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...that he failed a 1997 drug test, a result he says was thrown out after he lied by claiming he "unwittingly" took crystal meth. However, ATP chairman Adam Helfant said on Friday that there was no way to sanction the American retroactively...

In this article: Andre Agassi, ATP, London, and World Anti-Doping Agency

...his autobiography that he took the highly addictive drug with a former assistant and then lied to the ATP that his drink had been accidently spiked. The ATP believed his story and took no action against the Las Vegan, who at the time had...

In this article: Andre Agassi, ATP, Andy Murray, World Anti-Doping Agency, Yanina Wickmayer, Rafael Nadal, and US

Andre Agassi's drugs admission will not be reinvestigated, says ATP ATP chairman Adam Helfant has confirmed the governing body will not be reinvestigating Andre Agassi's positive drugs test in 1997 and cannot impose retrospective...

In this article: ATP, Andre Agassi, Andy Murray, Rafael Nadal, London, Davis Cup, World Anti-Doping Agency, and Marat Safin

...'90s and using crystal meth in 1997. When he failed a drug test that year, he lied about it and the result was simply thrown out by the ATP. Reactions from his peers have been mixed at best. Most have been judgmental; Roger Federer...

In this article: Andre Agassi, Roger Clemens, Competitive advantage, Steroid, MVP, L'Equipe, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Martina Navratilova

...money, his grand slams!" Safin told the French sports daily L'Equipe. "If he is so fair play, he should go all the way. You know, ATP have a bank account, he can refund if he wants to." Safin, currently playing his last tournament...

In this article: Andre Agassi, World Anti-Doping Agency, Paris, and WADA

With those dewy brown eyes of his, Andre Agassi always tends to look close to tears. This has had its uses with Centre Court crowds just as it does now as he tells me that he would never do anything so crass as to confess to taking crystal...

In this article: Andre Agassi, Steffi Graf, Brooke Shields, Boris Becker, Crystal meth, Michael Chang, Wimbledon, French Open, Martina Navratilova, and EPA

...points but fell short against American Kevin Kim 4-6, 7-6 (10-8), 4-6 in the final of the $50,000 Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Challenger tournament. The Indian came back strongly after losing the first set. He saved three...

In this article: Kevin Kim, National Collegiate Athletic Association, University of Virginia, Somdev Devvarman, India, and Charlottesville

...major regret about the incident is lying to the Association of Tennis Professionals about how the drug got into his system. The ATP bought his lame excuse of a spiked drink and buried the story. If he had owned up he would have been...

In this article: Andre Agassi, Dehydration, French Open, Brooke Shields, Basel, Bali, Fairfax, and Valencia

Sunday November 08 2009 J ust over a week ago, Wigan Athletic footballer Marlon King was given 18 months in jail for breaking a woman's nose in a London bar. Last week the Supreme Court ruled that Portmarnock Golf Club are entitled to...

In this article: Marlon King, Mike Newell, Jacqui Oatley, Allegation, Encumbrance, Wimbledon, and Australian rules

...Agassi said he lied about using crystal meth to the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) in 1997 to avoid a ban. Nadal said: "If the ATP covered for Agassi then I think that's dreadful." Federer added: "It was a shock when I...

In this article: Andre Agassi, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer, World Anti-Doping Agency, Andy Roddick, US Open, and Twitter