Czech tennis player Ivo Minář in doping scandal

Czech tennis player Ivo Minář turned in a positive drugs test ahead of July’s Davis Cup match against Argentina. The news was confirmed on Monday by the chairman of the Czech Tennis Association and team coach Jaroslav Navrátil. According to the International Tennis Federation the forbidden substance was a derivate of pseudoefedrin which Minář claims may have come from his weight-loss pills. The news has dashed his chances of taking part in September’s Davis Cup match in Croatia, but should not alter the outcome of the quarter finals in Argentina since there he only played one match and lost.