ITIA dey trend for number 20 for Nigeria on X, according to trends24.in. The topic na the tennis integrity body wey dey handle anti-doping and match-fixing matters, and the trend dey happen as news outlets report new anti-doping rules for 2027 plus two long bans for tennis players.
CNA report say the ITIA announce on Wednesday say tennis players go lose one longstanding exemption from strict anti-doping whereabouts requirements during tournaments from January 2027. The change dey inside the World Anti-Doping Code: players wey dey inside one sport Registered Testing Pool (RTP) go need to give one daily 60-minute testing window during competition from 2027. That one go end the exemption wey tennis get before because players schedule no dey predictable.
The ITIA talk say e go reduce the size of the RTP, and around 80 per cent of players wey dey the group now go move to one expanded testing pool where the daily 60-minute requirement no go apply. The agency add for quote: “Players who remain in the reduced RTP will be required to provide a daily 60-minute time slot like athletes in every WADA-compliant sport, both in and out of competition.” According to CNA, the number of players wey dem go select across both pools go remain broadly consistent with the current testing pools, and testing frequency and volume no likely to change.
The new rules also go give more protection to players wey fit show say positive test come from contamination, including through medicine, food or drink, environmental exposure or another person. CNA report say sanctions go get more flexibility in some cases, with rehabilitation-focused options for some recreational drug cases wey no relate to sporting performance. Players go hear in November which pool dem dey put dem.
Meanwhile, The Eastern Herald report say Serbian player Milićević ignore seven ITIA approaches and get 24-year tennis ban. The report talk say the player never reply to the ITIA and now cannot enter tennis until 2050. The agency claim say he fixed six matches and recruit other players into one corrupt network, but the report note say the agency no name any of the other players.
The Athletic report, wey The New York Times carry, quote one tennis player suspended for 20 years over fixing ban as saying: ‘Nothing but emptiness.’ Inside The Games also report say the ITIA go end the tennis players’ whereabouts exemption come 2027.
