The powerhouse Liverpool forward secured a record-breaking 90 per cent of the vote, while Arsenal’s Alessia Russo topped a wide field to win the women’s award, writes JAMES NALTON
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‘I’d have been banned for 20 years,’ says Williams on Sinner doping case
The outcome of the Shakespearean modern-day classic, where legacy was reborn, continues to resonate in the mind of Morning Star boxing writer JOHN WIGHT
SERENA WILLIAMS insists she would have been stripped of grand slam titles and given a 20-year ban had she failed a drugs test in the manner of Jannik Sinner.
Sinner is serving a three-month suspension that expires on May 4 after returning two positive tests for the banned anabolic steroid clostebol last year.
The 23-year-old from Italy, who remains world number one despite his absence, reached an agreement with the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) after claiming he had been inadvertently contaminated while being massaged by a member of his team.
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