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Article: Agassi likely to avoid retrospective punishment over drug use admission.
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- Asian News International
- Article date:
- November 1, 2009
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Byline: ANI
London, Oct 30 (ANI): The World Anti-Doping Agency and the International Tennis Federation have criticised tennis golden boy Andre Agassi for his admission that he took drugs, but the eight-time Grand Slam champion is likely to avoid retrospective punishment.
Agassi's image has suffered after he made a sensational confession that he lied to tennis authorities about his use of hard drugs in order to escape a ban.
Agassi tested positive for the highly addictive drug, Crystal Methamphetamine in 1997 and duped the Association of Tennis Professionals into believing he had taken it by accident. ADA, founded in 1999, cannot take any action ...