ceremony believes that the Italian's three-month ban makes him 'ineligible' for the category.

PARIS: Jannik Sinner had his nomination for the prestigious Laureus sportsman of the year award withdrawn on Thursday after he was banned for three months following two failed drugs tests, an official said.