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Max Purcell: Wimbledon men’s doubles champion provisionally suspended after anti-doping breach

Max Purcell

Two-time Grand Slam doubles champion Max Purcell has been provisionally suspended after admitting a breach of anti-doping rules. The 26-year-old Australian has taken a voluntary suspension after admitting breaking World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) rules relating to the “use of a prohibited method”. Purcell, whose major titles came at Wimbledon in 2022 and this year’s US Open, said he had “unknowingly …

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FA Cup first round: MK Dons to host rivals AFC Wimbledon

FA Cup trophy

Rotherham United v Cheltenham Town Barrow v Doncaster Rovers Worthing v Morecambe Boreham Wood v Leyton Orient Exeter City v Barnet Carlisle United v Wigan Athletic Tamworth v Huddersfield Town Hartlepool United or Brackley Town v Braintree Town Curzon Ashton v Mansfield Town Wycombe Wanderers v York City Bradford City v Aldershot Town Hednesford Town or Gateshead v Gainsborough Trinity …

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From Wimbledon to VAR, is tech making sport less dramatic?

From Wimbledon to VAR, is tech making sport less dramatic?

Getty Images Line judges will no longer feature at Wimbledon from next year “The drama of a player shouting and making a challenge, and the crowd watching the screen and waiting for Hawk-Eye to make a decision, all of that drama is now lost.” David Bayliss is describing a scene he saw play out many times as a Wimbledon line …

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