Banned Tennis Star Loses Bid for £15m Damages

British tennis player Tara Moore's bid for £15 million in damages from the WTA has been unsuccessful. Moore, who was ranked 145th at her career peak, received a four-year suspension following positive tests for nandrolone and boldenone, both anabolic steroids. An initial tribunal had cleared her, attributing the positive results to contaminated meat consumed in Bogota, Colombia, in 2022.

This exoneration was later challenged by the International Tennis Integrity Agency. The Court of Arbitration for Sport ultimately ruled that Moore could not prove her positive sample was a result of ingesting contaminated meat. She subsequently filed a £15 million lawsuit in New York, alleging WTA negligence led to her career being ruined and her initial clearance being improperly overturned.

A New York judge has now dismissed Moore's claim, affirming the integrity of the CAS decision. Moore has consistently maintained her innocence, stating she has never knowingly taken banned substances and believes the anti-doping system is flawed.