Explained: Why British tennis player Tara Moore has filed a $20 million lawsuit against the WTA over her doping suspension
Times of India
by GLOBAL SPORTS DESKFebruary 23, 2026
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Veteran British tennis player Tara Moore has filed a $20 million lawsuit against the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA), accusing the governing body of negligence that led to her four-year doping suspension and ruined her career. Moore, 31, claims the WTA failed to warn athletes about the risks of consuming contaminated meat during a tournament in Bogotá, Colombia, where she tested positive for boldenone and nandrolone in April 2022. Despite an independent panel ruling in her favor in December 2023, the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITA) appealed, and the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) reinstated her original suspension in July 2025.
Moore’s legal team argues that the WTA did not issue adequate warnings about contaminated meat risks in Bogotá, despite providing similar alerts for other locations. This omission, they say, directly contributed to Moore’s positive steroid test and subsequent ban. The case has sparked widespread debate about the integrity
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Originally published on Times of India on 2/23/2026