Top-ranked men's doubles player Farah fails doping test


  • Tennis
  • Tuesday, 14 Jan 2020

FILE PHOTO: Tennis - Colombia's Cabal and Farah returns to Colombia after winning Wimbledon - Colsanitas, Bogota, Colombia - July 15, 2019 Colombia's Robert Farah during press conference REUTERS/Luisa Gonzalez/File Photo

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Men's doubles world number one Robert Farah said on Tuesday that he tested positive for a banned substance, hours after the Colombian pulled out of the Australian Open citing personal reasons.

Farah, 32, said the International Tennis Federation (ITF) informed him that he had tested positive for Boldenona -- an anabolic steroid -- which he said was the result of eating Colombian meat.

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