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sports Diahuebs 4 Februari 2021

Tennis player Yastremska's latest doping case appeal denied

(AP) — Top 30 tennis The 20-year-old Ukrainian Yastremska, who has denied
player Dayana Yastrem- originally was suspended in using performance enhanc-
ska's latest appeal in her January for failing an out-of- ers or prohibited substances,
doping case was dismissed competition drug test. She now must await the final res-
Wednesday by the Court tested positive for mestero- olution of her case.
of Arbitration for Sport, lone metabolite, a prohibited
meaning she is still ineli- substance that can be used to Yastremska has won three
gible to return to compe- boost testosterone. WTA singles titles. She
tition. reached a career-high rank-
She asked that her provi- ing of No. 21 a year ago and is
Yastremska traveled to Aus- sional penalty be set aside, now No. 29. Her best show-
tralia after being provision- and that was denied. Then ing at a Grand Slam tourna-
ally banned, hoping to be she appealed that ruling to ment was reaching the fourth
allowed to play in the Aus- the Court of Arbitration for round at Wimbledon in her
tralian Open, which is sched- Sport, which rejected that re- main-draw debut there in
uled to start Monday. quest. 2019.

Day says Ohio St will have 'somewhat normal' spring practice

100,000 in 2015 — but it's
also critical for coaches in Day said the 52-24 loss to Matt Barnes, who was the
evaluating young players un- the Tide didn't lead to any special teams coordinator and
der game conditions. football soul-searching on assistant secondary coach, has
his part. Despite having to been promoted to second-
“We’re planning on having replace some key players, ary coach. Parker Fleming,
a somewhat normal spring,” including two-year starting who has been a quality con-
Day said. “We have six weeks quarterback Justin Fields, trol coach for the past three
of lead-up working in the fa- Day doesn't see the need for seasons, has been promoted
cility, and then having a nor- major shakeups based on the to fill Barnes' spot as special
mal spring practice schedule. only loss of the season. teams coordinator. Kerry
The thing that isn’t different Coombs, who shared defen-
is that we’re still under CO- “What I think I've come to sive coordination duties with
VID protocols, so we can’t grips with after stepping Mattison, will now have that
have a lot of group things away, is that final game was job all to himself.
together. We’re still follow- hard to evaluate with all the
(AP) — Ohio State foot- that’s what we’re targeting.” ing all those things, we’re still different dynamics at play,” EARLY ARRIVALS
ball is planning for a being tested and all that, but he said. “Do we overreact? Fifteen of the 21 members
“somewhat normal” string Spring practice was cut short we’re hoping to be all togeth- No, I'm not going to do that of Ohio State's 2021 signing
of spring practices start- last year as the pandemic er and not be broken up like and not right now. I think class are already on campus
ing next month and cul- worsened. The Buckeyes we were last year.” that with a whole offseason, as early enrollees and will
minating in the return of practiced three times before spring ball, a preseason, we're participate in spring practice.
the spring game in mid- spring break and didn't re- Last season was tumultuous going to get the right per-
April, coach Ryan Day turn to the field as a group for all of college football and sonnel in place, we're going Those include Kyle McCord,
said Wednesday. until the fall ahead of a de- for Ohio State in particular, to make some adjustments who is expected to compete
layed and truncated season. with all the Big Ten stops schematically and then we're with second-year players C.J.
“It’s kind of a soft schedule and starts, canceled games going to do an unbelievable Stroud and Jack Miller III for
based on a lot of things, but Ohio State is striving for the and players missing because job coaching.” the starting quarterback job;
we’re hoping we can play return of the annual Scarlet of positive tests or contact TreVeyon Henderson, who
the spring game possibly and Gray game at Ohio Sta- tracing. But the Buckeyes SPEAKING OF COACHES could make a case for imme-
the April 17th weekend, and dium, although the number won the Big Ten and handled Day has made some internal diate playing time at running
probably start the middle of of fans allowed to watch — if Clemson in a College Foot- moves to fill the opening on back; and Jack Sawyer, one of
March (with) four weeks of any — remains to be deter- ball Playoff semifinal before his staff left by the retirement the most sought-after prep
spring ball,” Day said. “That’s mined. The event typically being routed in the champi- of co-defensive coordinator defensive ends in the nation.
not set in stone right now, but draws a big crowd — nearly onship game by Alabama. Greg Mattison.

Anelka hired as sporting director for 4th-tier club Hyeres

(AP) — Former France and took over the club.
Chelsea forward Nicolas Anelka
was hired as the sporting direc- Boudjellal transformed the fortunes
tor of fourth-tier French club of Toulon's rugby club from a sec-
Hyeres on Wednesday. ond-division side to a three-time
European champion, bringing in
The 41-year-old Anelka won the star names like Sonny Bill Williams
Premier League with both Arsenal and Jonny Wilkinson.
and Chelsea and lifted the Cham-
pions League trophy with Real Ma- Hyeres plays in the National 2
drid. But his international career league and is located in southeast
ended in humiliation when he was France, about 36 kilometers (22
sent home from the 2010 World miles) from the Mediterranean city
Cup after a clash with then-coach of Toulon.
Raymond Domenech.
Boudjellal had reportedly failed to
The club announced Anelka's hir- take over French soccer giant Mar-
ing on its website, a day after French seille, the only French club to win
businessman Mourad Boudjellal the Champions League.